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Against Trump Fatalism
The Weekly Standard ^ | February 24,2016 | WILLIAM KRISTOL

Posted on 02/24/2016 12:09:03 PM PST by Hojczyk

And so we are now being treated to a wave of Donald Trump fatalism. Yes, he's defied expectations in a pretty remarkable way. Yes, he's won three of the first four GOP contests. Yes, he's ahead in the polls in the states coming up. Yes, he has an easier path to victory than any other candidate.

But only four states about 1.2 million people have actually cast ballots. Trump has won about a third of the votes cast; Cruz and Rubio have each won a bit over a fifth. Trump leads in delegates with 79 out of the 110 selected less than seven percent of those he needs to win the nomination. He trails Cruz in the biggest of the Super Tuesday states, Texas, and while Trump will almost certainly take the most delegates on March 1, it's unclear whether he'll win more like half or two-thirds of them. Even if he wins two-thirds, the March 15 winner-take-all states of Ohio, Florida, and Illinois will be fiercely contested.

And this is all before further debates, before any sustained television advertising assault on Trump, while the other candidates are still (foolishly) sniping at each other instead of taking on Trump. And in a circumstance where the frontrunner has unusual vulnerabilities.

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1 posted on 02/24/2016 12:09:03 PM PST by Hojczyk
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To: Hojczyk
Bill Kristol, Karl Rove, Charles SauerKraut starring as the 3 stooges
2 posted on 02/24/2016 12:10:18 PM PST by stocksthatgoup (Trump for me. I want to see Hillary, Bernie or any demoncrap crushed)
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To: Hojczyk

If Jeb or Rubio had done what Trump has done to date, Kristol would be calling this race over.


3 posted on 02/24/2016 12:10:29 PM PST by dirtboy
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To: Hojczyk

So says the delusional William Kristol.


4 posted on 02/24/2016 12:11:31 PM PST by CaptainK (...please make it stop. Shake a can of pennies at it.)
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To: Hojczyk
To: William Kristol

Shut up, Cuck.

5 posted on 02/24/2016 12:13:01 PM PST by grey_whiskers (The opinions are solely those of the author and are subject to change without notice.)
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To: Hojczyk

Blow it out your ass, Bill Kristol!


6 posted on 02/24/2016 12:13:02 PM PST by bigbob ("Victorious warriors win first and then go to war" Sun Tzu.)
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To: Hojczyk

They just keep hoping

They were hoping we would never catch on

We keep hoping the GOP would do something

Well we are now hoping Trump will do something

Hell everyone else has failed

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uS4yZiKYQ8s

This has been posted here but some people may have missed it

Helped convert me to a Trump fan

My first choice is long gone


7 posted on 02/24/2016 12:13:54 PM PST by Hojczyk
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..we’ll see where Crystal is on March 16th


8 posted on 02/24/2016 12:13:59 PM PST by Doogle (( USAF.68-73..8th TFW Ubon Thailand..never store a threat you should have eliminated))
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It’s not just that, it’s that Trump is leading by large margins almost everywhere!

If Trump had ONLY been polling well in the 4 states that have actually voted, and was polling poorly everywhere else... THAT would be a completely different matter.

There is ZERO path to the nomination anymore for Rubio and Cruz and everyone else should have already dropped out by now.


9 posted on 02/24/2016 12:14:51 PM PST by TexasFreeper2009 (You can't spell Hillary without using the letters L, I, A, R)
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To: Hojczyk

Kristol and his Standard Weakling, along with the National Review, will be scheming and fuming about Trump for several years to come, trying to come up with a plan to defeat him, even as he sits in the White House.


10 posted on 02/24/2016 12:15:26 PM PST by euram
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You forgot to mention that everyone despises the GOPe candidates, and doesn’t trust any first gen hispanic to do what we want on immigration.

Give it up.


11 posted on 02/24/2016 12:15:32 PM PST by DesertRhino ("I want those feeble mined asses overthrown,,,")
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And to think these guys see the guy they support as being a better challenger to Hillary.


12 posted on 02/24/2016 12:16:29 PM PST by VanDeKoik
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To: Hojczyk

Who appoints these guy as geniuses?


13 posted on 02/24/2016 12:17:23 PM PST by jospehm20
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Keep wishing Bill. You're an idiot who, just like the establishment, has NO IDEA what people are thinking and how pissed we really are, not just at Obama and the Democrats BUT AT THE REPUBLICANS for simply letting it happen!

Go away and take the rest of the beltway/northeastern establishment with you.

14 posted on 02/24/2016 12:18:11 PM PST by Solson (Trump plays to win. Deal with it.)
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Folks, if you're reading this, you know what needs to happen.
If you can, please support the forum at this time. Thank you.

15 posted on 02/24/2016 12:18:19 PM PST by DoughtyOne (Facing Trump nomination inevitability, folks are now openly trying to help Hillary destroy him.)
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To: TexasFreeper2009

But, but wait, Rove and the other “real conservatives” said Trump peaked and has hit his ceiling, so how can his numbers be higher, he’s declining they said it. Lol


16 posted on 02/24/2016 12:18:33 PM PST by stockpirate ( Cruz Glue Sniffers - Cruz is a fraud.)
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To: Hojczyk

The stupidest man in politics speaks yet again!

How did spelling ‘potato’ work out for you, Bill?


17 posted on 02/24/2016 12:18:34 PM PST by miss marmelstein (Richard the Third: With my own people alone I should like to drive away the Turks (Muslims))
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To: Hojczyk

He’s only about 1,170 delegates short of the nomination. So that must mean it’s over. Right?


18 posted on 02/24/2016 12:18:48 PM PST by TBP (0bama lies, Granny dies.)
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To: Hojczyk
This is the kind of media treatment Trump will get if he is the nominee

It is doubtful he will be able to overcome it.

19 posted on 02/24/2016 12:20:04 PM PST by Slyfox (Ted Cruz does not need the presidency - the presidency needs Ted Cruz)
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To: stocksthatgoup

The little neo-con Kristol is serving his masters.


20 posted on 02/24/2016 12:20:37 PM PST by Dalberg-Acton
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