Posted on 12/22/2015 4:29:55 AM PST by Cringing Negativism Network
If recent polls from more than half a dozen reputable polling organizations are to be believed, of the six leading Republican candidates for president Donald Trump is the one least likely to defeat Hillary Clinton in the 2016 general election.
Polling can be and has often been wrong, sometimes spectacularly so, but Trump's electability gap has been a consistent feature of his primary campaign as a fire-breathing self-funding willing-to-say-anything non-politician politician.
However, even if you believe (as I do) the conventional wisdom that Hillary Clinton is "clearly itching to run against Mr. Trump," he nevertheless poses a substantial threat to her presidential aspirations in advance of November's elections.
The Donald has a remarkable ability to break through conventional restrictions on acceptable political conversation and to make people think about issues in ways opponents call "extreme" but which resonate among much of the American public. Beyond his often nativist and economically illiterate base, he is having this effect, whether for good or for ill, on millions of Americans who would not consider voting for Mr. Trump in a general election.
It's not so much that Donald Trump breaks new ground in his pronouncements; rather he amplifies what many are already thinking even if in some cases, such as his persistent denigration of free trade as "America losing" or the suggestion that most Mexican illegal aliens are dangerous criminals, the Trump base and their brash human amplifier are wrong.
(complete article at link)
http://spectator.org/articles/65011/trump-spells-trouble-clinton
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This line from the article is incredibly condescending:
Beyond his often nativist and economically illiterate base
Come to think of it, I never thought of the American Spectator is being particularly economically literate. And what the author sees as nativist is simply putting the interests of Americans over those of illegal immigrants and foreign interests. That is not what nativism is about. It’s just common sense.
I have heard this descriptor used many, many times. It confounds me.
Trump is, by any measure, an exceptionally accomplished man. That he was also part of a TV show pales relative to his other successes.
Who, except a mindless ideologue, would describe Michael Jordan as a shoelace salesman?
That, IMO, is Trump's strongest suite. He is pulling in voters from all over the spectrum. Knock him out and they will all gravitate back towards their origins. Cruz, as good as he is, nor anyone else has that kind of attraction.
Keep trying. You will get it.
The real elections have yet to start—Trump could shatter Hillary in a debate. If he hasn’t been stopped by now—what can stop him?
I would crawl over broken glass to vote! Anyone who is NOT Hillary.
The pundits, including conservative pundits, have been dead wrong about Donald Trump since he got into the race in June. They have no credibility with me anymore as they have been proven wrong time and time again.
If Cruz wins, we will see how effective he is in leading us back to greatness.
And if Trump wins, we will see the consequences.
Either way, life in the US will be different. Cruz is the American Revolution. Trump is the French Revolution.
Trump will literally steamroll over Killary. She won’t know what to do about him.
Probably not a bad analogy.
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