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How the GOP Can Stop Donald Trump: Do Nothing
The Week ^ | 11/30/2015 | Paul Waldman

Posted on 11/30/2015 3:09:16 PM PST by conservativejoy

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To: Responsibility2nd
So far, I have been wrong. But pleasantly wrong.

Lots of people have this cycle. It ain't just you. It's the conventional wisdom. That is what isn't working like it used to.

/johnny

21 posted on 11/30/2015 3:32:03 PM PST by JRandomFreeper (gone Galt)
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To: Las Vegas Ron

Our vote has never matter for a lot of years now, that’s why there isn’t anything being done in Washington D.C. it’s a unified ‘do nothing’ administration...


22 posted on 11/30/2015 3:35:27 PM PST by HarleyLady27 (I have such happy days, I hope you do too!!!)
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To: RKBA Democrat

>>Closely followed by backstabbing, treachery, obfuscation, and “reaching across the aisle.”<<

But you repeat yourself.


23 posted on 11/30/2015 3:36:18 PM PST by freedumb2003 (Don't mistake my silence for ignorance, my calmness for acceptance, or my kindness for weakness)
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To: conservativejoy

Look at some of his other works.

http://theweek.com/authors/paul-waldman

Don’t think he’ll be voting Republican.


24 posted on 11/30/2015 3:36:39 PM PST by McGruff (Those that fail to learn from history, are doomed to repeat it)
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To: Las Vegas Ron

Ha!
Parental malfeasance (government education) greased the slippery slope in that America may soon become hell!


25 posted on 11/30/2015 3:36:44 PM PST by Original Lurker
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To: xzins

you are correct.... and I love it


26 posted on 11/30/2015 3:37:34 PM PST by BRL
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To: sparklite2
That should be a slam dunk. They’ve done nothing for years.

LOL!!

27 posted on 11/30/2015 3:37:56 PM PST by DannyTN
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To: freedumb2003

True. Very true.


28 posted on 11/30/2015 3:39:05 PM PST by RKBA Democrat (Look closely at any evil and most times you'll find the unmistakable handprint of caesar.)
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To: euram

One scenario is that Cruz and Rubio split the remaining vote and Trump still wins.


29 posted on 11/30/2015 3:40:12 PM PST by conservativejoy (Pray Hard, Work Hard, Trust God,,,, We can elect Ted Cruz!)
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To: conservativejoy

Cruz has exactly the right approach to Trump. Obey Reagan’s 11th Commandment and concentrate on running against Hillary.

Either Trump will self destruct or he will be our next President.


30 posted on 11/30/2015 3:40:23 PM PST by Bubba_Leroy (The Obamanation Continues)
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To: conservativejoy

” But by now it seems pretty clear that the voters who like Trump actually like Trump. It isn’t because they haven’t learned enough about him, and it isn’t because they haven’t thought enough about their loyalty to the party. He’s the one they want.”

No we have thought about our loyalty to the party and decided to be as loyal to them as they are to us. LOL!


31 posted on 11/30/2015 3:40:36 PM PST by Georgia Girl 2 (The only purpose of a pistol is to fight your way back to the rifle you should never have dropped)
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To: HarleyLady27

Yep, this is the reason I applaud Trump....he’s shaken DC and the elites to the core.

Too bad so many others don’t see it the same.


32 posted on 11/30/2015 3:41:18 PM PST by Las Vegas Ron ("Medicine is the keystone in the arch of Socialism" Vladimir Lenin)
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To: BRL

“The Donald” E. Lee.


33 posted on 11/30/2015 3:52:33 PM PST by xzins (HAVE YOU DONATED TO THE FREEPATHON? https://secure.freerepublic.com/donate/)
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To: Georgia Girl 2

No we have thought about our loyalty to the party and decided to be as loyal to them as they are to us. LOL!
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Truer words were never spoken...that’s why I don’t want another ‘politician’ to be in the White House, I want something that has never done it before...and someone like Trump...oh yeah it’s going to be GREAT!!!


34 posted on 11/30/2015 3:56:50 PM PST by HarleyLady27 (I have such happy days, I hope you do too!!!)
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To: conservativejoy

The GOPe is on a path to self destruct, and I love it.

If they Do Something, they will self-destruct FASTER, because the Republican electorate is in the mood to screw them. For them to do anything obvious is to risk the deserved backlash of their grass roots.

If they Do Nothing, they will self-destruct SLOWER because either Trump will win, or the consolidation will be around CRUZ, another disestablishmentarian!

Their only path to victory is named Rubio, and he’s toxic with Amnesty and can’t win.

Checkmate, Rove. You inglorious and assured bastard.


35 posted on 11/30/2015 4:01:36 PM PST by Uncle Miltie (islam is a totalitarian death cult founded by a child rapist.)
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To: sparklite2

Cmon. They do something. They kiss up to Obama and Hillary.


36 posted on 11/30/2015 4:03:18 PM PST by samtheman (I will build a great, great wall on our southern border... - DT)
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To: HarleyLady27

Yes and with Cruz and Rubio busy duking it out for 2nd place Donald is just clear field running. :-)


37 posted on 11/30/2015 4:04:18 PM PST by Georgia Girl 2 (The only purpose of a pistol is to fight your way back to the rifle you should never have dropped)
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To: Georgia Girl 2

Rubio is the only one Cruz had to finish. The rest did it to themselves. That will be over momentarily, and the two good candidates can sharpen their programs to present for our consideration.

It’s a good thing.


38 posted on 11/30/2015 4:07:39 PM PST by Uncle Miltie (islam is a totalitarian death cult founded by a child rapist.)
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To: euram
Just because Trump hovers in the 30-35 percent range, in no way implies that he can’t go beyond that.

Romney won with about the same stats.

39 posted on 11/30/2015 4:08:04 PM PST by itsahoot (55 years a republican-Now Independent. Will write in Sarah Palin, no matter who runs. RIH-GOP)
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To: Uncle Miltie

I actually thought Ted Cruz would have pushed Rubio in the pool by now. The GOPe is going to back Rubio to the hilt now that Jebbie is on life support. He’s going to be hard to get rid of like gum on the bottom of your shoe. Meanwhile Trump is almost in the end zone. At this late date who’s going to stop him?


40 posted on 11/30/2015 4:16:09 PM PST by Georgia Girl 2 (The only purpose of a pistol is to fight your way back to the rifle you should never have dropped)
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