Posted on 12/26/2015 9:15:11 PM PST by Helicondelta
A Republican Playbooker who lives in D.C. is back home in New Hampshire for the week: "Driving around the state's capital [Concord] (which is more heavily Democrat than Republican) ... you notice ... lots of visible support for Bernie: lawn signs and bumper stickers. There are signs of support for Hillary too, but Bernie appears to be winning the passion race, if nothing else. A smattering of Ben Carson signs placed only at busy intersections. More paid media from Right to Rise than anyone.
"I asked my folks, all longtime supporters of establishment Republicans, who they're backing: Trump. When you try to advocate for more traditional candidates, they dig in more for Trump (whose Christmas card is kept in a place of honor)."
(Excerpt) Read more at politico.com ...
Trump has become more than just a candidate. It is a movement. A peaceful revolution. A complete repudiation of POLITICIANS.
Ted may be more “conservative”, and had Trump not entered (and totally changed) the race, he would have won, but now we are done with them.
I think you’re right. At first I watched Trump with quiet amusement. Now I’m taking hi seriously. Cruz has zero chance of winning the Illinois primary. Trump does.
For now he’s got my vote. He ain’t perfect, but he’ll do.
L
CRUZ has support in my neck of the Illinois woods.
Where are you? West DuPage here.
L
Northern Illinois
without Trump, the GOPe chosen one would probably be leading the polls (Bush). Trump upset the whole apple cart and also propelled Cruz. I’m just a dumbass blue collar redneck, but that’s how I’ve watched it play out. I am a Cruz supporter, but don’t think he would be as high in the polls without Trump
Remember in November.
When he first threw his hat into the ring, the man resonated. But he had done this before and fallen flat, a passion that soon faded. It was only when he filed, that he was seen as a contender this round. Immediately jumped aboard the train, barely making the caboose. After telling friends and family, sending everything found to them, slowly they too became passengers. My sister is a true Cruz fan and her DH even more so. The two ride the train, liking what they hear and what they see. Both are deeply religious and abhor gambling, drinking and several other vices. A friend in the medical profession who had thought she would be voting for Carson. Very religious (knows the Bible cover to cover) Feeling much animosity toward Islam and muslims, she sees little problem in allowing illegal aliens enter from the south. She still admires Carson but casting a vote for TRUMP as she feels he is the man who might get things done that need to be done in DC. The democrat in laws, may even vote for him knowing them as I do - cannot confirm this as we have not spoken in almost nine years. But as TRUMP is no Republican per say, and he is a celebrity, chances are that the SIL will cast her vote for the celebrity. His appeal crosses lines of every portion of America. Persons listen and more seem to agree with him than disagree. Believe Cruz has done as well as he has due to the fact Trump was plowing the field and Cruz went behind him planting the seeds of conservatism. Come November the results will definitely interesting.
It’ll be interesting between now and March.
Happy New Year to you.
L
The GOPe in my area are still clinging to JEB. LOL
I’m on the Trump Train in California!
Mine too, unfortunately. DuPage is GOPe country for sure.
L
[Mine too, unfortunately.]
They are going to be VERY DISAPPOINTED when the CRUZ and TRUMP delegates go to the GOP Convention.
I’m looking forward to the gnashing of teeth. LOL.
Best,
L
Cruz’ chances are where he planted his platform— with evangelicals, in Iowa and presumably in the South.
I wonder what happens when Cruz runs out of evangelicals?
TRUMP is doing fine in Iowa, and in the South as well, and he’s where he needs to be on the issues of Life, liberty and religious freedom, so that evangelicals are not boxed in with Cruz and can go with the big guy that is sweeping the nation— the one wrecking the emotional health of the GOPE, everywhere.
TRUMP, 2016
Go Trump!
“Trump upset the whole apple cart and also propelled Cruz. I’m just a dumbass blue collar redneck, but that’s how I’ve watched it play out.”
You’re absolutely correct. That’s exactly what happened, and only a few weeks ago, actually. But boy do people have short memories.
People have already forgotten about The Trump Effect.
Trump set the national agenda with illegal immigration and other issues that the GOPe and their allies desperately wanted to avoid, and now they can’t. They were not prepared for this, and as a consequence they don’t have a clue what to do, hence their almost universal collapse into a pile of quivering jello flip-flopping like a bag of Mexican jumping beans dumped on a hot griddle.
Trump has exposed those who pretend to be conservative but are really just fronts for big money establishment campaign donors who purchase their candidates with campaign “donations”.
Trump, by actually being a real man, has exposed the other candidates (Cruz excepting of course) and their allies for the weak little sniveling sellouts that they really are.
Trump’s vociferous truth-telling and fearless neutering of the kommie media has been the catalyst that triggered a massive revolt amongst conservative voters who are infuriated at the GOPe Congress doing absolutely ZERO to stop Obama’s agenda, and suddenly the GOP RINO leadership is in full blown panic mode and in full blown retreat, and the SMALL conservative House contingent smelt blood in the water, took heart, and charged in against a weakened, frightened and paralyzed GOPe leadership.
Trump is absolutely correct when he says that without Trump in the race, everything would be same-ol’, same-ol. The Joyful Tippy-Toes Turtle would be creeping closer to the finish line, Boehner would still be safely ensconced as Speaker, and there would be no mention of illegal immigration are any of the issues surrounding it by any politician in either party, other than possibly how critical it would be to pass immigration “reform”.
The media are loath to make the connection, but it’s obvious that the Boehner resignation was yet another falling domino falling due to the Trump Effect, as Trump’s unabashed truth-telling and fearless neutering of the kommie media triggered a revolt amongst the great unwashed GOP masses which emboldened a few conservative Congress critters to grow a few pairs.
And we wouldn’t even be having ANY of these conversations about illegal immigration and the myriad of other Obammunist issues destroying our country if it wasn’t for Trump. Instead, we’d simply be debating which RINO, GOPe squish would be least likely to be stomped by Hillary and the GOPe would once again be exhorting the “base” about how critical it would be for us to once again vote for the “lesser of two evils”, that is, vote for the GOPe side of the Uniparty coin.
And do note that ALL of the oligarchs are frightened to death of Donald Trump because the billionaires and millionaires can’t buy him like all of the other politicians they routinely purcahse because Trump doesn’t need nor want their money, and the kommie media is frightened to death of him because he isn’t afraid of them either, the bottom line being that Donald Trump can not be controlled by the rich and powerful or the corrupt media, so for anyone who is truly for campaign finance reform and wants to take money out of politics, voting for Trump is the only reasonable choice.
President Trump is really the last hope for this country: if he can’t undo any of the damage wrought by the Obammunists, the U.S.A. is done.
The above, and much more, is called “The Trump Effect”.
“The GOPe in my area are still clinging to JEB.”
Where? The Villages in central Florida? :-)
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