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1 posted on 02/01/2016 9:30:14 AM PST by Oldpuppymax
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Trump has a chance of taking NY, NJ and PA. I don’t think Cruz would have any chance taking these states.


2 posted on 02/01/2016 9:31:30 AM PST by Signalman
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There is more to it than that. He is not just the most electable conservative. He is also the conservative most able to push a conservative agenda through the gauntlet of media and establishment power structures.


3 posted on 02/01/2016 9:32:59 AM PST by samtheman (Elect Trump, Build Wall. End Censorship.)
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except for the “conservative” part.


4 posted on 02/01/2016 9:33:51 AM PST by Axeslinger (Trump: the Kaitlyn Jenner of conservatism. One's not a woman, one's not a conservative.)
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I don’t have any opinion about ‘electable’ but I have serious doubts about the ‘conservative’ part.


6 posted on 02/01/2016 9:36:06 AM PST by Little Ray (How did I end up in this hand basket, and why is it getting so hot?)
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Even if his conservative positions have been extremely recent?


7 posted on 02/01/2016 9:36:39 AM PST by Trapped Behind Enemy Lines
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It behooves every man to remember that the work of the critic is of altogether secondary importance, and that in the end, progress is accomplished by the man who does things.

Theodore Roosevelt


8 posted on 02/01/2016 9:36:45 AM PST by HarleyLady27 ("The Force Awakens"!!! TRUMP;TRUMP;TRUMP;TRUMP!!! 100%)
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Did we again change the definition of conservative? Last I knew Trump was not one.


10 posted on 02/01/2016 9:38:34 AM PST by Resolute Conservative
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I am of the opinion that using the word “conservative” and Trump in the same sentence is playing fast and loose with definitions.


11 posted on 02/01/2016 9:40:08 AM PST by taxcontrol ( The GOPe treats the conservative base like slaves by taking their votes and refuses to pay)
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So even after reading the list of Trump’s conservative positions those that hate him say things like - yeah he came late to it - which Democrat crap and “Polls show he can’t beat Hillary Clinton.” Really? Firstly he IS beating her already and hasn’t even really started after her. Granny Clinton IS THE ESTABLISHMENT people hate and she is a criminal - Trump will win at least 303 ECvs.


12 posted on 02/01/2016 9:41:41 AM PST by jmaroneps37 (Conservatism is truth. Liberalism is lies.)
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Sorry Coach - you lost me at the title by asserting Trump’s a conservative which - those of us not prone to self-delusion - know is patently false by the words coming out of his own mouth. He’s a go-along/get-along RINO at best, willing to trade “heaven only knows what” to the Dems to advance his agenda.

Once you get a *firm* statement from “The Master Negotiator” that lists the conservative values and constitutional rights and protections he absolutely will not negotiate away in the form of further infringement by E.O., policy and/or legislation loaded with dem goodies, then I will reconsider. Until then, Cruz is the only candidate I trust.


13 posted on 02/01/2016 9:44:51 AM PST by jaydee770
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Coach is wrong.

Trump is not conservative.


15 posted on 02/01/2016 9:47:06 AM PST by lonestar67 (I remember when unemployment was 4.7 percent / Cruz 2016)
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(D)onald Trump is neither electable (60% unfavorable rating) nor conservative.


16 posted on 02/01/2016 9:47:23 AM PST by bolobaby
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Trump, “conservative”?

Isn’t there a missing < / sarc > tag around here we can use?


22 posted on 02/01/2016 9:57:38 AM PST by Uncle Miltie (Populism is what Populism does.)
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Where is the genuine problem with Trump's conservative bona fides?

Nothing on shrinking spending or reducing government. His position on abortion and Planned Parenthood changes. He's for government provided health insurance. He's for U.S. intervention in Syria/Iraq. He's for large tax increases in the form of high tariffs. None of those are conservative values.

27 posted on 02/01/2016 10:01:44 AM PST by DoodleDawg
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Trump is not conservative and he has unfavorables at a record high for a candidate. Other than that the headline is dead nuts on.


29 posted on 02/01/2016 10:04:19 AM PST by jwalsh07
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I’m confused. People continue to argue whether or not Trump is a conservative. To my knowledge, he has never claimed to be one and his main campaign stands are patriotic / nationalist.


37 posted on 02/01/2016 10:10:58 AM PST by yuleeyahoo ( Man does not control his own fate. The women in his life do that for him. - Groucho Marx)
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Trump holds all of the important positions a conservative such hold.

Well, except for universal health care. And amnesty. And gun control. And government surveillance. And eminent domain. And....

38 posted on 02/01/2016 10:12:08 AM PST by gdani ("I can be the most politically correct person you have ever seen")
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40 posted on 02/01/2016 10:12:44 AM PST by MacNaughton (" ...it is better to die on the losing side than to live under Communism." Whitaker Chambers)
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Most electable Republican candidate, perhaps. Up until a few months ago, Trump would have been offended to be called a conservative. He’ll hold on to that title until it is convenient to drop it.


41 posted on 02/01/2016 10:13:00 AM PST by CommerceComet (Ignore the GOP-e. Cruz to victory in 2016.)
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Donald Trump is the most electable conservative Populist

There ya go. ...edited for accuracy.

44 posted on 02/01/2016 10:14:58 AM PST by TexasCajun (#BlackViolenceMatters)
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