Posted on 02/13/2016 12:50:30 PM PST by TBBT
Few professional analysts seriously expected six months ago that Donald Trump could win the Republican nomination. But after Tuesday night, it is a clear possibility.
How much of a possibility? To get that answer right, it is important to understand some things about the Trump phenomenon.
Perhaps most important, Trump's campaign is not a Tea Party phenomenon. While there's been a tendency to try to lump Trump in with various G.O.P. insurgencies of the last few years, that role is best filled by Sen. Ted Cruz, who really occupies the "Tea Party lane" of the G.O.P. primary more cleanly.
Instead, Trump is a part of a much older insurgency within the G.O.P., dating back to the 1992 Pat Buchanan campaign and even to some internal debates within the Nixon administration. Candidates in this vein, such as Gov. Mike Huckabee and Sen. Rick Santorum, have argued from varying angles that the economic libertarianism of the G.O.P. is a tough sell, and should be pulled more toward an economic populism that allows for increased redistribution and for helping the "little guy" who has been left behind in the era of globalization. It is because of this confusion that so many of the early attacks on Trump - from questioning his conservative bona fides to making fun of the way he talked - fell flat. Trump's voters simply didn't care about these things.
(Excerpt) Read more at nytimes.com ...
“Haven’t seen the articles about the GOP huddling together to figure out how to get rid of Cruz. Seen a few on how the GOPeers huddle together to try to figure out how to get rid of Trump.”
They are hoping for Trump to take him out.
NY Slimes. Press Ignore
Has it been only 9 times that he has ‘peaked’? Seems like so many more!
As a Trump supporter, should you ever come back, I hope you bring a narrower brush with you.
Why did the GOPe require a loyalty oath? It was certainly because of Trump, not Cruz. Remember who raised their hand on the first question at the first debate?
Think of it like a parking orbit awaiting a sling shot around the Sun to Mars.
Wishful thinking at best. LOL
And we far outnumber you Cruzers;. LIVE WITH THAT!
15% “Trump’s ceiling is limited.”
20% “Trump’s ceiling is limioted.”
30% “Trump’s ceiling is limited.”
Trump now over 40% in national polls (over 45% in one or two).
“Trump’s ceiling is limited.”
Don’t the MORONS ever get tired of being wrong?
Ha...He has slipped off the plateau....and is sliding down to the fjord that he was pining for.
Claims the Cruzer who is the same type. LOL
The title of the header, or the REAL LEAD over the rest of the midgets, that Trump enjoys everywhere? *snicker*
NO.
I am convinced that should Obama try for a third term, those same morons would vote for him.
I fact, it would not surprise me if Omugabe gets a sizeable number of write in votes.
There are a lot more criminal illegal voters than we realize.
When the number of indolent in the wagon outnumber the number pulling it, it's a done deal...
Remember "The bombing starts in five minutes"?
Joking about nuclear war is a lot harsher than the P word that's triggering fainting spells across the wussosphere.
Been that way ever since a Democrat decided to seek the GOP nomination for President.
Trump hired me as a sleeper agent in 2005? News to me. Going to have to call the Trump Organization and get my back pay.
What’s the point of the wall if he’s gonna expedite them right back in?
I agree
I’ve definitely seen more exciting opus posts!
Disclaimer: Opinions posted on Free Republic are those of the individual posters and do not necessarily represent the opinion of Free Republic or its management. All materials posted herein are protected by copyright law and the exemption for fair use of copyrighted works.