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GOP establishment plans Trump takedown
cnn ^ | Updated 2:41 PM ET, Sun August 30, 2015 | By John King, CNN Chief National Correspondent

Posted on 08/30/2015 8:54:31 PM PDT by Red Steel

2. An anti-Trump ad deluge after Labor Day?

It's no secret the Republican establishment is unnerved by Donald Trump and his lead in national and key state polls.

And now, after weeks of assuming his support would be fleeting, there is a debate about how to take aim at Trump -- and just who should finance such an effort.

CNN's Maeve Reston noted that most GOP strategists see risks in having the attacks come from the other candidates or their directly affiliated super PACs. So, she reports, there is conversation about what other group might raise money for anti-Trump TV ads.

"There are a lot of donors out there who see it as much too dangerous, obviously, for the candidates, or their allied super PACs, to go after Trump," said Reston. "So they're looking to more establishment PACs to potentially take him down in post-Labor Day ads."

3. Bush is popular in the Hamptons, but has money problems elsewhere

Jeb Bush has a huge war chest and has enjoyed some summer fund-raising among the rich and famous in the Hamptons this month.

(Excerpt) Read more at cnn.com ...


TOPICS: Extended News
KEYWORDS: 2016election; bush; gop; spoilerromney; teamromney; trump
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To: HerrBlucher
He is Reaganesque with a twist of Don Rickles

He's channeling Joan Rivers.

[I wish Joan had lived to see all this!]

21 posted on 08/30/2015 9:08:33 PM PDT by Bobalu (See my freep page for political images.)
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To: Red Steel
Oooooh the big GOPE take down. LoL.

I despise the GOPe, only slightly less than the Rats. They are all of bunch of suck bags. I like it when they call me for money. I never miss an opportunity to TOTALLY go off on them. For me, it is called therapy. 😱

22 posted on 08/30/2015 9:10:38 PM PDT by Mark17 (Heaven, where the only thing there that's been made by man are the scars in the hands of Jesus)
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To: rockinqsranch
The simple fact the GOPe is contemplating such a move is enough proof IMO they haven’t any desire to see this country whole again.

Right on point. The GOPe attacks Trump, and by extension, they attack every American voter who supports him.

Does that even figure into their thinking? Nope. In their way of thinking, they own the voters, who will vote for whoever the GOPe tells them to.

This is why the establishment must, and will, fall.

23 posted on 08/30/2015 9:11:20 PM PDT by Windflier (To anger a conservative, tell him a lie. To anger a liberal, tell him the truth.)
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To: Red Steel

GOP ... get ready to tumble


24 posted on 08/30/2015 9:13:58 PM PDT by This_far (AN)
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To: Red Steel

Mice voting to bell the alleycat.


25 posted on 08/30/2015 9:14:02 PM PDT by Ronin (Blackface or bolt-ons, it's the same fraud. - Norm Lenhart)
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To: Windflier

Bookmark


26 posted on 08/30/2015 9:15:42 PM PDT by publius911 (Pissed?? You have NO idea!)
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To: dp0622
I still kind of feel like i’m in a dream world with Trump leading the race. I will vote for him, I’m just shocked. Never took him seriously. Have to now.

I've gone through a similar progression of thought, concerning Trump. I remember poster C.N.N. putting up the very first post about Trump entering the race. I immediately jumped on him and cracked wise about it.

And then I actually listened to what Trump was saying.

Let's just say that over the course of a few short weeks, he completely made a believer of me. No one else is saying what he's saying, and none of the others, being beholden to their donors, will ever even attempt to accomplish the things he's set his sights on.

27 posted on 08/30/2015 9:16:10 PM PDT by Windflier (To anger a conservative, tell him a lie. To anger a liberal, tell him the truth.)
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To: Red Steel
"So they're looking to more establishment PACs to potentially take him down in post-Labor Day ads."

I'm not a Trump supporter. But if the GOPe does this -- and they are successful -- I'm done with any candidate they might support.

They seemingly have no concept how deeply they are despised by their own voters.

28 posted on 08/30/2015 9:17:11 PM PDT by okie01 (The Mainstream Media: IGNORANCE ON PARADE)
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To: Red Steel

If Yeb’s got a “big war chest” I can see why workers are leaving because they aren’t being paid.


29 posted on 08/30/2015 9:18:46 PM PDT by tumblindice (America's founding fathers: all armed conservatives.)
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To: Windflier

You’re right. Well stated.

I would love him to pick Cruz though.

He would DESTROY the dem vp candidate in a debate!!


30 posted on 08/30/2015 9:18:56 PM PDT by dp0622
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To: Ronin

If the GOP succeeds in attacking and taking down Trump the GOP will once and for all alienate 30-40% of their base rendering them winless in any important election for many many years to come


31 posted on 08/30/2015 9:19:02 PM PDT by inchworm
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To: inchworm

Well, they’ll still have the Latino vote. ;-)


32 posted on 08/30/2015 9:20:36 PM PDT by Tau Food (Never give a sword to a man who can't dance.)
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To: Red Steel

I got my piece of mail from !Jeb! the other day. It went right into the trash. I will paste a picture of the Donald onto the next one and send it back.


33 posted on 08/30/2015 9:21:21 PM PDT by wjcsux ("In a time of universal deceit, telling the truth becomes a revolutionary act." - George Orwell)
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To: Red Steel

If only the GOPe showed this much concern about homobama in 2008 and worked hard to defeat him as they are now to defeat Trump, then Trump wouldn’t even be necessary today.


34 posted on 08/30/2015 9:21:52 PM PDT by Vision Thing ("Community Organizer" is a shorter way of saying "Commie Unity Organizer".)
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To: Red Steel
Jeb Bush has a huge war chest and has enjoyed some summer fund-raising among the rich and famous in the Hamptons this month.

Little Yebbie selling his country club comrades a seat at OUR table.

Same model that worked so well for dad and big bro.

35 posted on 08/30/2015 9:24:50 PM PDT by AAABEST (Et lux in tenebris lucet: et tenebrae eam non comprehenderunt)
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To: okie01

The Gope should be thinking of how are going to beat the Dems. If they took Trump down as popular as he is what network is going to do it for them, CNN, MSNBC?

If they took Trump down, all his supporters would either not show up at the polls like what they did to Romney, or they would vote for the Dems, Or Trump would run 3rd party which might lead the GOP to become the Wigg party, dead as a doornail.

Don’t forget what they did to the Tea Party, combine tea party, Religious Right, and Libertarians and conservative Republicans fed up with GOPe lies, you have the makings for a revolt.


36 posted on 08/30/2015 9:25:47 PM PDT by Zenjitsuman
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To: Red Steel

This from the same GOP that wants Trump to take a loyalty oath to the party.


37 posted on 08/30/2015 9:28:17 PM PDT by unlearner (RIP America, 7/4/1776 - 6/26/2015, "Only God can judge us now." - Claus Von Stauffenberg / Valkyrie)
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To: Mariner
Don't underestimate the damage half a billion dollars of negative ads can do.

Slams against Donald Trump are already backfiring. Every time some sniveling elite tries to take him down, his poll numbers go up.

That happens for two specific reasons:

1. Donald fights back. Hard.
2. The People see attacks against Trump as attacks against themselves and our country.

Trump has broken nearly all of the traditional rules of campaigning, and is re-writing the book as we speak. The press doesn't know what to make of it. Neither does the political class. They're both flummoxed and flailing for solutions to this unforeseen force of nature that's beset them. He's a threat to their cozy way of life like few others before him, and they're quivering in their boots, trying to hold it together.

Let the GOPe spend their money on attack ads. They're only going to make Donald stronger in the process, and piss off the American people that much more.

38 posted on 08/30/2015 9:28:29 PM PDT by Windflier (To anger a conservative, tell him a lie. To anger a liberal, tell him the truth.)
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To: AAABEST

I don’t dislike Jeb as a person but I do for a president. He just doesn’t have the right stuff.


39 posted on 08/30/2015 9:34:38 PM PDT by Boomer (Politically Incorrect and proud of it. "Live Free Or Die" is not just a slogan.)
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To: dp0622

“I would love him to pick Cruz though.”

The Donald will need Cruz to be Majority leader in the Senate.

A better choice for VP (A job so easy even Joe Biden can do it pretty well) would be someone like Newt Gingrich, Ben Carson or even a Carly Fiorina. If he were younger I’d put Rudy Guilliani in that group because between Trump and Rudy G the Republicans might take New York

Just my thoughts


40 posted on 08/30/2015 9:39:00 PM PDT by Fai Mao (Genius at Large)
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