No modern candidate has received a major-party nomination — and perhaps no candidate in American history — while being opposed by the party’s elites: donors, media figures, politicians and others.
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The name Ronald Reagan mean any thing to you?
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Actually, Barry Goldwater is an even better example. After Rockefeller's Country Club wing failed to stop Goldwater at the convention, they sat on their hands (and wallets) for the balance of the campaign -- bad-mouthing their party's candidate at every opportunity.