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Attacking Trump is now a losing strategy in BOTH parties
Fox News ^ | 13 June 2018 | Douglas E. Schoen

Posted on 06/13/2018 10:03:45 AM PDT by Magnatron

Tuesday’s primaries in Virginia, North Dakota, Nevada, South Carolina, and Maine indicated that in many congressional races, vehemently attacking President Trump will not be a winning strategy for either Democrats or Republicans in the Nov. 6 general election.

As we’ve seen in earlier primaries this year, it was clear Tuesday that while strongly resisting President Trump is certainly damaging to Democrats, doing so is nothing short of catastrophic for Republicans. GOP voters in several races showed once again that they are rejecting lawmakers who decisively break with the president.

Instead of building their campaigns on being anti-Trump, candidates in both parties would be wise to develop compelling moderate policy alternatives and a unifying message that can appeal to centrist and independent voters.

The most prominent Trump critic to go down to defeat in the Tuesday primaries was Republican Rep. Mark Sanford in South Carolina’s 1st District. Sanford lost his GOP primary for another term in the House to state Rep. Katie Arrington, a strong supporter and defender of the president.

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TOPICS: Editorial; Government; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: 2018midterms; 2020election; dougschoen; nevertrumpers; trashtrump
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To: Magnatron

So much WINNING!!!!!!


21 posted on 06/13/2018 10:22:50 AM PDT by DannyTN
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To: Magnatron

AL-2 is another good example. Trump critic Martha Toby has a runoff with her predecessor, former democrat turned Trump republican Bobby Bright. The whole situation is laughable.


22 posted on 06/13/2018 10:24:12 AM PDT by yawningotter
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To: Magnatron

It just show how maggot infested both parties are .. corrupt at the top, lacking in substance or style, full of hatred for those they supposedly represent..


23 posted on 06/13/2018 10:25:51 AM PDT by NormsRevenge (Semper Fi - Monthly Donors Rock!!!)
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To: Lurkinanloomin

Add Capito to that list.


24 posted on 06/13/2018 10:30:48 AM PDT by Roccus (When you talk to a politician...ANY politician...always say, "Remember Ceausescu")
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To: Roccus

Will do, I thought she was already on it, LOL!


25 posted on 06/13/2018 10:33:37 AM PDT by Lurkinanloomin (Natural Born Citizen Means Born Here of Citizen Parents__Know Islam, No Peace - No Islam, Know Peace)
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To: cnsmom

My daughter and her friends were over last week and I experienced the same thing- all around 20 to 22 years old, they love Trump.

I had to fill them in on hilLIARy’s crimes it was weird because Whitewater and 900 FBI files and etc happened 10 to 20 years before they were born...

To me Bill and Hill are recent history, to them it was ancient history... Like my grandparents telling me what President Herbert Hoover was like.


26 posted on 06/13/2018 10:43:42 AM PDT by Mr. K (No consequence of repealing Obamacare is worse than Obamacare itself.)
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To: Magnatron

I remember many said Trump couldn’t get things done. He’s done more since January 20, 2017 than Presidents with two terms in office (read: the previous resident in the White House).


27 posted on 06/13/2018 10:45:43 AM PDT by RayChuang88 (FairTax: America's Economic Cure)
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To: NormsRevenge

The elites are beginning to fear the electorate. This is a good thing and was intended to be so by the Founders.


28 posted on 06/13/2018 10:52:01 AM PDT by billyboy15 (S re)
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To: Magnatron

One note to Republicans/Independents: remember to review the 2016 voting map, a map which reveals that Hillary’s 50+% came, primarily, from the fringes along the East and West Coast populations. Either convert those voters this Fall and in 2020, or get out millions of other voters from those voting districts. The rest of sane America is with Trump!


29 posted on 06/13/2018 10:53:13 AM PDT by loveliberty2
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To: Magnatron

Excellent news!


30 posted on 06/13/2018 11:06:14 AM PDT by Karl Spooner
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To: Mr. K
My daughter and her friends were over last week and I experienced the same thing- all around 20 to 22 years old, they love Trump.

Funny how moving out of Mummy's basement and getting a real job changes one's entire perspective, isn't it?

31 posted on 06/13/2018 11:08:17 AM PDT by Vigilanteman (ObaMao: Fake America, Fake Messiah, Fake Black man. How many fakes can you fit into one Zer0?)
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To: billyboy15
The elites are beginning to fear the electorate. This is a good thing and was intended to be so by the Founders.

Yes, but it is fraught with dangers. There are signs that their next move may be to just stop having elections. May have to water that tree soon.


32 posted on 06/13/2018 11:23:20 AM PDT by Buckeye McFrog
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To: Buckeye McFrog
There are signs that their next move may be to just stop having elections.

Where?

33 posted on 06/13/2018 11:25:05 AM PDT by papertyger (did IQs just drop sharply while i was away....)
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To: Magnatron


34 posted on 06/13/2018 11:40:04 AM PDT by Vlad The Inhaler ( Gadsden Purchase 1853: U.S.A. buys 29,670 square miles from Mexico for $337 An Acre)
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To: Mr. K

That generation loves and gets most of their news on line they should search the Clintons on YouTube. Even Obama’s identity is exposed on YouTube.


35 posted on 06/13/2018 12:01:30 PM PDT by cnsmom
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To: Dilbert San Diego

“Moderate Democrat” means nothing. There are no moderate Democrats once they are in Congress. They all vote as they are told. When you vote for the Democrat you vote for the Party. The candidate is nothing other than the face on the screen.


36 posted on 06/13/2018 12:33:06 PM PDT by arthurus (bqcdb<<<<<<<|_________|)
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To: bantam
How true is that !!!!

The truth of it brought me "up short"!

37 posted on 06/13/2018 1:00:48 PM PDT by DJ MacWoW (The Fed Gov is not one ring to rule them all)
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To: Magnatron

In a word: COVFEFE!


38 posted on 06/13/2018 1:01:42 PM PDT by central_va (I won't be reconstructed and I do not give a damn)
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To: Buckeye McFrog

The only danger is for Patriots to fear.


39 posted on 06/13/2018 1:02:35 PM PDT by central_va (I won't be reconstructed and I do not give a damn)
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To: Lurkinanloomin

Alexander and Kennedy from Louisiana? I thought they were solid.


40 posted on 06/13/2018 8:43:44 PM PDT by Sertorius (A hayseed with no Greek and dam^ proud of it)
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