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Trump’s Ceiling Is His Wallet (Another "Peak Trump" Article)
Wall Street Journal ^ | December 18, 2015 | HOLMAN W. JENKINS, JR

Posted on 12/19/2015 2:31:23 PM PST by PJ-Comix

None of his offenses against propriety seem to have dinged the support that, in a crowded race, keeps Donald Trump atop the GOP primary polls.

Republicans are now talking about a brokered convention, which could be a disaster for the country, and for the GOP, and quite possibly hand the election to Hillary Clinton without a real contest or even critique of her agenda.

So goes the fear. But unless we miss our guess, our long national nightmare-cum-sketch comedy show actually has a termination date. It will end the moment campaigning begins to threaten Mr. Trump’s finances and business interests.

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


TOPICS: Politics/Elections; US: New York
KEYWORDS: 2016election; demagogicparty; donaldtrump; election2016; memebuilding; newyork; partisanmediashill; partisanmediashills; peaktrump; trump
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Yawn! Yet another "Peak Trump" article. They are ALWAYS wrong yet they NEVER learn.
1 posted on 12/19/2015 2:31:23 PM PST by PJ-Comix
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They’ve (the GOPe) lost, and they don’t even know it yet. What a bunch of maroons...


2 posted on 12/19/2015 2:34:17 PM PST by farming pharmer
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Not going to subscribe to read this drivel.


3 posted on 12/19/2015 2:34:41 PM PST by Hugin ("First thing--get yourself a firearm!" Sheriff Ed Galt, Last Man Standing.)
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To: PJ-Comix

Denial ain’t just a river in Egypt


4 posted on 12/19/2015 2:35:54 PM PST by HerrBlucher (Abortion is murder)
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To: PJ-Comix

They will still be writing this schlock on Inauguration Day.


5 posted on 12/19/2015 2:36:24 PM PST by Georgia Girl 2 (The only purpose of a pistol is to fight your way back to the rifle you should never have dropped)
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To: PJ-Comix

Another WSJ open-borders hack speaks....


6 posted on 12/19/2015 2:37:36 PM PST by LongWayHome
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And there are FReepers who staunchly declare that the media loves Trump.

‘Strange days indeed.

Most peculiar, momma.’


7 posted on 12/19/2015 2:38:12 PM PST by Vision Thing
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Oh dear, this is very concerning. Yes it is.

8 posted on 12/19/2015 2:38:42 PM PST by McGruff (The only poll I believe in in The North Pole)
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His wallet?

He hasn’t even opened it yet, just pocket change. He makes the feckless “media” give him free promo.


9 posted on 12/19/2015 2:39:02 PM PST by ROCKLOBSTER (Celebrate "Republicans Freed the Slaves Month")
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2012 campaign spending:

Blue Team
Candidate Spending $540,812,931
National Party Spending $292,264,802
Outside Spending $131,303,352
Total $964,381,085
   Red Team
Candidate Spending $336,399,297
National Party Spending $386,180,565
Outside Spending $418,635,080
Total $1,141,214,942

10 posted on 12/19/2015 2:39:17 PM PST by Zhang Fei (Let us pray that peace be now restored to the world and that God will preserve it always.)
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To: Hugin

Psst! Check your FreepMail.


11 posted on 12/19/2015 2:41:26 PM PST by PJ-Comix (DUmmie Skinner: Bought & Paid For By Hillary)
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“...which could be a disaster for the country...”

Oooo! Are the widow banksters at WSJ afwaid of The Donald?

*SMIRK*


12 posted on 12/19/2015 2:43:12 PM PST by Diana in Wisconsin (I don't have 'Hobbies.' I'm developing a robust Post-Apocalyptic skill set...)
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But Holman W. Jenkins Jr won a Calvin Coolidge Award for Journalism just 2 years ago!


He MUST know what he's talking about!! [smirk]
13 posted on 12/19/2015 2:43:47 PM PST by mkjessup
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To: Diana in Wisconsin

BWHAHAHA!!!!

Oh Diana, TWO smirks and only 35 seconds apart!

It’s true, GMTA! :)


14 posted on 12/19/2015 2:44:44 PM PST by mkjessup
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To: ROCKLOBSTER

And he won’t have to spend much in the general either. Tens of millions of God-fearing, liberty-loving Americans will send in small donations of $20, $200, $2000, etc, to help Trump defeat the godless Marxist witch.


15 posted on 12/19/2015 2:47:45 PM PST by Jim Robinson (Resistance to tyrants is obedience to to God!)
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The Wall Street Journal, like Fox News, works for The Cheap Labor Express. Propganda to convince you to vote for their amnesty canidates.


16 posted on 12/19/2015 2:48:23 PM PST by Lurkinanloomin (Know Islam, No Peace - No Islam, Know Peace)
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Hah! Just read it, (thanks for the tip). What logic! Because Trump hasn’t had to spend much money to win means he won’t spend any money when he has to! Maybe he just doesn’t like to waste money? Wouldn’t that be a novel idea to introduce into government. IIRC his financials show his last tax year he had 200 million in income. So he can fund himself just from the income without touching any of his assets. Hard to believe a major paper pays people to write this stuff.


17 posted on 12/19/2015 2:50:40 PM PST by Hugin ("First thing--get yourself a firearm!" Sheriff Ed Galt, Last Man Standing.)
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Trump isn’t a very deep thinker in relation to politics mainly because, unlike Reagan, he’s spent most of his life building a business empire. Getting so good at building a business that you become a billionaire is an all-consuming activity that leaves little time for reflection on other subjects. However, I expect Trump fully understood the nature of the financial commitment he undertook when he stepped into the political ring. If there’s one thing you can count on Trump to understand, it’s money matters.


18 posted on 12/19/2015 2:53:22 PM PST by Zhang Fei (Let us pray that peace be now restored to the world and that God will preserve it always.)
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This is the clueless bunch paying big bucks to buy those lame Jeb TV ads that wouldn’t convince his wife to vote for him. No one listens to the WSJ.


19 posted on 12/19/2015 2:54:12 PM PST by txrefugee
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Holman W. Jenkins Jr. is an idiot!

Trump has spent slightly under $250,000 on his campaign since the summer and for a multi-billionaire, that’s chump change.

It grates on the Republican establishment that Trump knows how to run an effective campaign and they hate him for it.

They keep telling us he has a ceiling, he’ll go away and with the year nearly over, he’s still in it.

Jenkins et al. will never figure out what makes Trump tick.


20 posted on 12/19/2015 2:54:27 PM PST by goldstategop (In Memory Of A Dearly Beloved Friend Who Lives In My Heart Forever)
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