The Republican Candidates Let Donald Trump Win

New York Mag ^ | 02/10/2016 | Jonathan Chait

[lentulusgracchus]

NY mag Chait crying a river.

I love it when those guys go "WHAAAAAAAAAaaaaaahhhh!!"

That's when they positively bubble with eloquence.

[iontheball]

The dishonest press couldn’t issue a truthful headline if they tried. The headline should have read: “Trump’s Opponents Admit Defeat” The headline suggests they allowed this to happen at the debate when nothing could be further from the truth. They had already been whipped before the debate began.

[RKBA Democrat]

More than likely the other candidates read their own internals and this was their first interview for Vice President.

The fat lady is clearing her throat.

[McGruff]

[lentulusgracchus]

Great idea. Bring capitalism to Cuba. Show the people what they are not getting from their Commie regime.

Nah. Reverse Obama. Close the embassy, haul down the flag, and keep the murdering raggies in Guantanamo until 2415.

And tell the oppressive, narco-facilitating Castro brothers to KMA.

[raybbr]

What made this response all the more baffling is that Trump was clearly hoping to pull off just the kind of debate that transpired. He was more subdued, less outlandish, and far, far nicer than he has appeared in any previous debate. He was boring. His opening and closing statements sounded — unusually for him — as though he had practiced them. He appealed to party unity. He sought to rise above his competitors not by belittling them, as usual, but through magnanimity.

In reality, Trump is the same uninformed clown he always has been.

So, he was all different but the same. Typical liberal asshat journalist. Not an ounce of shame for what they write.

[ronnie raygun]

Chait, sounds like a groin itch

[trebb]

In reality, Trump is the same uninformed clown he always has been.

I guess those who speak of him this way must really have trouble getting their pea brains around why he's wiping the floor with their candidates.

Been noticing a number of "Trump for President" signs popping up around the roads of the MS Gulf Coast - haven't seen other candidates except on bumper stickers.

[urbanpovertylawcenter]

Deals have been made. Trump will have the three others in the administration.

[Senator Goldwater]

You’ll definitely see Christie as AG in a Trump administration.

If we’re going to have diplomatic relations with Cuber, make Rubio the ambassador. Name Cruz to replace Scalia on the high court, and bring in Kasich as the VP so you nail down Ohio.

[Albion Wilde]

Waaaa! Waaa! Whaaaaah!