Posted on 12/08/2015 11:25:17 AM PST by servo1969
Hate to brag on myself but I thought this when I first heard his statement. Start high and make your opponents bargain you down.
I learned to do that when applying for grants. Meet with the gtrantors and ask for twice as much as you think you’re going to get.
ping ...
I put highlights on my thread. Great lessons for us all. Going to my local Salvation Army to see if I can find a copy.
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/3369834/posts
Most interesting
The only problem with this is that when he says he’s going to do something, I expect him to follow through. Making promises during a campaign and not keeping them is what has caused the anger that has propelled The Donald to the top. If he considers what he says during his campaign as talk, just to make the deal, then how is he doing anything different.
I expect he WILL deport (or cause self-deportation) of illegals. I expect he WILL halt muslims from coming to America, at least temporarily. I expect that he WILL get rid of Obamacare. Is all of this going to be compromised?
Was this one of those staged callers?
Really, really, good analysis.
The only question I have is: If Trump later “compromises” as this posits, will his more rabid supporters start calling him a “sellout” and a “RINO”?
There’s a boat load to be said about this tactic.
Liberals have been doing it to us for years and years.
Asking or demanding the extreme and accepting small victories along the way.
When negotiating, if your counter party moves even once in your direction, than they are likely to move more.
I think it may have been Stalin, Mao or Sun Tsu that said “When your sword meets resistance, withdrawal. When there is no resistance, keep pushing”.
At least something to that extent.
Plus Trump has effectively moved to the right of Ted Cruz who took the bait and said he does not agree with Trump’s position. That’s going to hurt Teddy in coming days.
Lawyers do this all the time, ask big $$$$$ knowing they will settle and get what they wanted.
Lawyers hell...... my kid at 5 had mastered this technique
Trump is killing it!
We are all so used to thinking politically, especially politicians. Trump is using business and common sense, something that has everyone except normal Americans befuddled.
Thank you. That is EXACTLY the problem if that is what he is doing. And really it makes some sense. How on earth do you go from Romney was mean to Hispanics to deport them all unless deport them all is an outrageous stance to negotiate down from?
RoFL..........never thought of that. hahaha.
Well I’ll be damned....
https://fas.org/irp/offdocs/eo/eo-13606.htm
I, Barack Obama
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Sec. 4. I hereby find that the unrestricted immigrant and nonimmigrant entry into the United States of aliens who meet one or more of the criteria in section 1 of this order would be detrimental to the interests of the United States, and I hereby suspend the entry into the United States, as immigrants or nonimmigrants, of such persons. Such persons shall be treated as persons covered by section 1 of Proclamation 8693 of July 24, 2011 (Suspension of Entry of Aliens Subject).
He does follow through, but there are always cases that beg for special examination. That’s what Eric is saying.
Trump will end up giving amnesty to illegals who are good people and who will be good Americans. Not all illegals are gangbangers. Some of them are just dirt poor indigents from south of the border who want to work.
Trump will follow through on deporting them all, but he will allow some to come back legally. And they will love the USA for this because they will be able to walk in the open and feel legal and clean. And they will remember it was the Trump people and his party that granted them that whereas the sickening GOPe and democrats just want votes.
All political deals need to be negotiated. If something is totally one sided all the time, that is a dictatorship.
What others do is start where we would be comfortable with them finishing, then negotiate a worse deal from there. Trump is playing the game the way the dem’s do. Do you ever wonder why they are called progressives ... its because they don’t have to win every battle, they just need to move the ball a little in each battle in their direction. This is us finally getting someone who knows how to start moving the ball back in our favor.
Ted will be fine. He’s the smartest of the bunch. We just don’t know what his strategy is. We already had 32 governors who supported Ted’s now, current position. If he can get a few more on board then one could argue that it should become a nationwide doctrine. Right?
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