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No, Trump can't win
The Washington Examiner ^ | April 11, 2016 | Timothy P. Carney

Posted on 04/12/2016 5:30:16 PM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet

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To: 2ndDivisionVet
Back working the night shift?
121 posted on 04/12/2016 6:25:17 PM PDT by Defiant (The Shills are alive, with the sound of Cruz-ick....)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

Hillary’s got two criminal investigations on her tail and 147 full time FBI agents working it; FBI director Comey himself will reportedly question her — a very unusual occurrence.

Donald Trump will have no trouble branding Hillary like a prize dogie.

You recall Mr. Trump is good at branding: Low energy Jeb, little Rubio, lyin’ Ted. The next thing you know, opponents crumble. The brand usually sticks because there’s truth in them. He’s a wizard at it.

Mr. Trump hasn’t begun a general election campaign against Hillary yet. Once we see a direct, side by side comparison on the campaign trail and in debates, Hillary will be left shattered and sputtering. Trump wins.

Right now, however, he’s focusing on Ted Cruz.


122 posted on 04/12/2016 6:26:38 PM PDT by aligncare (Obama and Cruz: both half-term senators-in-a-hurry; both narcissists; both unqualified 2B president)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet
Agree? Disagree?

Agree.
123 posted on 04/12/2016 6:27:19 PM PDT by j_k_l
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To: tinyowl

“Agree? Disagree?”

“I’m voting for Trump.”

I’m voting for Trump too. AND if the Republicans in my state of Georgia cannot manage to pass a State Religious Freedom Bill within the next year, then @#$% the whole Republican Party forever. I’ll never vote for them again. In fact, I’ll spend the rest of my days bad-mouthing them. Furthermore, I’ll just assume that the country is lost...withdraw from political activism...and spend the remaining days of my life not caring about the slow downward trajectory of the so-called “United States”. My blood pressure will drop, my sleeping habits will improve, and I’ll probably be a much happier person.

The bottom line is this...someone (or some group) needs to put the screws to the present Republican leadership. Trump is best torture device we presently have to do this. All I heard when McCain and Romney were nominated is that we have to nominate them OR Obama will win...no one else can beat Obama...and other such nonsense. Look where that got us. I’m beyond sick of it.

Anyone who quotes to me that “Trump can’t win!” can simply piss off. If he can’t win, then no one can win against the Hildabeast. But ya know....so what?....at least we won’t for any more milksop Republicans; and give them the impression that we ACTUALLY approve of them as candidates.


124 posted on 04/12/2016 6:28:12 PM PDT by Bishop_Malachi (Liberal Socialism - A philosophy which advocates spreading a low standard of living equally.)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet
It's a humorous problem for you vet.

I believe you once said you worked for the Reagan administration.

According to this article you couldn't have because in the Spring of 1980, he couldn't have won in the same exact way.

125 posted on 04/12/2016 6:30:49 PM PDT by Lakeshark (One time Cruz supporter who now prefers Trump. Yes, there are good reasons.)
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To: fr_freak
He is implying that, since this frontrunner is unelectable, you must vote for the other frontrunner,

There can only be one front-runner. And that is Trump. Cruz trails by over 200 delegates; Trump has won 20 states compared to Cruz's 10 (including CO); and Trump has received 2 million more votes than Cruz. Trump is the front-runner, by far. NY will make it even more emphatic next Tuesday.

126 posted on 04/12/2016 6:31:55 PM PDT by kabar
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To: 2ndDivisionVet
New polls out tonight showing Trump and Hillary in dead heat -- and Trump has not even started on her yet!! I love when he says that!! Anyway, I think people are coming around to Trump in a big way and that we (Trump) are going to win in a landslide!!!
127 posted on 04/12/2016 6:32:05 PM PDT by GizzyGirl
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

Sure Trump can win, and I give him a slightly better chance than Cruz.
Trump will and can convincingly stand up to the media onslaught that is sure to come, not by trying to meet their lies with explanations which they will never even acknowledge, but by painting the whole MSM as the lie machine that it is. Trump has called the press liars, and views at home stood up and cheered. He will paint them as simply another arm of a corrupt established order.

Further, he will mount the type of attacks on Hillary that will be required. The way to beat the Clinton’s is to go right after them, and their friends, in a very personal way, in terms that average people understand. Cruz will not. Trump will. This election will not be about policy.


128 posted on 04/12/2016 6:35:29 PM PDT by The Continental Op
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

I’m voting for #neverHillary... that said, I think Trump will trump her... 1/3 of Bernie people won’t vote for her. She also has no draw anyway... no crowds etc. So she’ll be supported by the party faithful and that’s it. No dem can win with just their own party faithful. I live in a blue state... most of my social media friends are progressives. At least half have said if they do vote in the general, they will write in Bernies name.


129 posted on 04/12/2016 6:35:56 PM PDT by Katya (Homo Nosce Te Ipsum)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet
Trump is a clown with Trump Towers full of skeletons that the Clinton machine and the media will enjoy dancing out there once he is officially the nomination.

Cruz would fare much worse being that he cannot even beat the reality tv show candidate.
130 posted on 04/12/2016 6:36:18 PM PDT by j_k_l
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To: 2ndDivisionVet
Small children recoil at Clinton. Trump will destroy her.
131 posted on 04/12/2016 6:37:11 PM PDT by Vision (Obama is not a well man.)
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To: j_k_l

With Trump’s $2 billion in free television time he’d be the frontrunner.


132 posted on 04/12/2016 6:39:05 PM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

Disagree with prejudice. DT has HDK by at least 40 IQ points and probably more likely 50. Hillary will make George Custer look like the all-time winner in a race against Trump.


133 posted on 04/12/2016 6:40:11 PM PDT by ganeemead
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

Cruz certainly can’t win.


134 posted on 04/12/2016 6:41:37 PM PDT by fortheDeclaration (Pr 14:34 Righteousness exalteth a nation:but sin is a reproach to any people)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

McCain and Romney ran loser campaigns, trying not to offend anyone.


135 posted on 04/12/2016 6:43:02 PM PDT by fortheDeclaration (Pr 14:34 Righteousness exalteth a nation:but sin is a reproach to any people)
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To: dead

And Cruz won’t even win a swing state.


136 posted on 04/12/2016 6:45:56 PM PDT by fortheDeclaration (Pr 14:34 Righteousness exalteth a nation:but sin is a reproach to any people)
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To: true believer forever; 2ndDivisionVet
"the US Constitution demands that the US President be born in the United States" 2ndDivisionVet July 2009  photo image_zpsfsfp0xj6.jpeg
137 posted on 04/12/2016 6:47:58 PM PDT by bushpilot2
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To: Kenny; tinyowl; JmyBryan; SubMareener; Da Bilge Troll; cba123; Interesting Times; fieldmarshaldj; ..
The bottom line is that last Tuesday, Wisconsin, which is a wholly owned and operated subsidiary of the Democrat Party, had a chance to flip the state to Trump, and put Cruz out of his misery.

According to this article, Trump will lose. Therefore, a Trump victory in Wisconsin would be in the best interests of the Democrat Party.

Oddly, in Wisconsin, a miracle happened:

The counties around Milwaukee, which vote reliably squish (Romney stomped Santorum in 2012, McCain stomped Huckabee in 2008), SUDDENLY got the Social Conservative Fever, and and came out in DROVES for Ted Cruz. At the same time, the Democrat vote count in those same counties tailed off noticeably.

This remarkable occurrence handed Wisconsin to Cruz.

Oddly, Trump scooped up most, if not all of the rest of the counties won by Santorum, the social conservative, in 2012.

The eastern Wisconsin Democrat vote factories were so sure of their strategy that the Dane County Democrat voter turnout proceeded unmolested, and actually INCREASED noticeably over the 2008 dogfight between 0bama and Clinton.

Normally, Dane would be pressed into service to influence the statewide vote.

Why would the Democrats fail to secure their November victory like this? If Cruz loses Wisconsin, he's done - and Trump is on the Democrat menu for the fall...

138 posted on 04/12/2016 6:55:35 PM PDT by kiryandil (.)
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To: fortheDeclaration
And Cruz won’t even win a swing state.

Agree. The GOP has blown yet another winnable election.
139 posted on 04/12/2016 6:57:56 PM PDT by j_k_l
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To: kiryandil

Most excellent. The dems will promote Cruz because they know he will lose.

Very interesting info.


140 posted on 04/12/2016 6:58:51 PM PDT by dforest (Ted took your money and is laughing all the way to Goldman Sachs)
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