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Face it: Trump’s the true GOP favorite now
The New York Daily News ^ | December 20, 2015 | Jonathan Allen

Posted on 12/20/2015 7:02:30 PM PST by 2ndDivisionVet

There’s something the chattering classes along the Acela Corridor don’t want to say about Donald Trump: He’s the overwhelming favorite to win the Republican presidential nomination.

For the Republican Party’s conservative — in more ways than one — establishment, it’s as if admitting that will make it come true. So instead, they squabble over who the “real” front-runner is, whether it’s Marco Rubio or Ted Cruz. Perhaps, the parlor wisdom holds, a dark horse like Chris Christie can overtake the field at the New Hampshire turn.

For the first few months, the Trump deniers — loud on national television, insistent on Twitter and ever-present in the nation’s leading print and digital outlets — could be called wishful thinkers. With the primaries just around the corner, as many otherwise smart political analysts keep waiting, aching, for conventional order to be restored, it’s time to call them what they are: delusional.

Trump is leading national polls by more than 20 points in a field with more than a dozen candidates. Nor is this just a Rudy Giuliani-style lead that doesn’t translate to state contests....

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


TOPICS: Constitution/Conservatism; Culture/Society; Government; Politics/Elections; US: New York
KEYWORDS: 2016election; cruz; election2016; elections; immigration; jonathanallen; newyork; newyorkdailynews; rubio; trump; trumpwasright
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1 posted on 12/20/2015 7:02:30 PM PST by 2ndDivisionVet
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

Catching up to July .....


2 posted on 12/20/2015 7:05:04 PM PST by Uncle Miltie (Rubio not voting on OmniSpend is RINO for 'smart'.)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

Another “it will be so bad for the Republican party if they nominate awful Donald Trump, oh dear, oh dear” column?


3 posted on 12/20/2015 7:05:10 PM PST by Steely Tom (Vote GOP: A Slower Handbasket)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

Anyone running for elected office other than President should show up at Trump rallies and shake hands with Trump’s supporters.


4 posted on 12/20/2015 7:05:39 PM PST by TornadoAlley3 (Obama is everything Oklahoma is not.)
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To: TornadoAlley3

Wow - somebody really had that as Breaking News?

Had to be CNN or MSNBC.


5 posted on 12/20/2015 7:13:17 PM PST by SaveFerris (Be a blessing to a stranger today for some have entertained angels unaware)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

One thing that should be clear is that voters aren’t interested in the GOPe candidates.

If you add Trump & Cruz supporters together, it’s over 50%.

Trump 35% & Cruz 17% = 52%

If you add Carson’s 10% supporters, it’s 62% that don’t want another GOPe candidate. It should be clear that voters are rejecting the GOPe.

Unfortunately, the GOPe would rather have Hillary win than a true conservative candidate. With Hillary, they can stay in power and continue with business as usual.


6 posted on 12/20/2015 7:13:29 PM PST by boycott (--)
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Face it: Trump's the true GOP favorite now

Wrong. Trump is the last desperate hope of born in America citizens.

The Grand Old Party will burn this land down before they embrace any part of what Trump is saying.

 

7 posted on 12/20/2015 7:19:10 PM PST by Bronzewound (2016 GOP. A Timid Little Division Of The Democrat Party.)
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To: Bronzewound

That pretty much says it for me as well.

The GOPe will never side with Trump. NEVER!

He’s the end of, or at least the delay in their plans, they can’t countenance.


8 posted on 12/20/2015 7:21:45 PM PST by DoughtyOne ((It's beginning to look like "Morning in America" again. Comment on YouTube under Trump Free Ride.))
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Well more articles like THESE are going to drive our resident Trump-haters around the bend,
I expect that numerous interventions will be necessary to keep them from harming themselves...

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9 posted on 12/20/2015 7:27:31 PM PST by mkjessup (This is OUR freakin' Country!! Close the borders to ALL Muslims!! Trump is RIGHT !!!!)
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10 posted on 12/20/2015 7:27:33 PM PST by Bobalu (Even if I could take off, I could never get past the tractor beam!)
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“No no he’s not dead, he’s, he’s restin’! he’s...he’s, ah...probably pining for the fjords.”


11 posted on 12/20/2015 7:56:34 PM PST by dayglored ("Listen. Strange women lying in ponds distributing swords is no basis for a system of government.")
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

the people pulling the strings will not let him win


12 posted on 12/20/2015 8:11:19 PM PST by jrd
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And at around this time in 2008 for the GOP it was Rudy Giulani.

Just sayin... ☺


13 posted on 12/20/2015 8:17:02 PM PST by Theresawithanh (You say "potato," I say "make mine with everything, please!")
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14 posted on 12/20/2015 8:19:05 PM PST by Jane Long (Go Trump, go! Make America Safe Again :)
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To: Steely Tom

I didn’t read it that way. He was just going over the ridiculous left who are in denial and telling them to suck it up


15 posted on 12/20/2015 9:05:13 PM PST by Kenny (RED)
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To: Steely Tom

We will know all by March! 2016! Turmp may lose to Cruz in Iowa, Lose to Christie in New Hampshire, and win in Carolina. Then its all up to super Tuesday and the states of the old Confederacy. Its still an open race.


16 posted on 12/20/2015 9:19:02 PM PST by Forward the Light Brigade (Into the Jaws of H*ll Onward! Ride to the sound of the guns!)
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To: Theresawithanh

If it helps you to sleep at night by believing in the old fashioned “conventional wisdom”, more power to you.

But reality will pay you a visit soon.

This isn’t 2008. Or 2012. It’s damn near CWII. And we aren’t voting for politicians ever again.


17 posted on 12/20/2015 9:20:35 PM PST by datura (Proud Infidel)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

HuffPost said they would only run stories about him in the “Entertainment” section.

I wonder if that’s still true?


18 posted on 12/20/2015 9:21:57 PM PST by eddie willers
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To: eddie willers

I’m not sure but I think they caved and now cover him in news/politics.


19 posted on 12/20/2015 9:24:51 PM PST by Duchess47 ("One day I will leave this world and dream myself to Reality" Crazy Horse)
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20 posted on 12/20/2015 9:36:36 PM PST by entropy12 (Go Trump 2016! Pick strongest on immigration control - Santorum as VP.)
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