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To: Innovative
This did not happen in 2012 with Mitt Romney or 2008 with John McCain. By this time in both elections, their campaigns were in auto-pilot and going through the motions.

I still remember the campaign of 1980. Ronald Reagan kicked off his post-Labor Day campaign in New Jersey overlooking Manhattan across New York harbor to the shock and ridicule of many. As if Reagan had a prayer to win in New Jersey or New York. But he took both states and a whole lot more.

Pollsters were not friendly to Reagan either. They still had Carter up 9 points in October!

5 posted on 09/08/2016 5:46:46 PM PDT by SamAdams76 (It is a wise man who rules by the polls but it is a fool who is ruled by them)
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To: SamAdams76

Trump is in it to win it, not to just go through the motions as McCain and Romney did.

I think McCain actually said that people shouldn’t be afraid of an Obama win. Was he threatened or bribed — we’ll never know.

But Trump is a true fighter, which is exactly what we need to win and “make America great again.”


9 posted on 09/08/2016 5:53:19 PM PDT by Innovative ("Winning isn't everything, it's the only thing." -- Vince Lombardi)
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To: SamAdams76

Pollsters were not friendly to Reagan either. They still had Carter up 9 points in October!


Great reminder ;-)


19 posted on 09/08/2016 6:05:43 PM PDT by Jane Long (Go Trump, go! Make America Safe Again :)
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