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GOP epiphany: Trump's here to stay
WND ^ | Cheryl Chumley

Posted on 11/27/2015 7:55:21 AM PST by RoosterRedux

lowly but surely, some of the very same pundits and political operatives who swore a couple months ago Donald Trump was running a losing race are now reaching a realization: hey, he's not disappearing, and in fact, could actually win.

"He has a real shot at this. He is the clear front-runner," said Ron Bonjean, a former aide to Republican leadership on Capitol Hill. "Months ago, we all discounted Trump as a candidate."

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"The media has twisted and turned through a number of different positions where they tried to explain that it was just a fad--the summer of Trump," said Craig Robinson, a former political director of the Republican Party of Iowa, the state Trump's led for months and that is readying to go to the primary polls Feb. 1, the Hill reported. "Well, it's lasted all fall. There is a realization that you are not going to wake up tomorrow and he's going to vanish."

Robinson turned critical eyes on the Republican establishment wing that's been so quick to dismiss Trump, despite poll numbers that paint him in the consistent lead.

"That is wishful thinking of the establishment," he said, the Hill reported. "That is what they tell themselves so they can sleep at night. The truth is, Trump has one of the better ground operations in Iowa. Will he turn out every single person who shows up at his rallies? No. But if he turns out a fraction, he will roll over the field."

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To: RoosterRedux

What of Trump if he loses Iowa and New Hampshire?


61 posted on 11/27/2015 12:47:30 PM PST by Mike Darancette (CA the sanctuary state for stupid.)
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To: OwenKellogg

Yeah, me too. (!!!)


62 posted on 11/27/2015 1:15:18 PM PST by Nita Nupress
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To: RoosterRedux

I guess they’re in the 4th stage of grief.


63 posted on 11/27/2015 1:21:10 PM PST by AdaGray
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To: itsahoot
You and most of the Trump supporters apparently think that the cure for a liberal who governs as if the country were his personal property is.......a conservative who governs as if the country were his personal property.

No thanks. There will be third party candidates I can vote for.

And before you jump in with "hey, you must be for Jeb" - go check my posting history.

64 posted on 11/27/2015 1:42:33 PM PST by Eric Pode of Croydon (I wish someone would tell me what "diddy wah diddy" means....)
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To: Eric Pode of Croydon
And before you jump in with "hey, you must be for Jeb" - go check my posting history.

I would never do that, I hated all that cr@p back in the last election.

I merely have the ability to recognize that we will never return to the original constitution by legal means. By the time we have the mechanism in place to return to constitutional principals we will be so outnumbered at the polls, it won't matter anymore.

I am not endorsing extra constitutional means to restore the Constitution as you might think, just recognizing that it is likely impossible any other way, because that is the way we got where we are.

65 posted on 11/27/2015 1:59:21 PM PST by itsahoot (55 years a republican-Now Independent. Will write in Sarah Palin, no matter who runs. RIH-GOP)
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To: RoosterRedux

These people are a little slow on the up take.


66 posted on 11/27/2015 2:39:32 PM PST by mbrfl (fightingmad)
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To: Mike Darancette
What of Trump if he loses Iowa and New Hampshire?

What if he doesn't?

67 posted on 11/27/2015 3:24:04 PM PST by RoosterRedux
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To: I am Richard Brandon

Yup!


68 posted on 11/27/2015 3:25:42 PM PST by mr_hammer (A man becomes truly great when he realizes who always walks beside him.)
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To: going hot
National GOP average 223 polls and 33 pollsters (just pulled off Trump's twitter account)
69 posted on 11/27/2015 4:30:08 PM PST by GilGil
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To: All

I was channel surfing last night and came upon Rove on Charlie Rose. He was saying that had they known there were no WMDs Bush would not have gone to war.

Wasn’t it reported, and admitted by Rove, that they did, in fact, find WMDs but didn’t want to “revisit the issue”? If that’s the case then he was flat out lying on Rose.


70 posted on 11/27/2015 5:06:53 PM PST by VerySadAmerican
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To: RoosterRedux

If the polls show Hillary will lose in a landslide she’ll claim illness and pull out of the race. The Clintons have only lost two elections. Bill lost one running for governor. And Hillary lost one running for president. They don’t want a third loss to stain their legacy. A stain on the dress is bad enough.


71 posted on 11/27/2015 5:08:46 PM PST by VerySadAmerican
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To: RoosterRedux
Karl Rove and Chris Matthews call for Trumps demise weekly.

It is a joy watching the complete exposure of not only the media, but the GOPe.

72 posted on 11/27/2015 6:12:00 PM PST by GOPAreDemProgressives
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To: SamAdams76

HIGH ENERGY!


73 posted on 11/28/2015 4:08:48 AM PST by SC_Pete
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To: RoosterRedux

good article


74 posted on 11/28/2015 7:42:26 AM PST by COUNTrecount (Race Baiting...... "It's What's For Breakfast")
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To: RoosterRedux

If he wins both he is probably home free. I Doubt that he will win Iowa though. Today he wins NH but how would an IA loss effect the NH vote? I believe that much of Trumps appeal is his appearance of invulnerability.


75 posted on 11/28/2015 8:27:43 AM PST by Mike Darancette (CA the sanctuary state for stupid.)
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To: itsahoot

Fair enough. I think we can agree to disagree, FRiend.


76 posted on 11/29/2015 7:35:56 AM PST by Eric Pode of Croydon (I wish someone would tell me what "diddy wah diddy" means....)
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