Posted on 01/16/2016 5:15:10 AM PST by RoosterRedux
Donald Trump may be a maverick and even an embarrassment to Republican establishment types. But if he becomes the party's presidential nominee, they're all for him.
Trump's rise had troubled insiders, the political pros who organize and fund campaigns, for a host of reasons. He didn't pay his dues by doing the unglamorous work most party regulars endure. He's winning without the GOP's intricate network of fundraisers and grassroots operatives. And his insults of Mexicans and view that Muslims not be allowed to enter this country create an image of intolerance the GOP has been trying to shed for years.
Yet the regulars are ready to do business with Trump if they must.
"Reality," explained Curly Haugland, North Dakota national committeeman. "You get to a tipping point where presumptiveness begins to kick in."
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The biggest motivator for rallying around Trump: Republicans desperately want to win back the White House, and they have an almost visceral dislike of Clinton, the national Democratic front-runner.
Republican National Committee Chairman Reince Priebus laid out the stakes this week at the party's winter meeting.
"If we don't win, what happens to our party?" he asked. "Could we function as a national party in the same way?"
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Get used to it, RINOS. We’re gonna have a LEADER in the White House. Something we haven’t seen in some time.
It’s not going to be business as usual, that we know for sure!
This is the GOPe preferring Trump to Cruz.
——presumptiveness——
aah...... how about pragmatic presumptiveness or maybe presumptive pragmatism
now that’s the ticket
Well, they better get aboard before the bus pulls out.
If Mr. Trump is constantly being accused of being more liberal than he is conservative, I don’t know why the GOPe would have an issue with him. He should be exactly what they want.
Final stage of grief: acceptance.
Only because Cruz just killed himself with his comments. Up till two weeks ago, NRO, GOPe press ALL supporting Cruz over Trump. They are resigned now that Cruz cannot win.
Excellent point.
Sadly, we confirmed what we knew but didn’t acknowledge all these years. The GOPe represents the leftist takeover of the GOP. They are the enemy and Trump may break the hold on power they spent so many years building.
Only because Cruz just killed himself with his comments. Up till two weeks ago, NRO, GOPe press ALL supporting Cruz over Trump. They are resigned now that Cruz cannot win.
At first I thought Cruz was making a rookie mistake. Now I think that Cruz made a deft move. I hope that it is not enough to alter the dynamics of the race, and if Trump did what I suggest, stay focused on what his campaign is about, it would not alter the dynamics of the race. But I am worried at the moment that Trump has fallen into a trap laid by Cruz and does not yet even realize it.
[Sorry for writing a convoluted sentence but it is difficult when constrained on punctuation marks.]
In the end the GPOe will back him because they know a lot of their sock puppets will ride into Congress on his coattails.
They believe (rightly or wrongly) that Trump can be dealt with, it just won’t be the same as usual. They believe that Cruz will do what he says he will do, and they just can’t have that. Cruz is far more dangerous to the status quo.
It can’t be Hillary. The’ll get used to it.
I placed my bets when Ted was at 5% in the polls last March. I still love my odds.
Because it simply is a lie.
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For the life of me, I can't figure out which one actually IS the preferred one from a GOPE stand point.
I'm thinking both camps want to put out that the other side has become acceptable in hopes of taking their opponents down a notch.
Fun stuff to watch.
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