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The Day the Republican Party Ruptured
Politico ^ | 3/2/2016 | ELI STOKOLS

Posted on 03/02/2016 6:46:28 AM PST by 20yearsofinternet

Donald Trump's Super Tuesday sweep propelled him ever closer to the GOP presidential nomination - and pushed the party he seeks to lead to the breaking point.

The Manhattan billionaire, boosted by support from disaffected blue-collar voters, relished his Super Tuesday victories beneath giant chandeliers inside a Versailles-inspired ballroom at his own Mar-a-Lago resort. Trump had just razed Ted Cruz's Southern firewall and left Marco Rubio gasping as Chris Christie, the former alpha male he's turned into his own obsequious warm-up act, introduced his former rival as "Mr. Trump."

It was just the latest surreal moment in a stranger-than-fiction election cycle—and vivid proof that the Republican Party as we’ve known it for decades, a party controlled by an enclave of country clubbers and an East Coast establishment, is no more.

With every victory, Trump is splintering the party, evoking strong emotions from an increasingly outspoken group of detractors and from the rank-and-file voters propelling his candidacy and rendering the GOP’s Washington power brokers powerless.

"We have expanded the Republican Party," Trump said Tuesday night, noting the spike in turnout across this year's GOP primaries. "I am a unifier. I know people will find it hard to believe, but I’m a unifier."

(Excerpt) Read more at politico.com ...


TOPICS: News/Current Events; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: cruz; elections; rubio; trump
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1 posted on 03/02/2016 6:46:28 AM PST by 20yearsofinternet
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To: 20yearsofinternet

True words


2 posted on 03/02/2016 6:49:09 AM PST by Nifster (I see puppy dogs in the clouadsandb)
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To: 20yearsofinternet

A New World Order where the GOPe is displaced is a NWO I can support.


3 posted on 03/02/2016 6:49:09 AM PST by E. Pluribus Unum ("The goal of socialism is communism... Hatred is the basis of communism" --Vladimir Lenin)
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

Yep. At this point, anyone who is in the “anybody but Trump” camp is only helping two groups: liberals, and the GOPe (somewhat redundant, I know).


4 posted on 03/02/2016 6:50:27 AM PST by 20yearsofinternet (Border: Close it. Illegals: Deport. Muslims: Ban 'em. Economy: Liberate it. PC: Kill it. Trump 2016)
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To: 20yearsofinternet
With every victory, Trump is splintering the party

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To the contrary, the numbers of Republicans voting in primaries is swelling nationally in a big way.

5 posted on 03/02/2016 6:50:53 AM PST by Starboard
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To: 20yearsofinternet

DEATH TO THE UNIPARTY!

Trump can do it.

Trump is a detestable human with no discernable political philosophy, certainly not conservatism.

But Trump is our man to take down the Uniparty, Job #1 for conservatism today.

Follow that bastard into the lines and KILL THE GOP ESTABLISHMENT!


6 posted on 03/02/2016 6:52:02 AM PST by Uncle Miltie (MY CONSERVATIVE MANIFESTO: More Individual Liberty. Less Government Control.)
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To: Uncle Miltie

There is no argument that Trump could somehow be worse than Hillary. Hillary is an avowed leftist and Dictator-Wanna-Be. Trump is merely random. He’ll kill our side half the time.

But Trump will kill the Establishment half the time, because Trump is RANDOM. I’ll take my DEATH TO THE UNIPARTY in random doses, rather than have my political party completely support the Uniparty in actual fact.


7 posted on 03/02/2016 6:54:37 AM PST by Uncle Miltie (MY CONSERVATIVE MANIFESTO: More Individual Liberty. Less Government Control.)
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To: 20yearsofinternet

Rubio’s desperate ankle biting and sophomoric penile allusions are the best argument yet as to why he is not presidential material and shoul nt receive a vote.

As his chances of a successful campaign drop into nothingness his stridency and desperation rise.

If he has any sense and honor at all he will someday look back on his conduct and be shamed by his low and unprofessional behavior.


8 posted on 03/02/2016 6:57:14 AM PST by Iron Munro (Everyone has a plan till they get punched in the mouth -- Mike Tyson)
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To: Starboard

“rendering the GOP’s Washington power brokers powerless”

Kinda like the sound of that one though.


9 posted on 03/02/2016 6:58:52 AM PST by V_TWIN
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To: 20yearsofinternet

It’s all crazy talk.

Politico? Liberal beltway insiders? Elites? Exempt? The Connected? The Pensioned? But most importantly, the depraved, God hating, America hating, feckless check takers whose policies have destroyed this country?


10 posted on 03/02/2016 6:59:28 AM PST by ecomcon
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To: 20yearsofinternet

The republican party is made of of people, not elites. The RNC may explode but if the people are still there it’s a strong party.

If the people find a way to get rid of the old “leaders” then the part will be big and strong and will warp into whatever the people want it to be.

If the RNC finds a way to tell the people to GTFO and succeeds then the party is destroyed because it depends on the people not the elites.


11 posted on 03/02/2016 7:00:38 AM PST by LostPassword
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To: 20yearsofinternet
boosted by support from disaffected blue-collar voters

You know, "We the People" including every demographic.

Surprised author didn't throw "white" in there.

12 posted on 03/02/2016 7:00:46 AM PST by Eddie01
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Rick Wilson, a GOP consultant in Florida supporting Rubio, compared the Trump-backers in his party to the French who accommodated the Nazis during World War Two, blasting “Vichy Republicans” for supporting someone he called “a hideous cancer on American political life.”

Wilson's wrong...if anything Trump is the toxic medicine WTP are willing to swallow to rid the country once and for all of the entrenched parasites in Washington DC.


13 posted on 03/02/2016 7:00:49 AM PST by mac_truck (aide toi et dieu t'aiderai)
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To: Uncle Miltie

I hear you, lol. Any weapon at hand. The cautionary thought is that I suppose that is how Democrats feel about Islam vs Christianity. They hate Christ sooo much...


14 posted on 03/02/2016 7:05:14 AM PST by ecomcon
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To: Iron Munro
If he has any sense and honor at all he will someday look back on his conduct and be shamed by his low and unprofessional behavior.

Are you kidding? He's a politician and a psychopath. But I repeat myself.

15 posted on 03/02/2016 7:07:54 AM PST by Stentor (Oh Teddy Cruz, Canadian that you be. Oh Teddy Cruz, we stand on guard for thee.)
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To: mac_truck

Wilson must not see getting any “consulting” deals from Trump. Sour grapes from the consultant class.


16 posted on 03/02/2016 7:13:03 AM PST by glorgau
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To: Iron Munro

Rubio and Cruz look like outraged Teens who just got put on suspension up next to Trump. I can’t believe I ever thought either one of them was qualified to run for President.


17 posted on 03/02/2016 7:16:00 AM PST by Georgia Girl 2 (The only purpose of a pistol is to fight your way back to the rifle you should never have dropped)
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To: Uncle Miltie

“with no discernable political philosophy”

He can create economic activity.

He vows to stop the uncontrolled flow of illegals into our country.

He has a history of bringing people together in deals. He’s not a stalemate type of guy.

He seems to be not beholden to the establishment club.


18 posted on 03/02/2016 7:16:48 AM PST by cymbeline
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To: cymbeline

Thanks for proving the point that Trump has no discernable political philosophy. Those are random points supported by no general theory.


19 posted on 03/02/2016 7:20:07 AM PST by Uncle Miltie (MY CONSERVATIVE MANIFESTO: More Individual Liberty. Less Government Control.)
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To: Uncle Miltie

I totaly agree with you on the randomness aspect. At least we will smile half of the.time.


20 posted on 03/02/2016 7:26:42 AM PST by BRL
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