Posted on 06/21/2016 11:56:37 AM PDT by ifinnegan
Lewandowski and Manafort
I don't know, man. Trump and Lebowski just pulled off the greatest, least expected victory in the history of US politics.
That might sound exaggerated or hyperbole, but it is not.
You should hear Larry Elder go through it. Elder points out there were 16 other candidates, all of them heavyweights. Trump, of whom Elder said was his choice 17 of 17 at the beginning, was given no chance to win, no credibility by anyone.
He was facing sitting Governors, sitting Senators, former Governors, candidates with huge war chests etc...
And Trump had never run for any office ever.
And Trump wiped the floor with all of them. One by one they all fell.
It is the greatest, most surprising and amazing victory ever in US political history. Nothing else compares to it.
So what happens?
The guy who pulled off this victory with Trump is replaced with a former advisor to Dole 96.
These are my thoughts, no conclusions, not suggesting gloom and doom.
In what way do you believe Lewandowski made that happen? You almost sound as if Trump played a very small role in his success.
Manafort also brought you REAGAN in 1980...he knows this dance very well
Corey didn't bash him when he was interviewed yesterday, he was his old self...now he has some time to spend with his family, and I think we need to thank Corey for the job he did!!!
But isn’t the variable Trump?
Would Lewandowski have done the same with Rand Paul?
Would Trump be the nominee with, say, Nicole Wallace?
I don’t know.
But isn’t the variable Trump?
Would Lewandowski have done the same with Rand Paul?
Would Trump be the nominee with, say, Nicole Wallace?
I don’t know.
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Exactly.
Why fix it if it ain’t broke?
Especially with a minor RINO player.
Or you are going from the plains to the mountains.
The primary is a different animal from the general.
Your organization is different, your fund raising is different, the group you are appealing to is different.
If you're not up to the job, Trump isn't afraid to pull the trigger and let you go.
Prospective cabinet members should take note.
Because Manafort does know how to run and win a general...Besides Cory had not had a good relationship with Ivanka who is doing a lot of campaigning for her dad....My best guess, Cory couldn’t fit into the new structure.
Also to note is that Trump does very well when he has a reasonable (I don’t mean Clinton reasonable) amount of rest and contact with his family. When he is over schedules his rhetoric gets more rambling. Scheduling was part of Cory’s deal.
And finally, Herman Cain said he was chatting with Cory before introducing that awww shucks ducky candidate Donald Trump backstage. Herman said Cory told him he was exhausted....hadn’t ever been this tired.
SO take your pick and relax Donald is still in charge
“Because Manafort does know how to run and win a general”
What General has Manafort ever run and won?
If you read Drucker’s book on Management, you will find that it takes a different kind of manager to do a startup from the kind of manager you need to take a company public. Cory said on F&F this morning that he was a startup guy. Time for the next stage in the campaign.
Or as they say in golf. “Drive for show, putt for dough.”
Evidently, a lot going on behind the scenes.
I would have chosen Corey over Paul, even though Corey didn’t go after Trump delegates the way Cruz’s campaign did. It turned out they weren’t needed or so we thought since Trump had enough to get nominated on the first ballot.
But with Ryan & the rest of the RINOs trying to steal it, the delegates may sill be in play.
If the GOP goes that route, they can forget having a party. I don’t think Ryan really cares. He may feel more at home with his wife’s party than the GOP. I think the GOP elites want Trump to bow down to them. I like Corey’s way better, but evidently Paul is going to play to the peacocks like Ryan.
Supposedly, Trump’s kids sided with Paul. Evidently, Corey had lit into some woman in the campaign and she complained. He shouldn’t have done that, but he has been work 18 hour days.
Anyway, maybe he will get some rest and now that Trump sees that Corey is remaining loyal, he will give him another role where he and Paul don’t interact.
Also Paul Mannafort is a business partner of Roger Stone. I’m sure that played into the decision too.
Yeah as if Lew was some sort of kingmaker.
Of course you could have done your own research .....
“In 1976, Manafort was the delegate-hunt coordinator for eight states for the President Ford Committee; the overall Ford delegate operation was run by James A. Baker III.[4] Between 1978 and 1980, Manafort was the southern coordinator for Ronald Reagan’s presidential campaign, and the deputy political director at the Republican National Committee. After Reagan’s election in November 1980, he was appointed Associate Director of the Presidential Personnel Office at the White House. In 1981 he was nominated to the Board of Directors of the Overseas Private Investment Corporation.
Manafort was an adviser to the presidential campaigns of George H.W. Bush in 1988,[5] Robert Dole in 1996,[6] George W. Bush, and John McCain. In March 2016 he joined the presidential campaign of Donald Trump to lead Trump’s “delegate-corralling” efforts.[7] In April 2016, Manafort gained control of an expanded $20 million budget, hiring decisions, advertising, and media strategy.[8]”
None of that fits his narrative.
Lewandowski did not seem bitter about the change & even
expressed appreciation for Mr. Trump.
Yes.
He has never run a campaign.
He has been a RINO underling in some campaigns.
That’s the extent of it.
“None of that fits his narrative.”
None of it shows he has run a campaign, as was claimed.
“Yeah as if Lew was some sort of kingmaker.”
So now he’s a nothing?
You and Michelle Fields can have each other.
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