Posted on 04/21/2016 11:25:03 AM PDT by Trump20162020
Donald Trump’s victory in New York stonewalled Ted Cruz’s path to clinching the Republican nomination, making it increasingly difficult to block the GOP front-runner.
The Never Trump forces are pledging to play in Pennsylvania, Maryland, and other states in the Northeast next week, but the prospect for another momentum shift won’t likely come until next month, with races in Indiana and Nebraska, and eventually California in June. The immediate calendar leaves lots of room for Trump to gain steam.
A key part of the problem, strategists say, is that the focus of the effort has been stopping the front-runner instead of promoting an alternative candidate. The movement never truly coalesced around Cruz, and the senator’s endorsements from reluctant Republican colleagues underscored the difficulty his campaign has in engendering excitement for him. Meanwhile, John Kasich now feels emboldened by the notion that Cruz can no longer win the nomination outright. But he and Cruz will be fighting over similar turf in a way that might benefit Trump.
“There’s been this ‘We’ve got to stop Trump,’ but not an equal amount of enthusiasm for ‘Let’s get behind Cruz to do that,’” says John Brabender, a GOP strategist and former adviser to Rick Santorum’s campaign.
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Getting ratings and being FOR someone to become President are two very different things...
You are glib Charlie Brown - but clueless.
In ‘64, Goldwater (Au*H2O) had the nomination locked up due to efforts started 3 years earlier. in ‘62, JFK already knew who his opponent was going to be.
By the time ‘64 rolled around, the Dems had the smear machine oiled and primed as never before. But even prior to that, America was getting glimpses and insights in to what is today referred to as “Liberal bias”.
Contrast this to ‘80, where America knew Reagan, not only from his efforts at the ‘76 convention, but his body of work in films and television.
Nobody really took his candidacy seriously until his “I paid for that microphone” moment in New Hampshire. Twas then that America first saw the establishment aligned against the erstwhile actor, and liked what they saw.
The rest, as they say, is history.
Fast forward to 2016.
The current object of our affections, Trump, literally came out of nowhere as a candidate. Again met with disdain by the establishment, his announcement on throwing his hat in to the ring was taken so seriously by observers in and out of the media that it was, for example, covered by the HuffPo in it's entertainment section. The umpteen other candidates in the Republican primary pretty much moaned in unison, but didn't see any problem with dealing with the upstart newcomer.
With the passage of time, and ever-increasing success with the voters, Trump found himself an army of one, with literally every facet of the political landscape aligned against him. He was, incredibly, in the most enviable position ever - a multi-billionaire with the deepest pockets ever, and the rarest of abilities to use the press without actually having to pay for it.
The distinguishing hallmark of the Trump candidacy has not been it's relative brusqueness, nor it's occasional bombastic outbursts, or even it's unorthodox, politically incorrect stands on the issues.
The distinguishing hallmark has been the constant din of opposition, deserved or not, from virtually all quarters. Even the party he seeks to represent has seen fit to fight him tooth and nail to the very end.
Goldwater, an honorable man, was shamelessly and ruthlessly destroyed in ‘64 by forces he had little comprehension of.
Reagan would have doubtless suffered a similar fate were it not for the fact the Great Man could give as good as he got.
‘16, like ‘80, finds the political intelligentsia in ferment following a long decline precipitated by socialist misgovernance. There is a lot for the new administration to confront, to do, and most thinking Americans want someone in there who can, and will, actually do it.
That's Trump's big appeal.
Trump may have his unfavorables, which you like to cite, but nobody, and I mean nobody, has more baggage than Hillary.
So we'll see how it goes.
CA....
I remember being told I was clueless 4 years ago when I told my friends they needed to start taking the polling seriously. I’m trying to do the same thing now, but it’s falling on deaf ears.
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