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Why Trump and Cruz Aren't Forbes or Cain
Bloomberg View | December 22, 2015 | Albert R. Hunt

Posted on 12/22/2015 10:45:26 AM PST by 2ndDivisionVet

Link only: http://www.bloombergview.com/articles/2015-12-22/why-trump-and-cruz-aren-t-forbes-or-cain


TOPICS: New York; Texas; Campaign News; Issues; Parties; Polls
KEYWORDS: 2016election; bush; cruz; election2016; goldbug; goldbugs; hermancain; newyork; steveforbes; tedcruz; texas; trump
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1 posted on 12/22/2015 10:45:26 AM PST by 2ndDivisionVet
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Link to article: http://www.bloombergview.com/articles/2015-12-22/why-trump-and-cruz-aren-t-forbes-or-cain


2 posted on 12/22/2015 10:45:49 AM PST by 2ndDivisionVet (TED CRUZ. You can help: https://donate.tedcruz.org/c/FBTX0095/)
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Bloomberg is a gun grabber. He doesn't deserve any page hits.

3 posted on 12/22/2015 10:49:45 AM PST by PAR35
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

I don’t need to read this drivel to understand.


4 posted on 12/22/2015 10:54:33 AM PST by Eddie01 (uh oh)
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To: PAR35

Written by Al Hunt to boot. That’s two reasons not to read it. I was wondering where he disappeared to. Is Judy Dandruff still on PBS?


5 posted on 12/22/2015 10:59:44 AM PST by be-baw (still seeking)
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even though you probably agree with him on this.....??? I”m secure enough in my beliefs to read lefties like Hunt and not feel threatened.


6 posted on 12/22/2015 11:09:01 AM PST by C. Edmund Wright (WTF? How Karl Rove and the Establishment Lost...Again (Amazon Best Seller))
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

Al Hunt actually wrote this?


7 posted on 12/22/2015 11:20:26 AM PST by Timber Rattler ("To hold a pen is to be at war." --Voltaire)
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To: C. Edmund Wright

I didn’t read it. I thought I was clear about that. I was merely commenting on the probable worthlessness of it. Apparently you did read it. Tell me what he said and I’ll tell you what I think about it.


8 posted on 12/22/2015 11:33:42 AM PST by be-baw (still seeking)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

This ‘outsider’ meme is duplicitous.
It hides the fact that it’s the *positions* of the establishment that are disapproved of.

Moderate voters are not just wanting ‘outsiders’, they want what they consider good policy.


9 posted on 12/22/2015 11:39:13 AM PST by mrsmith (Dumb sluts: Lifeblood of the Media, Backbone of the Democrat/RINO Party!)
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To: be-baw

It was right on the money about the Republican base versus the Republican establishment sitaution today.

I bet you would agree with nearly all of it.


10 posted on 12/22/2015 11:41:59 AM PST by C. Edmund Wright (WTF? How Karl Rove and the Establishment Lost...Again (Amazon Best Seller))
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

For cheap labor purposes, Malcolm Steve Forbes is for amnesty for illegal immigrants. This is his biggest weakness, and why I was glad that he didn’t become POTUS.


11 posted on 12/22/2015 11:51:42 AM PST by johnthebaptistmoore (The world continues to be stuck in a "all leftist, all of the time" funk. BUNK THE FUNK!)
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To: C. Edmund Wright

Okay I read the article. There was nothing in it that I haven’t read or heard elsewhere many times. It was merely a recitation of poll numbers with no new insight. Am I missing something?


12 posted on 12/22/2015 11:56:27 AM PST by be-baw (still seeking)
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To: be-baw
Am I missing something?

Yes, you are missing my entire point - in context.

13 posted on 12/22/2015 12:21:01 PM PST by C. Edmund Wright (WTF? How Karl Rove and the Establishment Lost...Again (Amazon Best Seller))
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To: C. Edmund Wright

I don’t think I’m missing your point, but your words “in context” makes me think you think I am. Don’t sweat it. It’s not a big deal.


14 posted on 12/22/2015 12:31:53 PM PST by be-baw (still seeking)
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To: be-baw

my only point was that Freepers were refusing to read it because they assumed, since it was Al Hunt, that is was bullshit.

As it turned out, it was right on the money....and those Freepers were wrong. I never said that it was earth shattering stuff we don’t know.....but it was ironic that a bunch of posters who would agree with every word of it refused to read it on the premise that they would not agree with any of it.

No sweat....


15 posted on 12/22/2015 2:02:31 PM PST by C. Edmund Wright (WTF? How Karl Rove and the Establishment Lost...Again (Amazon Best Seller))
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Whatever people think of the article or the author it's a legitimate question.

There's always speculation about why it is that the conservative candidate loses the nomination.

People assume that there's some great conservative alternative in the field who was cruelly and unfairly crushed by Dole or McCain or Romney.

Facing up to the fact that the real existing conservative candidates weren't the kind of people who win presidential nominations or elections would be a step in the right direction.

Things are different this time. But the question's a valuable one: Why aren't Trump and Cruz Forbes and Cain (or Robertson and Keyes or Gramm and Dornan or Bauer and Buchanan or Santorum and Huckabee or Paul and Hunter)?

16 posted on 12/22/2015 2:10:37 PM PST by x
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To: C. Edmund Wright

I agree the article was factual and drew reasonable conclusions from the data cited. Thank you for your time and patience.

I heard you were on the radio this morning. How’d it go?


17 posted on 12/22/2015 2:13:08 PM PST by be-baw (still seeking)
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To: be-baw

Thanks for asking...there was a thread about my appearance on Breitbart’s News Daily Show - went well....short...about 5 minutes.

Taped Newsmax TV Malzberg Panel this afternoon, playing tonight sometime.

I’m on Deace tonight. On Sorbo tommorw. AMN on Thursday.


18 posted on 12/22/2015 3:48:44 PM PST by C. Edmund Wright (WTF? How Karl Rove and the Establishment Lost...Again (Amazon Best Seller))
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To: be-baw
I agree the article was factual and drew reasonable conclusions from the data cited.

And I'll be the first to admit those are RARE in an Al Hunt article. And I'm sure he's drawing the wrong conclusions about the electability of Cruz or Trump - but he'll get around to that later.

19 posted on 12/22/2015 3:50:00 PM PST by C. Edmund Wright (WTF? How Karl Rove and the Establishment Lost...Again (Amazon Best Seller))
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To: C. Edmund Wright

Do you have any links?


20 posted on 12/22/2015 4:03:28 PM PST by be-baw (still seeking)
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