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Shaken Trump Foes Face Diminished Options at GOP Convention
ABC News ^ | May 9, 2016 | Alan Fram, AP

Posted on 05/09/2016 11:42:28 AM PDT by Innovative

Still shaken by Donald Trump's triumph, Republican and conservative foes of the billionaire can still cause headaches for the party's presumptive presidential nominee at this summer's GOP convention. But their options are shrinking by the day.

With Trump's last two rivals — Texas Sen. Ted Cruz and Ohio Gov. John Kasich — abandoning their campaigns, there's no remaining talk of snatching the nomination away from him with a contested, multi-ballot battle when Republican delegates gather in Cleveland.

Instead, anti-Trump forces are trying to figure out how to use the GOP meetings in July to keep him from reshaping the party and its guiding principles, perhaps with fights over the platform or even his vice presidential pick.

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TOPICS: Front Page News; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections; US: New York
KEYWORDS: 2016election; election2016; elections; gope; newyork; republicans; trump
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The anti- Trump, GOPe forces should just give up now, because they are digging their own graves, not Trump's by continuing to conspire against him.
1 posted on 05/09/2016 11:42:28 AM PDT by Innovative
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To: Innovative

Shaken, not stirred.


2 posted on 05/09/2016 11:43:48 AM PDT by Lent
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To: Innovative

Good.


3 posted on 05/09/2016 11:44:00 AM PDT by Fido969 ("The hardest thing in the world to understand is income taxes" - Albert Einstein)
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To: Innovative

They have no guiding principles.


4 posted on 05/09/2016 11:45:08 AM PDT by Williams (Dear God please save us from the democrats. And the republicans.)
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To: Innovative

The tears of their lamentation are like honey upon my tongue.


5 posted on 05/09/2016 11:45:46 AM PDT by Publius ("Who is John Galt?" by Billthedrill and Publius now available at Amazon.)
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To: Innovative

They STILL refuse to give up

If they had fought this hard against Odumbass they would not be in this position


6 posted on 05/09/2016 11:46:18 AM PDT by Mr. K (Trump will win NY state - choke on that HilLIARy)
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To: Innovative

The Trumpinator is going to make RINO’s an endangered species. LOL!


7 posted on 05/09/2016 11:46:48 AM PDT 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: Innovative

The choice this election is very simple: Either one actually likes the idea of America and what a prosperous future for that entails. Or one desires to surrender history to international social justice fascism.

You like the 1st choice? Go Trump. For the 2nd, one has Hillary.

Getting Trump is enact Conservative policy will be easier than getting Hillary to do so. If you want Trump to be more Conservative, hold his feet to the fire on the platform at the convention. And vote for Conservatives in the Congress.

People complaining about specific details of Trump’s hypothetical policies and how Conservative they are or aren’t, don’t understand what the role of the presidency means (hint—it’s about ideas/ideology, not policy details). Leave the details to policy wonks.


8 posted on 05/09/2016 11:46:50 AM PDT by Utmost Certainty
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To: Publius

What is best in life?

Crush your enemies. See them driven before you. Hear the lamentations of their women.


9 posted on 05/09/2016 11:47:54 AM PDT by Mr. K (Trump will win NY state - choke on that HilLIARy)
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To: Mr. K

I like that...”Odumbass”


10 posted on 05/09/2016 11:48:10 AM PDT by Zathras
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To: Mr. K

One of the “Conan” movies, right?


11 posted on 05/09/2016 11:48:22 AM PDT by Publius ("Who is John Galt?" by Billthedrill and Publius now available at Amazon.)
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To: Innovative

https://mobile.twitter.com/cruzgrassroots/status/729681148486557696


12 posted on 05/09/2016 11:48:30 AM PDT by proust (Texans for Trump!)
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The elites better get in line or suffer the consequences. It’s NOT ABOUT THEM,

IT’S ABOUT THE SUPREME COURT, STUPID!!!


13 posted on 05/09/2016 11:49:54 AM PDT by demkicker (My passion for freedom is stronger than that of Democrats whose obsession is to enslave me.)
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They are going to fight him all the way, even after he is elected so that one day they can say “I TOLD YOU SO”. That's all they have now to keep them sane.

Trump is gonna always have to fight the right and the left. It's the nature of this hostile takeovers, those with the most to lose will go down to the bitter end.

14 posted on 05/09/2016 11:51:45 AM PDT by hotsteppa
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They’re hoping to get him to move, even a little bit, on anything, so they don’t look like total losers. He’s living in their heads rent free.


15 posted on 05/09/2016 11:52:40 AM PDT by showme_the_Glory ((ILLEGAL: prohibited by law. ALIEN: Owing political allegiance to another country or government))
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To: Innovative

16 posted on 05/09/2016 11:53:04 AM PDT by DannyTN
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To: demkicker

Correct. A GOPer whose candidate isn’t the nominee only has to consider if they want Hillary selecting 3 SCOTUS judges and hundreds of federal Circuit judges, District judges and magistrates.

No brainer - Trump is the only correct answer.


17 posted on 05/09/2016 11:53:47 AM PDT by HombreSecreto (The life of a repo man is always intense)
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To: Innovative

Trump should contact “Goodfellas” to straighten out these guys.


18 posted on 05/09/2016 11:54:31 AM PDT by Cobra64 (Common sense isn't common any more.)
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“... the party and its guiding principles, perhaps with fights over the platform...”

When has the GOPe pansies EVER followed “guiding principles”???

What exactly IS the “establishment elites” platform???

My advise to you bunch of elitists is to tighten your belts...
You are going to have a rough ride if you don’t change your attitude......


19 posted on 05/09/2016 11:55:42 AM PDT by JBW1949
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To: Innovative

There is a blog story out that saw on FB that said that Cruz will be coming out and announcing that he will be endorsing and campaigning with Trump. If true the NeverTrump movement will be virtually destroyed as I bet he will make a compelling case to his supporters to do so.


20 posted on 05/09/2016 11:55:50 AM PDT by DarthVader (Politicians govern out of self interest, Statesmen govern for a Vision greater than themselves)
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