Kellyanne Conway on Paul Ryan: In 2012 He ‘Lost His Home State of Wisconsin By Almost 7 Points

Breitbart ^ | May 8,2016 | Jeff Poor

[Hojczyk]

Bill Bennett said this, “it’s not the time to be out there demanding all these things, trying to get Trump to suddenly become Reagan. Now is the time to surround him with good people

You said something interesting during the break. You said this is generational in the conservative movement. Explain.

CONWAY: Some of it is. You now have John McCain saying he’ll vote for Donald Trump.

TODD: Bob Dole.

CONWAY: Bob Dole, Newt Gingrich, Bill Bennett now. It is somewhat generational for them. They recognize hat it’s healthy for a party going through some growing pains to actually shed some of its skin.

But I also want to get back to Senator Flake’s interview, because I thought it was astonishing for this reason. Donald Trump just won 48 percent of the vote in the Republican primary, every single delegate in Flake’s home state of Arizona. He got 250,000 voters. And you just can’t ignore that.

I mean, his policies on immigration began in Jan Brewer’s Arizona. And so I think there’s a zeitgeist out there that some of the establishment of the Republican Party are still ignoring.

And I would say, when I think of Senator Flake, I also, who I respect enormously, I think of this whole class of 2010 that are up for re-election in the Senate in 2016 this year, they rode the Tea Party wave and now they have switched to decaf somehow. It’s like, your votes are so moderate, and if you look back…

BAI: They got into government.

CONWAY: Well, they got into government. And you look back, no, go back a year ago and look at their approval ratings and their re-elect numbers a year ago. They weren’t doing so well.

So, laying it just at the feet of Donald Trump

[Pelham]

That assumes that his motive is a reelection poll. It could just as easily be part of his already established GOPe power playing.

[D-fendr]

I think it’s quite logical to assume he wants to win re-election.

[Pelham]

I’m sure that he does but reelection strategy may not be what is driving his Trump comments. He may have been thinking that his district is secure and that the two aren’t connected.

[D-fendr]

Yes, that’s possible.

It would have to be really safe, IMHO.

Otherwise a primary factor in election strategy will be how closely to be tied to the top of the ticket - this is true for candidates in both parties.

thanks for your replies..

[Heart-Rest]

Thanks for those numbers.

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