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GOP establishment stares into the abyss
Politico ^ | February 10, 2016 | Alex Isenstadt

Posted on 02/10/2016 7:01:35 AM PST by C19fan

For the establishment wing of the Republican Party, the picture just keeps getting bleaker. Far from winnowing the crowded field of mainstream GOP contenders and allowing it to unify around a standard-bearer, New Hampshire thrust it further into chaos. Marco Rubio, after taking steps last week to coalesce the backing of the party’s upper echelons, saw his momentum halted in the state, which punished him for delivering an overly scripted debate performance.

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TOPICS: Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: 2016; gope; potus; rino
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To: C19fan
The GOPe got 40% of the vote --more than Trump.

So they're not dead yet. But this is liberal NH, so they probably expected better.

41 posted on 02/10/2016 7:47:22 AM PST by St_Thomas_Aquinas (Isaiah 22:22, Matthew 16:19, Revelation 3:7)
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To: C19fan

Trump will drop a 55 gallon drum of whup a$$ on the rest of them in
SC.


42 posted on 02/10/2016 7:50:54 AM PST by tennmountainman ("Prophet Mountainman" Predicter Of All Things RINO...for a small pittancez)
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To: Sasparilla

+1


43 posted on 02/10/2016 7:59:13 AM PST by steel_resolve (And an angel still rides in the whirlwind and directs this storm)
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To: Cboldt

Humpty Christie fell off the granite in New Hampshire and the establishment can’t put him back together again.


44 posted on 02/10/2016 8:00:07 AM PST by JediJones (Marco Rubio: When the Establishment Says Jump, He Asks How High?)
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To: St_Thomas_Aquinas

Just like 4 years ago, the wealthy, northeastern, flip-flopping, establishment billionaire who loves socialist medicine and other government programs won NH. Hopefully we won’t make the mistake of giving him the nomination again.


45 posted on 02/10/2016 8:02:50 AM PST by JediJones (Marco Rubio: When the Establishment Says Jump, He Asks How High?)
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To: JediJones

I know most conservatives view Christie as a sell-out(correctly)and thus don’t like him but he is 100% preferable to Jeb or Rubio. I can see Christie as a good AG in a Trump/Cruz administration.


46 posted on 02/10/2016 8:09:25 AM PST by TTFlyer
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To: JustSurrounded

“I’m sincerely interested and trying to sort things out.”

Me, too, but man, how long has it been since we’ve had this kind of good news in politics? I can’t help but be grateful...


47 posted on 02/10/2016 8:11:40 AM PST by Caipirabob (Communists... Socialists... Democrats...Traitors... Who can tell the difference?#21#21 a excellent)
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To: JediJones

Your imply Trump is another Romney. That’s simply not true.


48 posted on 02/10/2016 8:11:45 AM PST by TTFlyer
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To: C19fan

Exactly.

The entrenched pigs-at-the-trough GOPeers were WARNED we have had enough!

They, of course, in all their smarmy arrogance, refused to listen. They STILL refuse to listen.

There will be blood.


49 posted on 02/10/2016 8:14:26 AM PST by austinaero
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To: JediJones; grania
Can you please define what “good” trade deal is?

Fair trade, not 'free' trade. Enforcing a two way street.

50 posted on 02/10/2016 8:19:21 AM PST by PAR35
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To: nclaurel
Not another rumor.

Yeah, candidates aren't allowed to make up their own minds any more. Pundits and other campaigns make their decisions for them. /s

51 posted on 02/10/2016 8:21:38 AM PST by Fresh Wind (Falcon 105)
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To: Harpotoo
NBC recently purchased a 1995 BBC video documentary on Trump, and all of the unedited footage.

They don't plan to air it until the general election, if Trump wins the nomination.

52 posted on 02/10/2016 8:27:15 AM PST by St_Thomas_Aquinas (Isaiah 22:22, Matthew 16:19, Revelation 3:7)
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To: Lurkinanloomin

“Until we have driven a stake through the campaigns of Yeb! and YoungYeb! they are still a threat. The RNC/GOP still has tricks up their sleeves.”

Absolutely! The “brokered convention” is still a possibility if either of these worthless turds are still in the running, Kasich as well.


53 posted on 02/10/2016 8:27:50 AM PST by vette6387
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To: riverdawg

Oh please, they didn’t even try.


54 posted on 02/10/2016 8:37:41 AM PST by Baldwin77 (Christians want their RAINBOW back. I'm offended the gays use a Biblical icon as their flag.)
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To: St_Thomas_Aquinas

HAHAHAHA - All I had to see is Glenn Beck’s name.


55 posted on 02/10/2016 8:40:17 AM PST by Baldwin77 (Christians want their RAINBOW back. I'm offended the gays use a Biblical icon as their flag.)
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To: C19fan

Time to kick them into the abyss.


56 posted on 02/10/2016 8:40:34 AM PST by dfwgator
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To: TTFlyer

Well, it is true that Trump criticized Romney for his “heartless” policy regarding illegals and self deportation.


57 posted on 02/10/2016 8:54:05 AM PST by jwalsh07 (On)
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To: Baldwin77

Obama has vetoed eight bills, most recently the bill to repeal Obamacare. None of these vetoes were overridden, because the votes to do so simply weren’t there. You have to go back to the Johnson administration to find presidential terms in which there were no overrides.


58 posted on 02/10/2016 8:56:11 AM PST by riverdawg
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To: riverdawg

Ever heard of “show votes”.

I repeat, they didn’t even try.


59 posted on 02/10/2016 10:19:08 AM PST by Baldwin77 (Christians want their RAINBOW back. I'm offended the gays use a Biblical icon as their flag.)
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To: Baldwin77

What’s the point in trying if you don’t have the votes to override? That would be the definition of a “show vote.” Nothing can change legislatively unless and until there is a veto-proof or filibuster-proof majority in Congress. Now, if/when there is such a majority and the leadership does not push a conservative agenda, there would be an entirely different situation.


60 posted on 02/10/2016 10:26:37 AM PST by riverdawg
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