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The Most Powerful Anti-Trump Argument in the GOP Has Evaporated
Politico ^

Posted on 12/14/2023 4:59:58 AM PST by FarCenter

Joe Biden has done Donald Trump the enormous favor of collapsing before our eyes.

As the 2024 GOP presidential race heads into the first contests, Biden’s abysmal run of polling has boosted Trump and undercut his Republican opponents by hanging a neon sign on our politics reading, “TRUMP CAN WIN.”

It may be that Trump, such is his hold on GOP voters, didn’t need any help establishing a dominant position in the fight for the Republican nomination, but two exogenous events have boosted him.

First, the indictments from the Justice Department and Democratic prosecutors created a predictable rally-around-Trump effect that put him on a fundamentally higher trajectory in the race, and second, Biden’s execrable polling has completely eliminated any possibility of making an electability argument against Trump.

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1 posted on 12/14/2023 4:59:58 AM PST by FarCenter
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To: FarCenter

Trump is the ultimate in “electability” — at least if we get rid of the vote fraud.


2 posted on 12/14/2023 5:01:40 AM PST by Tell It Right (1st Thessalonians 5:21 -- Put everything to the test, hold fast to that which is true.)
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To: FarCenter

” his hold on GOP voters”

They always have this backwards.

Our PDJT doesn’t have a hold on us.
We have him in OUR protective hands, holding tight against the onslaught.
He is our Man in the Arena

And we won’t let go.

Roll MAGA, roll!


3 posted on 12/14/2023 5:07:19 AM PST by Macoozie (Handcuffs and Orange Jumpsuits)
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To: Macoozie

Very well said. 👍


4 posted on 12/14/2023 5:10:41 AM PST by Robert DeLong
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To: FarCenter

“”” the indictments from the Justice Department and Democratic prosecutors created a predictable rally-around-Trump effect that put him on a fundamentally higher trajectory in the race,.”””


If Politico’s theory is valid then this will also be true:

” the impeachment inquiry from Republicans will create a predictable rally-around-BIDEN effect that will put him on a fundamentally higher trajectory in the race”


5 posted on 12/14/2023 5:11:28 AM PST by Presbyterian Reporter
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To: Macoozie

All the libs seem to forget how much they loved Trump.

Another example,of how they say we’re the ones that have changed. In the past I was not a major endorser of Trump, he was neither here nor there with me. I think over time he also matured and also was concerned what was going on in the country, at a personal level, and also more concerned at a larger level betond himself.


6 posted on 12/14/2023 5:11:51 AM PST by Secret Agent Man (Gone Galt; not averse to Going Bronson.)
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To: FarCenter
I think Politico is blowing smoke (or smoking some strong stuff). Biden was always behind Trump in the 2020 election. He couldn't draw much of a crowd, except for the media; while Trump packed stadiums.

A deeper look at the article now looks like they're just trying to rally the Dem troops, which is what I would expect of that Leftist rag...

7 posted on 12/14/2023 5:13:09 AM PST by jeffc (Resident of the free State of Florida)
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To: FarCenter

Politico is glossing over the fact that we KNEW Trump won back in 2020. We just got cheated out of it.


8 posted on 12/14/2023 5:13:20 AM PST by Gaffer
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To: FarCenter
With all the spam texts from nicki haley and others trying to unseat him. even the GOP hates Trump with unmitigated passion.

last time I saw this much over-reaction/ burning pain, was the 70's, when the priest threw holy water on Regan in "The Exorcist".

the GOP has an overstock of butthurt, they need to join the feminist and never trumpers and stop faking their conservatism's. They arent fooling anyone new

9 posted on 12/14/2023 5:14:51 AM PST by Ikeon (I stopped going to my family doctor whenever I felt sick. I've never been healthier. .)
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To: Presbyterian Reporter

I’m really not so sure that would be the case. Democrats abused the ‘impeachment’ theory and process on Trump. As it is, impeachment is just a House ‘indictment’ that, by itself, barely adds an asterisk to any descriptions of the impeached’s legacy. It really means nothing more than a failed indictment if the resulting Senate trial fails in convicting.


10 posted on 12/14/2023 5:16:07 AM PST by Gaffer
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To: Tell It Right
Trump is the ultimate in “electability” — at least if we get rid of the vote fraud.

Assuming he isn’t locked away in some secret gulag somewhere or the Democrats haven’t assassinated him.

11 posted on 12/14/2023 5:21:59 AM PST by gitmo (If your theology doesn't match your biography, what good is it?)
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To: FarCenter
the indictments from the Justice Department and Democratic prosecutors created a predictable rally-around-Trump

The author hits the nail on the head, then blames Biden in the rest of the article.

The Rats were told that the backlash would be enough to push Trump ower the GOP line. They didn't listen, and now don't want to admit they F'd up.
12 posted on 12/14/2023 5:24:59 AM PST by glaseatr (Father of a Marine, Uncle of SGT Adam Estep. A Co. 2/5 Cav. KIA Thurs April 29, 2004 Baghdad Iraq)
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To: All

He was elected at least once


13 posted on 12/14/2023 5:27:30 AM PST by escapefromboston (Peace, commerce and honest friendship with all nations, entangling alliances with none.)
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To: Presbyterian Reporter

An impeachment might. But, an inquiry will bring all of his corruption out for display.


14 posted on 12/14/2023 5:28:07 AM PST by MCF (If my home can't be my Castle, then it will be my Alamo)
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To: FarCenter

One example that the “Trump can’t win” narrative is dead is that a particularly annoying ad repetitively run on streaming services has stopped. Its main character was a neurotic blonde, wine soaked, suburban mom in a long sweater whining that she is exhausted by the drama that follows Trump around. The problem with this narrative is that we know that the left has smeared Trump with lies 7x24x365 for the last 6 years. Trump has merely defended himself while exposing his enemies.


15 posted on 12/14/2023 5:29:55 AM PST by DeplorablePaul
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To: MCF

> An impeachment might. But, an inquiry will bring all of his corruption out for display. <

Excellent point.


16 posted on 12/14/2023 5:30:26 AM PST by Leaning Right (The steal is real.)
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To: Presbyterian Reporter

No, it won’t.

Everybody knows O’Biden is not running the show, he is totally clueless.


17 posted on 12/14/2023 5:37:00 AM PST by Texas Fossil (Texas is not about where you were born, but a Free State of Heart, Mind and Attitude.)
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To: FarCenter

Electability...
Un-electable...

These are deep state terms designed to eliminate the competition...
And yet, somehow, people still buy into them...


18 posted on 12/14/2023 5:43:08 AM PST by joe fonebone (And the people said NO! The End)
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To: FarCenter

Haha what a joke this article is,Joe Biden will win re-election handily,has this writer been in a cave for the past 8 years?
What prison is Hillary Clinton in! How about Bill?
So Hunters Business IS HIS FATHER! The media protects both reprobates who won’t even acknowledge a little girl who is their Grandaughter,but yet the cable industry just keeps making excuses for the entire family of reprobates


19 posted on 12/14/2023 5:45:42 AM PST by ballplayer
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To: Presbyterian Reporter

Impeachment of Biden might rally Democrats around him, but the impeachment inquiry won’t. The inquiry gives the committee power to collect evidence and detail the sordid story of the Biden family. There’s not enough calendar left to actually impeach, much less convict. And getting 2/3 of the Senate to vote for conviction is not feasible.


20 posted on 12/14/2023 5:47:27 AM PST by FarCenter
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