Posted on 04/02/2016 7:12:43 AM PDT by RoosterRedux
Outwardly, Donald J. Trump called it a “unity meeting” — a closed-door session in Washington on Thursday involving his own inner circle and the Republican National Committee’s high command.
Inside, however, it was more of a clearing of the air, according to three people briefed in detail on the discussion.
And the candid remarks included some by Mr. Trump directed at his own team.
There was plenty of tension to defuse: For months, Mr. Trump has denounced the party’s major donors, and only this week he went back on a written pledge to support whoever becomes the Republican presidential nominee because, he said, the party had treated him “unfairly.”
In the meeting, held at the committee’s headquarters, the Republican national chairman, Reince Priebus, laid out for the party’s front-runner the need for the committee and Mr. Trump’s campaign to have a good relationship, according to the three people, who insisted on anonymity to discuss private conversations.
Mr. Priebus, who was joined by the committee’s chief operating officer, Sean Cairncross, and its chief of staff, Katie Walsh, told Mr. Trump and his team that the party wanted to be helpful to him but that it was difficult to do so in the face of his routine criticism, according to those briefed.
Mr. Trump was joined by his son, Donald J. Trump Jr.; his lawyer, Donald F. McGahn; his campaign manager, Corey Lewandowski; the national political director Michael Glassner; and Mr. Trump’s spokeswoman, Hope Hicks.
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Ping to some interesting news about what went on inside that meeting.
Then IMHO Donald made a mistake because to win he needs to criticize and run against the GOP establishment.
If Trump could get over blurting (or tweeting) out the first thing that comes into his head, and learn to opine when he has all the facts instead, he might become a decent President.
He doesn't have to be politically correct; he just has to learn to wait until he can be reasonably sure he's correct. That's what a good set of advisors is supposed to be for.
Brookover is good, and according to Newt and Roger Stone, the recently added Paul Montefort is the best in the very niche business of delegate and convention management.
On balance, I’m sure the RNC felt they put the rogue in his place, after all he’s pretty successfully hijacked “their” party right out from under them, and a little humility at this point will get him more mileage with the RNC than rubbing their nose in it would have.
name correction: Paul Mantafort
He also got some good intel on how the delegate system operates and adjusted his team to consider that each state runs a different game (and realizes he must stop Ted from peeling delegates).
Lastly, he got positive feedback about his team, particularly Ed Brookover.
Its the air ‘inside’ the RNC that need a dose of aerosol spray!
Manafort is indeed the best at what he does.
Really? Were you in the meeting? What was agreed upon?
Notice that Corey L’s name is mentioned as being there. Good to see him at the table and on the team. GO TRUMP!!
He ought to give his Twitter account over to one of his family members to change the passwords and be the intermediary for anything he wants to post.
End of problem.
Hard to believe the NYT wrote a fair an unbiased article on Trump. What’s up with that?
This election cycle has really been an eye opener for me. Previously, I hadn’t thought about how meaningless the people’s votes are. I hadn’t realized it’s not about the people’s vote tally, it’s about how good candidates are at wooing delegates and manipulation strategies.
Maybe we should heretofore rename primaries to the “Delegate Wooing Strategies”. “Let’s see how much we can bribe the delegates with more perks and goodies than the next candidate. Yes, it’s all about those Establishment Perks & Goodies. Keep ‘em comin’, folks.
Why not gather the delegates into the Roman Colosseum and hang placards from their necks that read: “Candidate A has offered this much- Can YOU beat that?”
What a complete sham is this political circus we call a “free republic”!
Yes, it has opened a lot of our eyes.
In this whole process, I think the thing that shocked me the most was I was having lunch with a former county chairman (ours is perhaps the 5-6th most important county in OH). He was a Kasich guy, and when we got ready to leave, he said, “Well, if Kasich wins at least I’ll have a job.”
The guy had a successful law practice, but he saw his “job” as getting a permanent gig in politics working for another guy who has a permanent gig in politics. Only then did it dawn on me what an incredible threat Trump posed to both sides of the establishment.
Yours is good advice, to be sure....but keep in mind the lure and popularity of Donald is that he acts and speaks like Everyman.
We/ve all mouthed off every now and then, and said things we wish we could take back...usually in the privacy of our own home.
That Donald does it all in public......as a presidential candidate.....is an endearing trait to some of us.
BTW, Donald/s mouthing-off...even about the incendiary issue of abortion....has not affected his numbers.
Do you know your local precinct Comittee man or woman? That’s where it starts.
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