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Have Republicans Given Up on Fighting Donald Trump? ["he'd run better than cruz & slam Hillary"]
nymag.com ^ | January 15, 2016 | Jonathan Chait

Posted on 01/15/2016 7:51:50 AM PST by GonzoII

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I guess it's denial, acceptance and all that stuff.
1 posted on 01/15/2016 7:51:50 AM PST by GonzoII
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To: GonzoII

Cruz would lose the general election. Trump will win it.

More and more people are recognizing this fact.


2 posted on 01/15/2016 7:55:38 AM PST by samtheman (Elect Trump, Build Wall. End Censorship.)
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To: GonzoII

Trump/Cruz 2016


3 posted on 01/15/2016 7:57:04 AM PST by 1Old Pro
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To: GonzoII

>> he’d run better than cruz & slam Hillary - Rich Lowry

I prefer Cruz, but I’ll grant that Trump has better odds of doing campaign ultraviolence on Hillary Clintoon. And I would certainly enjoy seeing her heinous brutalized. I might actually enjoy a POTUS campaign for a change.


4 posted on 01/15/2016 7:57:16 AM PST by Nervous Tick (There is no "allah" but satan, and mohammed was his demon-possessed tool.)
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To: GonzoII

“...before a shot has been fired”
???
I hadn’t noticed the GOPe’s pacific behavior...


5 posted on 01/15/2016 7:57:17 AM PST by mrsmith (Dumb sluts: Lifeblood of the Media, Backbone of the Democrat/RINO Party!)
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To: GonzoII

Now Trump needs to be REALLY careful.
The GOP-e will want back in on the gravy train and they will use any way possible to get it.


6 posted on 01/15/2016 7:57:18 AM PST by Zathras
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To: samtheman

Yet many here deny it. Fair enough, but I’m getting very tired of being called names when I have been quite civil to Cruz folk.


7 posted on 01/15/2016 7:57:27 AM PST by stephenjohnbanker (My Batting Average( 1,000) since Nov 2014 (GOPe is that easy to read))
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I’m getting very tired of being called names when I have been quite civil to Cruz folk.


There is uncivility on both sides. But I honestly believe that there are more Cruz FReepers than Trump Freepers who have a hair-trigger tendency to go personal early in a thread.


8 posted on 01/15/2016 8:00:52 AM PST by samtheman (Elect Trump, Build Wall. End Censorship.)
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To: GonzoII

Trump came out of the gate on June 15, 2015 and hasn’t taken a breath since...

You want to talk about people that are winners? They start, and they never quit till they are at the finish line, and they give it all they have...they don’t lock things up that they don’t want people to know about, they open their whole lives up like a book to read...

Trump is a winner, always has been and always will be, that’s the AMERICAN way....TO WIN....


9 posted on 01/15/2016 8:01:56 AM PST by HarleyLady27 (.."THE FORCE AWAKENS"!!! TRUMP; TRUMP;TRUMP;TRUMP 100%....)
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Cruz would lose the general election.

Cruz is right on the issues, has a brilliant mind, is a masterful debater, and would appoint excellent judges. Unfortunately, he lacks charm, and I think that may be his undoing. There is more to an argument than winning. You must win and win people over. Ronald Reagan was successful because he not only won debates, he did so in a charming way.

10 posted on 01/15/2016 8:02:26 AM PST by Jeff Chandler (I shot Schroedinger's cat with Chekhov's gun.)
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To: GonzoII

Except for Priebus and Haley, the tone does seem to have shifted, ever so slightly.

In one Bush clip, he said they need to coalesce around the nominee, regardless of which one it is.

Ed Rollins on FoxNews this morning basically conceded that Trump is the likely nominee and that the party will get behind the nominee.

Earlier this week were reports of Priebus trying to get a consensus of wannabes to attack Trump. That effort didn’t even get off the ground.


11 posted on 01/15/2016 8:04:49 AM PST by TomGuy
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Yes, there are some Trumperjerks, but I agree that the Cruzers are ahead in the insult department by a good margin. In my many years here, I have never been called the kind of shiite I’ve been called the past 2 weeks. Oh well, still ax’ing for calm here : )


12 posted on 01/15/2016 8:06:24 AM PST by stephenjohnbanker (My Batting Average( 1,000) since Nov 2014 (GOPe is that easy to read))
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To: Jeff Chandler

Cruz is right on the issues, has a brilliant mind, is a masterful debater, and would appoint excellent judges. Unfortunately, he lacks charm, and I think that may be his undoing. There is more to an argument than winning. You must win and win people over. Ronald Reagan was successful because he not only won debates, he did so in a charming way.


I believe he will be ready in 2024. And after 8 years of Trump, the country will be more than ready to elect Cruz. Unless, of course, he is a Supreme Court Justice at that time.


13 posted on 01/15/2016 8:06:42 AM PST by samtheman (Elect Trump, Build Wall. End Censorship.)
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To: GonzoII
If the GOPe is able to take out Cruz, they will then set their focus on Trump.

They do not want The Donald. If they thought they would not have a lackey in Cruz, they certainly would not be able to get around Trump.

They want to destroy Trump too.

IMHO - If Trump would completely lose it over a mic that he is using improperly and blame it on someone else, can you imagine him getting upset at a press conference when discussing ISIS?

14 posted on 01/15/2016 8:07:38 AM PST by Slyfox (Ted Cruz does not need the presidency - the presidency needs Ted Cruz)
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Kraut said Trump won the debate last night. Unreal!


15 posted on 01/15/2016 8:08:37 AM 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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” Ronald Reagan was successful because he not only won debates, he did so in a charming way. “

Yeah, if you can charm a life long reprobate like Tip O’Neil, you’ve got something going!


16 posted on 01/15/2016 8:08:49 AM PST by stephenjohnbanker (My Batting Average( 1,000) since Nov 2014 (GOPe is that easy to read))
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When they finally concede that Trump will be the likely nominee and that their other 'go-to [Hillary]' could be facing an orange jumpsuit position soon, they will.

They will because they want in on the benefits of a party who has a sitting president in the Oval Office. They will want to try to influence. They will also try to get 'their guy' as the VP, just like they did with Reagan.


17 posted on 01/15/2016 8:09:40 AM PST by TomGuy
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To: GonzoII

Scott Adams (of Dilbert fame) has been predicting for months that Trump will win in November by a landslide. I think more and more Republicans are coming around to the same position.


18 posted on 01/15/2016 8:13:37 AM PST by jalisco555 ("In a time of universal deceit telling the truth is a revolutionary act". George Orwell.)
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Cruz would lose the general election. Trump will win it.

My dog could beat Hillary or Bernie.

19 posted on 01/15/2016 8:13:59 AM PST by Carry_Okie (The tree of liberty needs a rope.)
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To: HarleyLady27
I love how Trump answered the question about a blind trust for his business and assets, if elected POTUS.

With no hesitation, points to his family, “they will take care of it. My #1 job is to take care of America.”

20 posted on 01/15/2016 8:14:16 AM PST by Awgie (truth is always stranger than fiction)
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