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(ABC) ANALYSIS: Donald Trump Takes Ownership of Republican Party
ABC ^ | Feb 20 2016 | Rick Klein

Posted on 02/20/2016 7:18:22 PM PST by WilliamIII

Donald Trump now owns the Republican party. The only question left is whether what’s left of the GOP establishment can winnow the field fast enough to take it back.

South Carolina reveals a three-way Republican race -- with six candidates in it. Pressure will be enormous for all but Marco Rubio and Ted Cruz to exit before it’s too late for the party to block Trump.

What Trump has established himself, though, cannot and should not be ignored. He has mocked, taunted and threatened the party establishment on his way to his undisputed front-runner status.

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TOPICS: Front Page News; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections; US: Florida; US: Iowa; US: New Hampshire; US: New York; US: Ohio; US: South Carolina; US: Texas
KEYWORDS: 2016election; bencarson; election2016; florida; iowa; jebbush; johnkasich; marcorubio; newhampshire; newyork; ohio; pwnd; sc2016; southcarolina; tedcruz; texas; trump; trumpdoctrine; trumprebellion
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1 posted on 02/20/2016 7:18:22 PM PST by WilliamIII
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To: WilliamIII

SQUEEEEEAL like a pig, Rove!


2 posted on 02/20/2016 7:19:11 PM PST by OKSooner (Once you understand that Barack Obama is not on America's side, everything that he does makes sense.)
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To: WilliamIII

Trump’s first order of business should be to clean house of the entrenched establishment leadership.


3 posted on 02/20/2016 7:20:51 PM PST by TomGuy
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To: WilliamIII

Pwnd.


4 posted on 02/20/2016 7:20:54 PM PST by Jim Robinson (Resistance to tyrants is obedience to to God!)
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To: WilliamIII

4 states? ...I’m waiting till at least Super Tuesday.


5 posted on 02/20/2016 7:21:00 PM PST by TexasCajun (#BlackViolenceMatters)
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To: WilliamIII

6 posted on 02/20/2016 7:21:25 PM PST by Jane Long (Go Trump, go! Make America Safe Again :)
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To: OKSooner

Rove is too busy plotting to squeal right now .. beware Rove & co ...


7 posted on 02/20/2016 7:21:25 PM PST by Neu Pragmatist (Will Cruz endorse Trump or Jeb? That is the question... Vote Trump)
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To: WilliamIII

Interesting development.

The elite players might favor Trump over Hillary to gain more control of a widespread conservative movement from the traditional GOP power players. They already control the liberals. They might throw Hillary under the bus.


8 posted on 02/20/2016 7:22:31 PM PST by Cvengr ( Adversity in life & death is inevitable; Stress is optional through faith in Christ.)
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To: WilliamIII

Trump triumph!


9 posted on 02/20/2016 7:22:40 PM PST by bigbob ("Victorious warriors win first and then go to war" Sun Tzu.)
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To: WilliamIII

Title correction>

(ABC) ANALYSIS: Conservative Americans Take Back Ownership of Republican Party.


10 posted on 02/20/2016 7:24:24 PM PST by QuigleyDU
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To: WilliamIII

THANK GOD this Primary season is coming to an end. The Republicans have spoken and the message is that THE ESTABLISHMENT IS DESPISED!


11 posted on 02/20/2016 7:25:27 PM PST by BobL (Who cares? He's going to build a wall and stop this invasion.)
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To: OKSooner

Say it Karl, whose your pappy


12 posted on 02/20/2016 7:26:22 PM PST by Steven Tyler
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To: WilliamIII

and Best of All, Jeb is gone


13 posted on 02/20/2016 7:26:35 PM PST by MNJohnnie ( Tyranny, like Hell, is not easily conquered)
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14 posted on 02/20/2016 7:26:56 PM PST by dontreadthis
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To: WilliamIII

The liberals are taking full control! Pro-life activism is going to be banned soon.


15 posted on 02/20/2016 7:27:04 PM PST by nickcarraway
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To: WilliamIII

The liberals are taking full control! Pro-life activism is going to be banned soon.


16 posted on 02/20/2016 7:27:08 PM PST by nickcarraway
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To: Cvengr

I remember the little girl with the daisy ad and the exploding bomb. It ran a lot on TV, over and over. Be prepared for similar crap today.


17 posted on 02/20/2016 7:27:33 PM PST by Ciexyz
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To: WilliamIII

I am so pumped !!!


18 posted on 02/20/2016 7:27:37 PM PST by 11th_VA (It's all gonna change once Trump's president)
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To: Jim Robinson
The GOP establishment can't get out of South Carolina fast enough....
19 posted on 02/20/2016 7:29:24 PM PST by PittsburghAfterDark (The American media: We do what the Soviet media did without the guns to our head.)
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“Pro-life activism is going to be banned soon.”

By who? Names, please.


20 posted on 02/20/2016 7:31:14 PM PST by WilliamIII
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