Posted on 05/22/2016 2:10:26 AM PDT by GonzoII
The Never Trump moment is over.
While a small group of Republicans has wrung its hands raw over the choice between the GOPs nominee and Hillary Clinton, the partys firmament social and intellectual conservatives, the lobbyist and donor class, powerful operatives and outside groups is increasingly getting in line behind Donald Trump.
Never mind that many of them complain about his bombastic and unpredictable political style. The thawing has slowly but surely begun - and its visible everywhere -- from mega-donors like Foster Friess rallying Republican governors to Trump, to Mitt Romneys allies agreeing to raise money for him, to leaders of the Never Trump movement conceding their cause is lost.
I am slow-walking the Donald Trump candidacy. Its a very deliberative process. You cant beat Hillary Clinton with nothing, and the question is can we fundamentally energize conservatives quickly and can we use our joint desires to unite to find a path forward, said Ken Blackwell, a former ambassador in the George W. Bush White House and key figure in conservative circles who formerly advised an anti-Trump super PAC. Thats very methodically playing out.
(Excerpt) Read more at politico.com ...
I was hoping it would finally come to that.
GO TRUMP!
If it didn’t come to that, then there is no question that they were democrats that infiltrated the GOP leadership ranks.
Even now, I’m not so sure that they many aren’t democrat secret agents that are going through the motion of supporting Trump so as not to be too obvious. This to retain any influence they have for future elections.
The fact that Trump annoys all the right people is a real selling point. Art of the deal, and The Donald is like the artist Michelangelo.
TTTT !
I wonder if Mike Lee will come to his senses.
Only if Romney has a revelation.
Bill Kristol, Jonah Goldberg, and Erik Erikson(spit), hardest hit.
I hope the GOP elite is lining up and grabbing their ankles.
Romney, Ryan, Kristol....now we know what they, among others, are.
Mike Lee has an outstandingly perfect 100% Liberty Rating.
His senses never left him.
I knew this would eventually happen.
The smart ones realize the most important aspect:
The voters have spoken.
They’ve selected Trump. 16 candidates and he’s the last one left standing, and as they dropped out he gained rather than lost on voter percentage.
They cannot oppose the voters’ choice. It was over after SEC Tuesday—it just took a couple of months to set it in stone.
For the rest of the #NEVERTRUMP, LOL!
You GOPe have tucked your tails and exposed your bellies to the dem/media EVERYTIME. NOBODY expects you to stand firm. Cave is what you do.
Proof; this article.
Eff Politico. Trump 2016.
If We The People can get off our asses and stay standing up for a while, we can affect many positive changes - too bad we're a lazy lot who would rather ponder things instead of actively going after it like the other side does.
GO TRUMP!!! You have awakened us - gonna be hard to keep us awake, but you'll find a way.
And those are registered voters, which puts Trump ahead of Clinton by about 7% for likely voters—fantastic momentum and outside of the margin of error.
Excellent points.......your expertise is most welcome.
Yeah, but that's b/c Paul Manafort told 'em, they were about to hit a "rough patch." LOL
Add Medved and Hugh Hewitt to that SPITTABLE list!
Obviously L. Graham, Kasich, the Bushes, Romney, McCain, and other diehards are not smart enough to pass muster. They screened themselves out. Too bad about them.
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