Exactly. You give money in Chicago to grease wheels as a business expense. Nothing ideological about it. Sometimes you write checks to both sides. Hedge your bets.
Trump is serving a purpose — he’s taking the heat. He’s setting the issues out that Americans care about. He’s the only one with the balls to go after the birth certificate/NBC issue while others wilt. (Why do they care what the MSM says about them? Jon Leibo- Stewart going to make fun of them? So what?)
If Trump comes up with evidence that forces Obama out of office in Watergate-esque shame, he’ll forever be a personal hero to every Republican.
The Republican field is weak. Best and brightest (Rubio, Ryan) are eight years off from being contenders. Romney doesn’t offer much contrast to ObamaCare. Huckabee is a Republican Jimmy Carter — nice guy but he’d get run over on the world stage.
The ladies? America is still a sexist country. Hillary couldn’t beat a guy with 180 days experience as a U.S. Senator. MSM bash women as “weak” “stupid” etc. and leftist women say nothing. A 60 year old+ battle ax Thatcher-type would have a shot. Don’t see one of those running.
Trump may be it. If he ran and said, “Give me 4 years to clean up the mess and I’m done. I can’t afford to be president longer than that.” I think he’d have a good shot.
Ex-wives, nasty divorces, the people hurt when the Taj filed bankruptcy. Yes, there’s baggage.
Americans know the economy is screwed and $14 trillion in debt (4 trillion on Obama’s watch) means we need drastic steps. Trump can also isolate himself from “return to Bush era” by attacking Bush.
Do we want someone ideologically sound or someone that can beat Obama?
Both. The times call for both.
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Actually, it is some of the GOP voting bloc that suffers that description, not its strongest candidate in several generations. You make my point.
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