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Weak and Getting Weaker: Electability argument against Trump in the general election is hardening
Weekly Standard ^ | 04/10/2016 | Jonathan Last

Posted on 04/10/2016 8:52:03 AM PDT by SeekAndFind

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To: mylife

WTF is that it’s a NYC expression.


81 posted on 04/10/2016 10:08:27 AM PDT 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: orchestra
Hillery Clinton would destroy Ted Cruz.

This is all just idle speculation at this point. At this time, it looks, according to hard data, like she would destroy Trump as well. I think the GOP has been so damaged this Primary season, that we stand little chance. And this is a shame, because Hillary is the most beatable democrat to run since... McGovern.

82 posted on 04/10/2016 10:08:45 AM PDT by Paradox (My positions can evolve, but Principles should be immutable.)
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To: tenthirteen

No mention anywhere of the possibility trump gets NY in the general. But he does


83 posted on 04/10/2016 10:10:05 AM PDT by stanne
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To: cradle of freedom

Couldn’t agree more. They use conservative and fiscal rhetoric to pander to and manipulate us. On the issues that really matter like immigration (legal and illegal) and trade, they are part of the political class that is bought and paid for by their corporate paymasters and special interests. Trump, the only real outsider, is a threat to the entire system. They will do anything to stop him. Make no mistake, Cruz and Kasich are not on our side.


84 posted on 04/10/2016 10:11:46 AM PDT by kabar
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To: miss marmelstein
Alrighty then. LOL ☺
85 posted on 04/10/2016 10:16:55 AM PDT by mylife (The roar of the masses could be farts)
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Ted was a conservative hero here on FR until Mr Moneybags crashed the party.

Now he is the Devil incarnate.


86 posted on 04/10/2016 10:19:24 AM PDT by mylife (The roar of the masses could be farts)
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To: Don Corleone
if he’s so unelectable, why are you all coming out against him?

Because he can lose by such a margin that the Senate and House flip to the Democrats. Hillary Clinton as President would take office with the Scalia seat open, and perhaps Ginsberg's seat vacant (she may resign at the end of this term, or could resign in November effective on confirmation of a replacement.)

Those two threats are reason enough. But then think of the damage she would do aside from transforming the court for the next 30 years.

87 posted on 04/10/2016 10:20:54 AM PDT by Wally_Kalbacken
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To: SeekAndFind

The Weekly Standard is bought and paid for by GOP-e.


88 posted on 04/10/2016 10:22:07 AM PDT by KevinB (Barack Obama: Our first black, gay, Kenyan, Socialist, Muslim president!)
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To: SeekAndFind

It’s Trump’s job now to reduce these negative opinions about him. He started his campaign by being Mr. Outsider, Mr. Attention Getter and Mr. I Hit Back Eight Times As Hard.

He’ll can also be Mr. Charming, Mr. Substance, and even Mr. Insider.

No doubt going forward his campaigning style will change.


89 posted on 04/10/2016 10:23:28 AM PDT by cymbeline
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To: silverleaf

On blue blood the other night, which I watch be use it was a great show for one season, at the dinner discussion They compared illegals with Irish immigrants. Not mentioning the complete difference in that the Irish respected our country as being its own country not one to be invaded and transformed. Not mentioning that the Irish never took government money as a means and for their medical care

They didn’t mention that there are more than ten churches named st Patrick just on Long Island built NOT by the government or in any way by the people who had been here but by the immigrants, their funding, resources and hard work

We object to this equqlization. The invasion. The invasion being propagandized

The two conservative characters on the show do not object to the mischaracterization of the facts. Of the people. That’s how propaganda works so well in the media. Liberals play conservative characters then once in a while the conservative drives home a liberal point claiming it is truth

When it is a lie

This is part of what trumps supporters go to his rallies for. They object to the lies that are destroying the country

After trump they’ll still be here. If Hillary gets in they’ll become more determined and whoever wins, the GOP is done


90 posted on 04/10/2016 10:25:29 AM PDT by stanne
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To: cymbeline

A regular shapeshifter aint he?


91 posted on 04/10/2016 10:26:33 AM PDT by mylife (The roar of the masses could be farts)
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To: libbylu

You are trying to reason with the Branch Trumpidians. All critical thinking went out the window, along with our likelihood of removing the vermin from the Whitehouse, when Trump marketed his BS to those of us angry at the status quo. They BELIEEEEEVE.

When those desirous of liberty are so easily led and divided, it’s over. Say grace over this country. She is done.


92 posted on 04/10/2016 10:27:57 AM PDT by publana (Beware the olive branch extended by a Dem for it disguises a clenched fist.)
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To: SeekAndFind

As a professional in the field (recently retired pollster), I have no faith at all in the predictions of November election results for Trump-Hillary or for Cruz-Hillary. None of our previous data give us any idea how to forecast the election between a genuine outsider with no political baggage and a genuine insider with a huge amount of political baggage. We do not know how Trump would do.

We have a better idea how Cruz would do, but not by all that much. Cruz has been campaigning for the GOP nomination and has not made an effort toward the general election yet. Pollsters genuinely don’t know how his message will fare with the undecided/independent voters.


93 posted on 04/10/2016 10:28:42 AM PDT by Pollster1 (Somebody who agrees with me 80% of the time is a friend and ally, not a 20% traitor. - Ronald Reagan)
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To: DesertRhino

He’s the Dime Minister of Canada.


94 posted on 04/10/2016 10:29:41 AM PDT by DoughtyOne (Hey Ted, why are you taking one for the RNC/GOPe team, and not ours? Not that we don't know.)
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To: Pollster1

One step at a time my FRiend, one step at a time.


95 posted on 04/10/2016 10:32:01 AM PDT by mylife (The roar of the masses could be farts)
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To: Paradox

Yep. We had this election in the bag, but piddled it away. But it was fun, wasn’t it? Lots of laughs at crass jokes and schoolroom insults. Yeehaw.


96 posted on 04/10/2016 10:34:20 AM PDT by publana (Beware the olive branch extended by a Dem for it disguises a clenched fist.)
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To: SeekAndFind

The DNC Is About to Coronate Donald Trump
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3412109/posts

Democrats Fret Over Trump’s Appeal
http://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3406824/posts

Trumpzilla: Why the Polls Actually Show Trump Beats Hillary
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/3411128/posts

Poll: 20% of Dems would defect for Trump
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/3382378/posts

AP Poll: 86% Of Republicans Think Donald Trump Can Win General Election
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3400015/posts


97 posted on 04/10/2016 10:36:53 AM PDT by Mozilla (Truth Is Stranger than Fiction.)
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To: stanne
Horlips~The Book Of Invasions
98 posted on 04/10/2016 10:38:11 AM PDT by mylife (The roar of the masses could be farts)
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To: SeekAndFind

Donald Trump will never President. He wouldnt even win the white vote.


99 posted on 04/10/2016 10:45:20 AM PDT by Angels27
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To: stanne

You know the difference between the Scots and the Irish?

The Scots, fight, get drunk and lick their wounds.

The Irish, drink, fight and lick their wounds


100 posted on 04/10/2016 10:45:20 AM PDT by mylife (The roar of the masses could be farts)
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