(I believe this is based on latest OANN/Gravis Mktg poll.)
Posted on 10/28/2015 4:25:06 AM PDT by RoosterRedux
Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump, the party front-runner in most polls, has positioned himself as the one contender who can't be bought, and who is intent on making Washington a place less beholden to cash-flashing by special interests.
It's not the first time a candidate has campaigned at least partly on the basis of getting special-interest money out of Washington -- just the first time that someone in position to actually get elected has done so. Usually it's the kind of message that comes from fringe candidates who can safely claim that they won't ever touch lobbyist or donor cash because there isn't much chance that anyone would want to give them any.
Trump has broken a political omerta just by talking about money in politics. His public airing of the topic is the political equivalent of a mobster giving a PowerPoint presentation to police detailing shady dealings. There's an unspoken understanding among serious presidential contenders that you don't bring up campaign contributions in a debate. It can only result in everyone's closets emptied out and skeletons thrown everywhere. Typically, only the broke contenders engage in such talk -- and there's no danger of them making it far enough in the nomination process to have it become a centerpiece of discussion.
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Whatever one might think of Trump's policy positions, he has chosen to stand for something greater: reform of the system itself. While some may argue that a single person couldn't possibly change the rules of the game in Washington, the simple fact that American oligarchs are getting so visibly jittery seems like a great start.
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GO CRUZ!! Keep it up Trump!!
Trump has positioned himself as a candidate who cannot be bought, but he really hasn't said anything about making Washington less beholden to moneyed special interests. Those are two very different things. Truml recognizes that the system is broken and that special interest money controls Washington, but his answer isn't to fix the system, but rather to elect the rich guy who can self-fund and is thus not beholden to the special interests.
If it is as the MSN would have us believe that Hillary will be infesting the White House in Early 2017, then who is the best candidate to sacrifice on the GOP side?
Knowing losers almost never get a second chance, Nixon being a recent outlier.
Trump has potential. But the problems facing us are greater than those facing Reagan, and will require more than a great president.
We need an Article V convention with the first proposed amendment being congressional term limits.
That broken system can still steal the election.
Trump has a very,very high probability of winning the presidency because the economy and the markets are falling apart.
By end of year I expect the Dow to be 2000-3000 lower.
By election time I expect the Down to be around 5000-6000 with the economy in visible shambles. This makes Trump’s case in spades and he has a yuge chance of prevailing since none of the other candidates understand economics like Trump.
Americans will be very frightened and the message Trump has been trumpeting will resonate more than the others.
Hugh Hewitt’s “If It’s Not Close, They Can’t Cheat” comes to mind.
Trump cannot fix the whole system. No single person can.
But, I firmly believe Trump is already fixing a small part of the system - he is shaking the establishment’s child like faith in political consultants and strategists.
I do not know where this rabbit hole will end. I hope it is with a Cruz nomination for President or at least Vice President.
BUT, I intend to savor every defeat of the establishment, every erosion of their purported power, every embarrassment proffered to the purveyors of GOPe ascendancy.
Actually, it takes the one person at the top to select the right team to fix the system. If the man/woman at the top doesn’t want to fix the system, it won’t get fixed.
We find ourselves in violent agreement, FRiend!
(I believe this is based on latest OANN/Gravis Mktg poll.)
Wow. That’s what we Georgians call an asswhuppin’.
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