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Thinking About the Trumpthinkable
The New York Times ^
| November 22, 2015
| Paul Krugman
Posted on 11/25/2015 6:52:13 PM PST by 2ndDivisionVet
Alan Abramowitz reads the latest WaPo poll and emails:
Read these results and tell me how Trump doesn’t win the Republican nomination? I’ve been very skeptical about this all along, but I’m starting to change my mind. I think there’s at least a pretty decent chance that Trump will be the nominee.
Here’s why I think Trump could very well end up as the nominee:
1. He’s way ahead of every other candidate now and has been in the lead or tied for the lead for a long time.
2. The only one even giving him any competition right now is Carson who is even less plausible and whose support is heavily concentrated among one (large) segment of the base—evangelicals.
3. Rubio, the great establishment hope now, is deep in third place, barely in double digits and nowhere close to Trump or Carson....
(Excerpt) Read more at krugman.blogs.nytimes.com ...
TOPICS: Culture/Society; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: trump
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posted on
11/25/2015 9:12:01 PM PST
by
Albion Wilde
("Look, the establishment doesn't want me, because I don't need the establishment." --Donald Trump)
To: Theo
Ted is being ignored by the media because he is scarier than Trump ... imo
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posted on
11/25/2015 9:15:23 PM PST
by
knarf
(I say things that are true .... I have no proof ... but they're true.)
To: Albion Wilde
To: 2ndDivisionVet
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posted on
11/25/2015 9:41:43 PM PST
by
CPT Clay
(Hillary: Julius and Ethal Rosenberg were electrocuted for selling classified info.)
To: Albion Wilde
To: knarf
I don’t think Cruz is scarier, I think he is hated more.
To: 2ndDivisionVet
Krugman's choice:
The view unfettered by liberal mental illness:
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posted on
11/25/2015 11:52:01 PM PST
by
PhilDragoo
(Hussein: Islamo-Commie from Fakistan)
To: knarf
I believe that Cruz is hated more, but he’s also easy to ignore when he’s in 3rd place.
Of the two, I believe that Trump would be the better President (barely) in this current situation, but mostly because he seems to have the will AND the popular clout to kick some serious ass in Washington and throttle the establishment.
After 4-8 years of that, though, Cruz would be the best choice, at least that I see at the moment. I believe that Trump would work best as the deconstructionist President and Cruz would be a truly awesome reconstructionist President, especially if he reconstructs a Constitutionalist government.
And both of them scare the crap out of the establishment. Bwaaa ha ha ha ha.
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posted on
11/26/2015 12:42:12 AM PST
by
Luircin
To: Luircin
The commenters on the NYTs are split between those who despise the elecorate and those who believe they are the electorate. They live in their little liberal bubble where anything can be made to happen if they just fool the voters enough.
They actually think that Barry has been good for the country.
The disconnect between them and reality is enormous.
There is a serious chance that they will be hit with reality squarely between the eyes.
A couple of serious commenters put out the truth, and most of the rest simply ignore them.
To: marron
Trump will get the lion share of independents too. Hillary only gets hard core Rats. Trump in a land slide election which will give him a mandate to reform DC and Make America Great Again. We will have to build more jails to put all those corrupt DC insiders into.
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posted on
11/26/2015 1:06:42 AM PST
by
jpsb
(Believe nothing until it has been officially denied, Otto Von Bismarck)
To: 2ndDivisionVet
Still a little early to declare Trump the winner for our side. March will give a clearer picture.
That said, Trump is looking like a steamroller. I'm still supporting Cruz's campaign, but that may be helping him build a war chest for future endeavors...
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posted on
11/26/2015 4:29:44 AM PST
by
trebb
(Where in the the hell has my country gone?)
To: entropy12
Thanks for the Ping! Here is one more to add to your prescient list: http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-gop/3365048/postsYou're very welcome! That title is already on the list, about halfway down. :-)
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posted on
11/26/2015 5:42:14 AM PST
by
Albion Wilde
("Look, the establishment doesn't want me, because I don't need the establishment." --Donald Trump)
To: 2ndDivisionVet
The money statement -
Indeed. You have a party whose domestic policy agenda consists of shouting “death panels!”, whose foreign policy agenda consists of shouting “Benghazi!”, and which now expects its base to realize that Trump isn’t serious. Or to put it a bit differently, the definition of a GOP establishment candidate these days is someone who is in on the con, and knows that his colleagues have been talking nonsense. Primary voters are expected to respect that?
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posted on
11/26/2015 6:12:31 AM PST
by
Duchess47
("One day I will leave this world and dream myself to Reality" Crazy Horse)
To: 2ndDivisionVet
Dear Paul Krugman,
Just because all the idiots around applaud you for being very smart does not mean you are smart at all. In fact, your an idiot. But every now and then, an idiot might trip over the truth and think he is smart for doing so.
54
posted on
11/26/2015 9:10:39 AM PST
by
VRW Conspirator
(American Jobs for American Workers.)
To: 2ndDivisionVet
Trumpthinkable
****
I hate when writers try to come up with new words. I find the practice to be Trimpconceivable.
To: Kickass Conservative
Not that I received on like it or anything. LOL
right click view / full size
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posted on
11/26/2015 12:13:31 PM PST
by
DoughtyOne
(I support President Pre-elect Donald J. Trump. Karl Rove, the GOPe, and Leftist's worst nightmare.)
To: Kickass Conservative
It may have been that and a possible church connection.
I had wondered if it was the church connection.
57
posted on
11/26/2015 12:14:22 PM PST
by
DoughtyOne
(I support President Pre-elect Donald J. Trump. Karl Rove, the GOPe, and Leftist's worst nightmare.)
To: DoughtyOne
I put it on the Refrigerator.
At first glance my Wife thought it was a Booking Photo. LOL
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posted on
11/26/2015 12:19:59 PM PST
by
Kickass Conservative
(THEY LIVE, and we're the only ones wearing the Sunglasses.)
To: Kickass Conservative
How do you know it isn’t? Huh?
LOL
How did you like that page in there that asked you to express your beliefs?
Ah, no thanks.
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posted on
11/26/2015 3:09:34 PM PST
by
DoughtyOne
(I support President Pre-elect Donald J. Trump. Karl Rove, the GOPe, and Leftist's worst nightmare.)
To: DoughtyOne
My belief.
I think Dr. Carson is a nice guy but he comes off a bit odd.
The more I know, the less I want to know. LOL
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posted on
11/26/2015 3:23:49 PM PST
by
Kickass Conservative
(THEY LIVE, and we're the only ones wearing the Sunglasses.)
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