Posted on 01/27/2016 9:06:13 PM PST by dangus
What we are seeing now is a split. The Republican Party establishment is anxiously embracing Trump. The conservative ideological establishment is angrily rejecting Trump and promoting Cruz. What’s the difference?
Republican Party leaders see Trump as more flexible and pragmatic. “We’ve got to make deals,†Trump said at a campaign rally last week. “We don’t want to sign executive orders. We want to make good deals.†Deal making is something professional politicians understand.
(Excerpt) Read more at blogs.reuters.com ...
Or you could choose the guy who actually has fought for conservatism. Trump is right: Most of the Senate hates him. They want to destroy conservatism and maintain the statist status quo, and he makes their work harder.
The folks who brought us the Bushes, Dole, McCain and Romney now want us to fall in line behind Trump... because he supposedly can win. Wasn't that Romney's argument? Dole's? McCain's?
When Cruz brought about the government shut-down, the Trumps and McConnells of the world told us he had doomed the Republican Party... and instead earned the Republicans a majority in the Senate and the largest majority in the House in almost 100 years. But Trump still rails against Cruz for not making deals.
This debate thing is a fiasco. He will lose Iowa and his trajectory will be downward.
Yeah right! Its so amazing how the establishment Republicans backed him up when he asked for a blatently biased moderator to be removed. Oh wait... did they do that?
Trump wants his family to be the new dynasty, the new ruling family. Peddle false hopes to those who are the angriest and most fearful. That would be the kind who lurk and post on this forum, afraid for their country, culture and family.
Complete with fascinatingly lovely women
Planet Wishful Thinking
I agree that it is a fiasco... but not for Trump. It is almost prophetic the parallels between between Trump’s “boycott” and Reagan who did exactly the same thing. Trump is projecting control as Reagan did. And I do not mention Reagan’s name lightly. Among my two most valuable possessions my framed thank you letters from Reagan.
Not one single instance quoted of GOPe supporting Trump in this BS article.
Trump has good eyesight
Roto-Reuters tub thumping has the Cruzers all fired up.
we’ve heard that before. haven’t we?
“Donald Trump becomes the choice of the Republican establishment”
Uh, yeah, right.
Oh, and this is only the fourteen thousandth time an “establishment supports trump” article has been posted here in the past week. So, PLEASE, PLEASE, PLEASE find some fresh dirt on Trump, it’s just SO boring to see the same dirt posted here a gazillion times.
Cruz’s conservatism is dogmatic.
Trump’s conservatism is pragmatic.
The GOP prefers pragmatic to dogmatic.
They can work with pragmatic “conservatives”... like themselves.
Who do you prefer?
A President that is willing to shut down the government in order to preserve the nation, or
A President that is not willing to shut down the government and who has promised to work with Nancy Pelosi and Chuckie Schumer and who has contributed money to their re-election campaigns?
Not much of a choice for me. I’ll take the former.
Too bad Michael Reagan says Trump is NOTHING like his dad:
http://www.unionleader.com/Another-View-Michael-Reagan-Trump-is-no-Reagan-Republican
Trump wants to deal. I say gridlock. Gridlock is good. Bring it on. Veto, baby veto.
C’mon back in a week and tell us you still think that
Reagan did not do the SAME THING He decline dot debate in Iowa, lost the caucus vote there, but recovered in NH by bolding organizing a debate with his opponents at his own expense.
I said this was going to happen.. Why? Because he is an insider in Washington.. The Establishment hates who?
Ted Cruz!!! Why? Because he will shake them up and Change things.. Trump will keep the Status quo!!!
That title should say Donald Trump becomes the choice of the American People because it sure looks like the reality.
Cruz and his shutdown cost us millions and accomplished NOTHING. Lord you still hang your hat on that crap. Good Lord can’t wait to send Cruz back to DC.......his paid vacation is about over.
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