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Secret sign-ups and TV foot soldiers: Donald Trump's campaign is for real
theguardian.com ^ | Ben Jacobs

Posted on 10/08/2015 4:56:13 AM PDT by RoosterRedux

Donald Trump is quietly transforming his made-for-TV rallies across the US into a disruptive coalition of actual voters that could sustain his outsider run for the White House, an intimate review of his campaign infrastructure can reveal.

With off-the-cuff stump speeches broadcast as free advertising on cable news from high-school gymnasiums in primary states to major arenas in Alabama and Texas, the former reality-show star’s unlikely turn as Republican frontrunner for the presidency may seem like it is run out of a television green room.

But interviews with Trump campaign officials and volunteers, as well as political operatives and voters on the ground in early nominating states, piece together a kind of master plan in the works over the four months since Trump’s bombastic debut on the campaign trail – and show that he might have staying power over the next four months before primary voters head to the polls.

Trump’s growing team has identified more than 10,000 voters – many at his hot-ticket rallies giving away their personal data for a glimpse at a celebrity – who have committed to voting for him in February’s first-in-the-nation primary in New Hampshire, the Guardian has learned. His sprawling campaign apparatus already has more paid organizers on the ground in Iowa and New Hampshire than any of his 14 Republican rivals.

“It’s massive,” Trump campaign manager Corey Lewandowski said of the tranche of information harvested from voters. “It helps build our database, share information, solicit help – to grow the electorate.”

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


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1 posted on 10/08/2015 4:56:13 AM PDT by RoosterRedux
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To: hoosiermama; onyx; Jane Long; V K Lee; conservativejoy; RitaOK; Black Agnes; nopardons

Ping


2 posted on 10/08/2015 4:56:53 AM PDT by RoosterRedux (Trump: As long as you are going to be thinking anyway...think big.)
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To: RoosterRedux

Yeh,,he’ll be dropping out any day now, right? Can’t believe that “he isn’t in it to win it” drumbeat is still out there in some circles.

Go Trump!


3 posted on 10/08/2015 5:01:27 AM PDT by austinaero
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To: RoosterRedux

Don’t know whether to use
YUUUUUUGE
or
GEEEEEEENIUS!

Regardless: do not underestimate The Donald !


4 posted on 10/08/2015 5:02:43 AM PDT by hoosiermama
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To: RoosterRedux
Could anybody be more American?

<><> Ann Coulter described Trump's immigration dissertation as better than the hallowed Magna Carta.

<><> Trump w/ an American eagle. / Martin Schoeller for Time magazine.

<><> He was depicted as a Founding Father on a magazine cover.

<><> And this.....revolutionary Trump.


5 posted on 10/08/2015 5:25:19 AM PDT by Liz
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To: RoosterRedux
Good article coming from the ultra-liberal Guardian. It states the facts and does not attempt tot tear down Trump the way many supposedly Right Wing news sources do.
6 posted on 10/08/2015 5:28:42 AM PDT by oncebitten
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To: oncebitten

You mean like the Fox Dump on Trump club?

Pray America is waking


7 posted on 10/08/2015 5:34:45 AM PDT by bray (If Obama had a son he would be a cop killer.)
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To: RoosterRedux

Thanks for posting this. It really sucks that a somewhat marginal, left leaning publication comes up with what’s one of the best, to date most thoughtful, evaluations of the Trump campaign.


8 posted on 10/08/2015 5:37:27 AM PDT by libstripper
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To: RoosterRedux
“It’s massive,” Trump campaign manager Corey Lewandowski said of the tranche of information harvested from voters.

Uh oh. He's getting off message. Not "massive", YUUUUUUUUUGE!
9 posted on 10/08/2015 5:42:08 AM PDT by Dr. Sivana (There is no salvation in politics)
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To: RoosterRedux

Trump is paving the way....all across America.

Love this article...explains just how YUUUGE the Trump operation is (Hint: Ground game) in the primary states....and beyond!!


10 posted on 10/08/2015 5:48:01 AM PDT by Jane Long ("And when thou saidst, Seek ye my face; my heart said unto thee, Thy face, LORD, will I seek")
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To: Jane Long
Trump is showing how much better a successful businessman is at running a campaign much the way he exposed the government incompetence in the Wollman Rink renovation.

Which is why I don't see how he can lose.

11 posted on 10/08/2015 6:06:17 AM PDT by RoosterRedux (Trump: As long as you are going to be thinking anyway...think big.)
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To: RoosterRedux

Aaaaaaanndd...............

........we all have our secret decoder rings, as well!!

Bwaaaaahahahahahahahahah..............!

Be afraid!
Be VERY VERY afraid.


12 posted on 10/08/2015 6:09:26 AM PDT by Flintlock (Our soapbox is gone, the ballot box stolen--we're left with the bullet box now.)
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To: RoosterRedux
Which is why I don't see how he can lose.

I can. As Romney correctly observed, the Democrats have 47% of the vote in the bag on the basis of freebies alone. Next September they roll out a huge, breathtaking Student Loan Forgiveness Scheme, and Millenials start crawling over broken glass to go and vote for it.

It sucks, but Reagan himself would be unable to beat that I fear.


13 posted on 10/08/2015 6:11:10 AM PDT by Buckeye McFrog
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14 posted on 10/08/2015 6:13:26 AM PDT by Jane Long ("And when thou saidst, Seek ye my face; my heart said unto thee, Thy face, LORD, will I seek")
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To: bray
You mean like the Fox Dump on Trump club?

Fox really let their bias show. In every way possible they tried to trash Trump they could. Meghan Kelly is the perfect example of a sick attempt to trash Trump. She looked like the fool she is. Quit her show.

O'Rielly was just as bad. He tried hard to disrupt Trump but when he realized that Trump dumped Fox he backtracked. Too bad Trump did not continue the boycott of Fox longer and let that Roger Ailes sit in he warped juice.

15 posted on 10/08/2015 6:46:39 AM PDT by Logical me
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To: RoosterRedux

Dilbert Creator Scott Adams on Donald Trump’s “Linguistic Kill Shots”
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=55NxKENplG4

8 minutes


16 posted on 10/08/2015 7:45:30 AM PDT by Balding_Eagle (The Great Wall of Trump ---- 100% sealing of the border. Coming soon.)
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To: RoosterRedux

I’m not a Trump supporter, but I have to say that from what little I’ve seen, his campaign manager, Corey Lewandowski, is one serious, impressive dude. He’s quite military in his demeanor and presentation.

I saw him in one interview and quite frankly, when it was over, I wanted to vote for HIM. lol...


17 posted on 10/08/2015 7:51:30 AM PDT by EternalVigilance (Polling: The dark art of .turning a liberal agenda into political reality.)
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To: Balding_Eagle
I just watched that video.

Excellent. And true.

18 posted on 10/08/2015 8:01:31 AM PDT by RoosterRedux (Trump: As long as you are going to be thinking anyway...think big.)
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To: austinaero

Glad to hear he is organized and has a master plan. Someone doesn’t get to be a multi-billionaire without those abilities.


19 posted on 10/08/2015 8:05:44 AM PDT by CottonBall
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To: RoosterRedux

He knows how to hire the right people to get the job done.


20 posted on 10/08/2015 8:13:51 AM PDT by onyx ( PLEASE HELP COMPLETE THIS FReepathon THIS MONTH!)
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