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Trump's Strength in Early Presidential Polls Defies Conventional Wisdom
Foxnews ^ | Stephen Clark

Posted on 04/16/2011 11:30:25 AM PDT by Ernest_at_the_Beach

A top adviser for President Obama dismisses him as a "sideshow." Former Bush adviser Karl Rove calls him a "joke candidate."

But that hasn't stopped Donald Trump, who has captured national attention with his outspoken skepticism of Obama's citizenship, from surging in early presidential polls. He leads all potential GOP presidential candidates by nine points in a Public Policy Polling survey released Friday. He trailed only Mitt Romney in a NBC/Wall Street Journal poll released last week.

The real estate mogul and star of NBC's "The Apprentice" says he's encouraged by the polls, but won't make an announcement about his plans for a presidential bid until June. Yet he'll be in Florida this weekend to speak at a Tea Party Tax Day rally in his first political trip since he began making waves with talks of a possible presidential bid.

Despite Trump's early strong showing, many still aren't convinced of his electability and analysts say he will have to go beyond the so-called "birther" cause and define himself for Republican primary voters on social, fiscal and foreign policy issues.

Cary Covington, a political science professor at the University of Iowa, attributes Trump's high poll numbers more to a weak Republican field than to Trump's strengths as a potential candidate.

(Excerpt) Read more at foxnews.com ...


TOPICS: Extended News; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: election2012; fox4ineligibles; fox4romney; foxvsamerica; miltromney; obama; romney4romney; rove; rove4romney; stenchofromney; tokyorove; trump
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To: OldDeckHand
Upon closer examination of their records, they seem virtually identical.

Trump also supported back in 2000, eliminating the public debt, school choice, strict border security, increased military spending, the death penalty and allowing citizens to opt out of social security.

http://www.issues2000.org/Donald_Trump.htm

I can't think of anything Romney did in Massachusetts that was conservative. And, if he did anything conservative, it was with knowledge he was running for President.

But, I agree that Trump fails as a conservative on several key issues.

It's past time someone like Rush or Hannity asked him about his support of Canadian-style socialized health care.

121 posted on 04/16/2011 3:31:11 PM PDT by RINOs suck
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To: Plutarch

The hair does sort of resemble Trump’s...


122 posted on 04/16/2011 3:37:09 PM PDT by matthew fuller (TRUMP RESONATES WITH AMERICA!)
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To: AmericanVictory
That is not an issue he is presently ignoring as he is critical at present of Obamacare.

I want to know what Trump is going to replace Obamacare with and if he has market solutions to the problem of exploding health care costs. He needs to address that issue.

This is one issue he is going to have come up with conservative solution if he wants to remain a viable candidate.

His changed positions may be indicative but he is addressing the issues and Soetoro/Obama’s flaws more strongly than the other potential candidates. Why do they not follow suit if they hope to win?

You mean other Republican candidates? I'd guess because many have been brainwashed into thinking you have to play nice with Obama to win.

Sarah Palin and Michele Bachmann aren't holding back on Obama.

123 posted on 04/16/2011 3:37:20 PM PDT by RINOs suck
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To: Bridge_toofar
-... just not sure who is more electable in November,

I have a slightly different question in which I view this election...

and that is... 'who will make the best case to FIRE the current employee'.

124 posted on 04/16/2011 3:39:28 PM PDT by The Bronze Titan
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To: Matchett-PI
Given that we live in strange times, I suppose I'd be willing to entertain the notion that Trump is a puppet of George Soros and being used by him to simultaneously co-opt the Tea Party and destroy Obama.

Ok. I did. And I don't buy it.

If only because Trump is too much of an egomaniac to be a puppet of George Soros.

125 posted on 04/16/2011 3:39:30 PM PDT by mojito
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To: RINOs suck

Is a person who can be so brainwashed good presidential material at present?


126 posted on 04/16/2011 3:41:42 PM PDT by AmericanVictory (Should we be more like them or they more like we used to be?)
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To: JLAGRAYFOX
"Mr. Trump has not hit a Republican/Conservative nerve, he has hit the entire voting group of Americans across the board, excluding only the extreme left-wing Democrats that continue to cling to failed POTUS Obama!!! "

I've had my current tagline for a few days now, but you stated my meaning more accurately. I will have to update it.

127 posted on 04/16/2011 3:44:29 PM PDT by matthew fuller (TRUMP RESONATES WITH AMERICA!)
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To: Bridge_toofar
Not before any one really knew what OBAMA would be like as a president. That Hope & Change stuff sounded pretty good at the time.

So, you're saying Trump bought into all that "Hope 'n' Change" stuff?

Meaning either he wasn't paying as much attention as the average FReeper or that he was gulled with the rest of the "moderates". That kind of gullibility doesn't speak very well for Trump, either. No better than it spoke for McCain...

128 posted on 04/16/2011 3:50:32 PM PDT by okie01 (THE MAINSTREAM MEDIA: Ignorance On Parade)
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To: Bridge_toofar
Not before any one really knew what OBAMA would be like as a president. That Hope & Change stuff sounded pretty good at the time.

So, you're saying Trump bought into all that "Hope 'n' Change" stuff?

Meaning either he wasn't paying as much attention as the average FReeper or that he was gulled with the rest of the "moderates". That kind of gullibility doesn't speak very well for Trump, either. No better than it spoke for McCain...

129 posted on 04/16/2011 3:50:39 PM PDT by okie01 (THE MAINSTREAM MEDIA: Ignorance On Parade)
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To: Bridge_toofar
Not before any one really knew what OBAMA would be like as a president. That Hope & Change stuff sounded pretty good at the time.

So, you're saying Trump bought into all that "Hope 'n' Change" stuff?

Meaning either he wasn't paying as much attention as the average FReeper or that he was gulled with the rest of the "moderates".

For a guy who prides himself on no-nonsense deal-making, that kind of gullibility doesn't speak very well for Trump. No better than it spoke for McCain...

130 posted on 04/16/2011 3:52:21 PM PDT by okie01 (THE MAINSTREAM MEDIA: Ignorance On Parade)
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To: Pox

MSM dedicates air time to Trump’s shenanigans, effectively pulling the “conservative” electorate to-and-fro. Likely purposed to demoralize Obama’s opposition into selecting an “electable ObamaLite” candidate like Mittens RomneyCare, Huckabee, or another RINO. Too early to tell who they will try to shove down our throats...


131 posted on 04/16/2011 3:56:45 PM PDT by hiram569
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To: The Bronze Titan

haha hint hint!


132 posted on 04/16/2011 4:12:43 PM PDT by Bridge_toofar (Trump/Bachmann 2012 will finish off the Kenyan socialist for good.)
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To: Matchett-PI

Well,...I got thru part of that thread...sounds like she was doing Good!


133 posted on 04/16/2011 4:14:23 PM PDT by Ernest_at_the_Beach ( Support Geert Wilders)
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To: okie01

Can you provide us some links as to which of our candidates running in 2008 recognized marxist tendencies of the Kenyan?


134 posted on 04/16/2011 4:14:23 PM PDT by Bridge_toofar (Trump/Bachmann 2012 will finish off the Kenyan socialist for good.)
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To: OldDeckHand

Exactly right.


135 posted on 04/16/2011 4:17:41 PM PDT by rintense (The GOP elite & friends can pound sand.)
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To: mojito

“Ok. I did. And I don’t buy it.” ~ mojito

I wouldn’t use the word, “puppet”...maybe just two people with the same goals?

Just keep it in the back of your mind.

Take note of this:

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/2705963/posts?page=14#14


136 posted on 04/16/2011 4:20:00 PM PDT by Matchett-PI ("Freedom's Just Another Word For Nothing Left to Tax " ~ Gagdad Bob)
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To: Bridge_toofar
Can you provide us some links as to which of our candidates running in 2008 recognized marxist tendencies of the Kenyan?

Why should I? I never claimed as much.

Instead, I claimed that the average FReeper had figured it out -- in sharp contrast with Mr. Trump, who was as oblivious as McCain.

137 posted on 04/16/2011 4:20:36 PM PDT by okie01 (THE MAINSTREAM MEDIA: Ignorance On Parade)
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To: driftless2

PT Barnum was right.


138 posted on 04/16/2011 4:21:12 PM PDT by rintense (The GOP elite & friends can pound sand.)
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To: VideoDoctor

Yeah, that great negotiator also told Rush he’s in favor of ‘reaching across the aisle’. Where have we heard that before?


139 posted on 04/16/2011 4:23:51 PM PDT by rintense (The GOP elite & friends can pound sand.)
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To: 2111USMC
"Speaking the Truth in times of universal deceit is a revolutionary act. " ...

--George Orwell.

Never underestimate the truth.

140 posted on 04/16/2011 4:26:09 PM PDT by hinckley buzzard
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