Yeppers.
Interesting analysis — he is making some good points.
I hope he is correct.
In January, I watched Hillary attack Trump, calling him a hater of women.
He eviscerated her by bringing up the peccadilloes of her husband and her part in it. Two paragraphs, one tweet. The Clintons melted.
In December, Cruz in an interview said that those old sex issues were off limits to his campaign.
Later in a debate, Trump said that he would go after Islamists with not only waterboarding, but worse. Ted Cruz was embarrassed, and gave a pretty weak retort.
The point here is Trump put himself out there, risking his front runner status. He took stands that weren't expected, that were going to be attacked by the media, and used against him.
He took them on principle, fought for them, and is winning on them. Just these two examples, but everyone knows he's been doing that on every single issue since he began.
Yes, he's persuasive, but it's the issues he's taken up that are important. It's the fact that he can clearly form a narrative, and win against the media as no one can.
Cruz is learning, but he's just not ready. It's why Sarah Palin and so many others have chosen to go with Trump.
This seems to miss the point. "Turning the board around" is an expression of confidence in ones abilities, not of "meticulous plotting".
You know, I don't even get it! What is he thinking ???
Hmmm, not so sure about that. We have a majority idiotic electorate that votes Democrat...no matter what. Its going to be almost impossible to defeat Hillary with all the blacks, hispanics, young entitlement crowd and guilty feeling whites out there.
The trouble though is the possibility that she will be taken out of the race if she appears to be a likely loser.
Then again, if Hillary is shafted she knows where the bodies are buried and would be able to collapse the democrats chances..she has them over a barrel. To get her out of the way might be difficult, even for a bunch of grifters like the democrat party.
What an election!
I hope he is right. Trump it’s the only one left.
Cruz has gone over to the dark side.
Well , it looks like Cruz has gone over to the dark side.....Lindsey Graham is supporting him, Jeb Bush is supporting him, Mitt Romney is supporting him I guess Ted is now one of them......He is now officially one of the GOP elitists....oh that nutcase Glen Beck is supporting him too...
Never mind all that-better get over to Wisconsin...a few times.
And Ted is a yappy purse dog: “The dogs bark but the caravan moves on”.
Ted will get savaged by the Clinton/democrat machine.
I like Scott and as a Trump supporter I’ll take the flattering parts of his argument; that Trump is skilled at the “game” of winning in politics.
The unflattering implication; that Trump’s appeal is 100% emotional and zero percent rational - I beg to differ. First of all, the “game” analogy (chess) is not 100% appropriate. There is winning the presidency and there is being a good president once elected. Two different things. With chess winning is the whole point, and after you win there is nothing except maybe starting another match.
While there may be some supporters of various candidates who care more about their ‘team’ winning, Hoorah!, and not much about the fate of the country under that leadership, I trust the vast majority of people are not of that ilk.
People want their candidate to win not for the sake of winning, but because they believe they would make a better president. Certainly, Trump supporters are proud of their candidate’s skill at winning, but let’s give them a tiny bit of credit here: they also look forward to being proud of their candidate’s skill at being president, once elected.
Also, feeling strongly (an emotion) about issues such as open borders, rip off trade deals, weakness against ISIS, corruption and incompetence in DC - does not preclude rational thought about those issues. Just because one ‘feels’ angry and frustrated, does not mean one is irrational.
Republicans have forgotten how to:
1. Sell
2. Appeal to the voters
3. Look attractive
3. Deal with the media
4. Craft a message
5. Many other things
I think Rush said something VERY profound the other day, that nobody else has mentioned.
The current Republican party is not organized for or has the goal of winning elections.
Think about that for a while.
If that is the case, and I think it is, then it explains a LOT of the events of the last 20+ years.
This is way bigger than Trump.
"If I am not for myself, who will be for me?" Trump!
