Posted on 04/07/2016 8:03:36 PM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet
Via Breitbart and the Right Scoop, you can grumble about this if you’re #NeverTrump but we all understand, I think, that the vast, vast majority of the party will come around to his position by November, right? Don’t get me wrong, stalwart anti-Trumpers may have the numbers to fatally damage Trump’s chances even if they’re just five percent of the electorate. But that’s probably what they’ll be — five percent, not a third of the party despite how much fun it is to ooh and ahh over numbers like that. Never underestimate the power of partisanship, especially when you’ve got a Democrat as unlikable as Hillary topping the other ticket.
And even if five percent of Republicans do end up as #NeverTrumpers, that’s not necessarily a death sentence for Trump’s campaign. Why? Because some segment of Bernie fans claim that they’re #NeverHillary:
One out of four Sanders supporters– 25 percent – say they would not back Clinton in a general election if she became the Democratic nominee for president, while just 69 percent say they would support her, according to a new McClatchy-Marist poll.
By comparison, Clinton supporters are considerably more open to supporting Sanders should he overtake her large lead in delegates and win the nomination. Just 14 percent of Clinton supporters would shun him in the general election, while 79 percent would support him, the poll found.
What’s the actual number of Sanders supporters who’d sit out an election with either Trump or Cruz, both of whom will be painted by Democrats as unprecedented threats to the republic, as GOP nominee? Two percent? Remember all the Hillary fans who vowed after 2008’s bitter primary to loss to Obama that they’d never vote for him for president? How’d that work out?
Anyway, click the image to listen to a preview of what conservative media’s apt to sound like this fall if Trump seals the deal in Cleveland. Levin has endorsed Cruz and has fiercely criticized Trump over the past few months (even over the Michelle Fields incident, which is unusual in major conservative media) but he’s prepared to set that aside in the name of beating Clinton. I wonder where Glenn Beck, Trump’s most strident critic in conservative talk radio dating back to last year, is on that. If anyone’s going to carry the #NeverTrump banner to the bitter end, it’s him.
So Trump can make it without the 33% of GOP voters that Cruz has gathered? Good luck on winning.
What kind of a businessman you are probably defines what kind of a president you would make.
Trump was a businessman who would do whatever it took to make a deal. He would donate to democrats, he would cozy up to the mob.
I am sure there are businessmen who are honest. He just didn’t happen to be one of them.
How can you trump supporters cling to the fantasy that Trump can win... in the face of all evidence to the contrary.
Why are you thinking about Trump now? Cruz is in 3RD PLACE in a couple polls that came out today. LOL. If I was a Cruzer I would be a lot more worried about no money Kasich being a solid 2nd in the north east than Trump right now. That is shaping up as distinct possibility and would be a disaster for Cruz. Cruz can’t beat Kasich but he’s going to beat a Dem in the general? Hilarious.
http://www.realclearpolitics.com/epolls/latest_polls/
Well done, my FRiend. I acknowledge and respect the clarity of your thinking.
Cruz’s logic makes no sense.
There is no logic. It’s fact free demagogic smears from Cruz. Principled conservatism? Laughable.
I didn’t intend it to be funny but I’ll always take a laugh.
I meant that even though Levin despises Trump, he is now asking that the country unite and support the Republican candidate.
What would you call that if gracious ticks you off?
Trump is an example of a rent-seeker. Say what you want about politicians, they are never quite as dishonest as businessmen are. A fellow I know was a small town mayor, and a small businessman himself. During his several terms he said, he was approached with virtual bribes more times than he could count, from friends and acquaintances. After he left office, he became extra scrupulous, really that he had himself also enter that same grey area.
When this started out I liked Mark Levin and thought Donald Trump was/is a jerk. Now I like Donald Trump and think Mark Levin is a jerk!
Levin is clearly very bitter about Trump. He feels like the “populist” Trump has stolen the nom from the “true conservative” (whatever that is) Cruz.
I can't remember how long ago when I first listened to him but a long time ago I think he had a show just on the weekends but I could be wrong.
Mark has always been annoying but he always has been pretty down to earth and at times very affectionate
He always had well reasoned arguments and didn't rely on gimmicky argument techniques.
This election cycle he broke out so many slip and fall lawyer of an ass clown arguments, rhetorical questions, statements, comments, outbusts to make a 3 card monte con accomplice grimmance when Levin is called a shill.
The anger with which his phoniness is laid down is intense
I stop listening to him on the drive home probably about 4 weeks ago - now I'm horribly uniformed
Girlene, if I were getting paid, I’d buy a better pickup.
And I’m not quite sure why you would call my posting my opinions and supporting Cruz ... spamming.
I am a member here, same as you, and entitled to post as long as I don’t lie or insult or use profanity. (all those things are acceptable, however, if you are a trump supporter).
I thought your boy, Trump, had the nomination in the bag after New Hampshire? His negatives seem to be getting worse but at least that means there’s a lot of up side.
“What would you call that if gracious ticks you off?”
What about desperate? Desperate after seeing your audience shrink?
This is not the internal battle on FR I was referring to the media and GOPe.
As for the internal battle I have refrained against the personal attacks leveled at me by Cruz supporters. Yes, I know some Trump supporters have been rough on Crruz supporters as well.
Really? And what was the business reason Trump donated to California AG Kamala Harris' re-election campaign in 2011 and 2013?
Trump is an example of a rent-seeker. Say what you want about politicians, they are never quite as dishonest as businessmen are.
HA HA HA HA HA. Beltway pigs at the trough are the SCUM of the earth. Businesspeople CREATE jobs & wealth. Pols DESTROY it while feathering their own nests.
Cruz is just showing the flag. He knows his chances better than you do.
Be careful... some people don’t want to hear the truth. ;-)
You are right, Uncle.
Sadly, the fighting in the BATTLE up to the general has been so bitter that many may not be able to come around cast a vote to win the WAR.
NEVER HILLARY OR SANDERS is what matters.
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