Posted on 02/29/2016 10:27:27 AM PST by Citizen Zed
And don’t assume they won’t.
Don’t assume Consevatives won’t.
Janitor closet or restroom?
And they can have it.
Trump is winning even a very significant number of “Very Conservative” voters
Bitter Ender “Movement Conservatives” can try this tactics at their own peril. When significant portions of your own audience are behind a candidate, it is a high risk, low reward strategy to try and sabotage that candidate.
A lot of conservatives will do the obviously expedient thing and support Trump.
Republican National Committee’s headquarters. There maybe an eminent domain case coming up for that location.
” And if you are a movement conservative, Trump is arguably a pretty terrible choice, taking your conservative party and remaking it in his unpredictable medley of nationalism, populism and big-government Trumpism.”
This is where I am.
This could be worded better:
If a Trump or Cruz nomination happens, it will imply that the Republican leadership has been weakened and is perhaps even on the brink of failure, unable to coordinate on a plan to stop Trump or Cruz despite the existential threat they pose to the leadership's personal power.
“A lot of conservatives will do the obviously expedient thing and support Trump.”
Most will, I agree.
But there will be a huge bleed, akin to how they stayed home when it was Romney. I would have a hard time voting for Trump, even in the general. Only the fact that Hillary is so bad could drag me.
In case you hadn’t notice, the GOP hasn’t been anything remotely resembling a conservative party since 1999. I really do not see how Trump could make it worse.
But what about the Republican candidates lower down the ticket?
It’s a matter of “define conservative”. Globalists who are only conservative about keeping cheap sources for goods and labor and for low taxes for themselves consider themselves to be conservatives. They have ZERO interest in our Constitutional Conservative priorities.
Not to worry, I’ve been informed that Trump does not need or want Cruz supporters by people right here on this forum. So no big deal, right?
Concervatism may not die with Donnie as the nominee but the wounds will be extremely deep.
In the end, the number of people who will vote for him vs. Clinton is all that matters.
As badly as conservatives want Rubio or Cruz to be the nominee, neither will be able to capture enough votes to beat Clinton. Their is little enthusiasm from the electorate, outside of “hard line” conservatives, for Cruz. There is little enthusiasm at all for Rubio no matter what segment of the electorate you choose.
Which is why you'll see more and more of the #NeverTrump crowd suddenly reverse direction; specially after Super Tuesday. Most being pragmatists, don't want to be left out.
I actually think article is pretty good. I am one of the movement conservatives that is tired of holding my nose and voting for someone year after year. If Trump is the nominee I will have to hold my nose with both hands.
Trump is not a conservative, I am. I am also one of those people that make calls and walk precincts. I will not be walking or calling for Trump.
Of course definitions matter - who does he consider to be a “movement conservative”? We can all answer correctly I suspect, but here is the top of the Wikipedia list:
Activist Phyllis Schlafly
Commentator Pat Buchanan
Jerry Falwell
Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas
Paul Weyrich, founder of the Free Congress Foundation and co-founder of the Heritage Foundation and the American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC)
Columnist and economist Thomas Sowell
Congressman and Vice President nominee Jack Kemp
Kemp is dead, and it’s pretty safe to say Sowell won’t come out of the NR corner for a while at least. But Trump has already got the support of Schafly, Buchannan, and Falwell (Jr). If you go to the “Honorable Metions” you find Rand Paul, Ted Cruz, and Sarah Palin. Probably 2 out of those 3 will support Trump.
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