I agree. Look, there isn’t a national poll he is winning in right now. The general numbers from most polls is around 5-6 percent down. Ignoring the polls and pretending everything is good is not in our best interest because people did that in 2012. I seem to remember it in 2008 as well. Ignore the polls, they would say. Ignore them. The media lies. Well, the polls turned out to be right.
It is June, and there are things that I feel Trump needs to do better. For example, why wasn’t he hitting on the Benghazi report? I know he did a big job’s speech, but he did two rallies after the Benghazi report came out and didn’t hit on it. It reminds me of when the IG report came out on Hillary’s emails. That wasn’t hit on immediately like it should have been. Also, the book came out from the Secret Service officer decimating the Clintons. It’s already at the top of the best seller list. He needs to hit on this stuff more.
I heard him at his rally talk about how he won the primaries without a bunch of ads referring in part to media attention. He talked about how his competitors spent so much on ads, but he won. That’s true. He wondered about needing ads in the general. He will need ads and need a lot. Sure, he got a lot of media attention in the primary, and he’s getting a lot now. However, it’s almost all negative. The media is in the tank for Hillary. Ads are going to be his way to bypass the media and speak directly to the American voter about why Hillary is corrupt and why he is a better candidate.
We, as in his base, see through the media spin on Trump. However, outside of the base, there are many voters who will follow the media spin; that’s why the polls are like they are. Imagine if the media spent time hitting Clinton like they did Trump.
I’m far more cynical than the typical poster here, I’m afraid.
To me, it’s been clear for a year or so that Hillary is heavily favored to win in 2016 (and 2020), and that the democrats will have more presidencies in the 21st century than the Republicans will. Probably about 3 to 1 or 4 to 1.
I think we’re in the early stages of liberal ascendancy and dominance that will last as long as it can no longer stand (that is, until they simply can’t afford to pay for their programs and there is no more money left to tax).
I think many Republicans just don’t get it. All of the traditional GOP candidates on the primary stage would have been obliterated by Clinton. They just don’t change any of the dynamics of the race. Conservatives have lost almost every cultural and political battle. The battle is over and a guy like Cruz or Rubio is talking about a conservative Renaissance. I don’t know who’s more obtuse - them, or peopel who take them seriously.
Everything doesn’t hang in the balance in 2016. That was 2012, and we completely blew it. The GOP simply is inept and ineffective. There’s no rational reason to support them and expect conservative progress. It’s all a show.
Trump at least mixes things up. He changes the questions. He’s unconventional and nontraditional. He’s also not a traditional conservative. So be it - no traditional conservative will be competitive in our lifetimes.
It was never going to be easy and this will be a battle. But at least we have a fighter, and not an intimidated beta male giving a forgettable concession speech on election night, standing there with a dumb smile and in a pool or his own warm urine. With Trump, he shakes things up maybe enough to have a shot and maybe enough to advance on just one conservative goal. That’s not true for the rest of them.
Like the smart lady said, what difference, at this point, does it make? Make America Great Again!