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The GOP Field That Failed
The Politico Magazine ^ | August 26, 2015 | Rich Lowry, editor, The National Review

Posted on 08/27/2015 9:08:01 PM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet

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To: RobbyS

All talk and no action leads to annihilation. The more they speak of Trump in sneering tones of condescension, the stronger he gets.


41 posted on 08/28/2015 1:15:40 AM PDT by AdaGray
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

I kinda look at the flow in a piece before really getting down into the meet. Here, we have reportage of the Trump episodes this week, then Bush and then Walker and then Rubio (why?)......and finally Cruz.....

This tells me the thinking is skewed to start with.

I’m not a Trump voter in the vein as in I want him to win the nomination. For me, he is the focal point of all the anger, resentment, disappointment and disillusionment voters who trusted GOP for years and got stabbed in the back. He resurrected the word “illegal” into our national dialogue. All the other stuff? I don’t care. For me, right here, right now, he is the thumb in the collective eye of the GOP. On target.

Bush? Rubio? why even bother thinking about them. Throw their ballots in the trash and move on. Walker? Nice guy - some good prior work, but struggling. Cruz? My guy - I hope he gets stronger.


42 posted on 08/28/2015 2:28:26 AM PDT by Gaffer
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To: a fool in paradise

“The challengers to Hillary aren’t making much press either. Has that field ‘failed’?”

I would have to say yes but the rats do not have any good people to run. All of their candidates or potential candidates to date are very old and very white. I do not see where they are going to get anybody exciting to watch or listen to. The rats realistically only have a couple of months max to get somebody in if they are going to replace Hillary.
I think it is way too early to proclaim Trump victory as the republicans do have some good people already running and there is still a long time to go before the candidate is settled on. I am enjoying watching Trump a lot. It is very entertaining to hear the wails of the GOP establishment and pundits and the MSM. I intend to enjoy it and see what shakes out.


43 posted on 08/28/2015 2:36:07 AM PDT by jospehm20
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

“His 21st century economic agenda”?

Rubio is a disaster. From his full support for anchor baby-dom to his credit-heavy tax plan. He’s just another Establishment property like Walker or Jeb or Kasich or most of them.


44 posted on 08/28/2015 2:44:11 AM PDT by 9YearLurker
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To: perfect_rovian_storm

Lowry was a pretty tepid conservative at best.


45 posted on 08/28/2015 2:45:02 AM PDT by 9YearLurker
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To: nickcarraway

A lot could happen, but it’s really too late for a GOP candidate to jump in with a hope in Iowa or NH, at least.

Even Biden is looking to skip them if he gets in.


46 posted on 08/28/2015 2:46:13 AM PDT by 9YearLurker
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To: Bobalu

Buckley in his prime, that is.


47 posted on 08/28/2015 2:47:08 AM PDT by 9YearLurker
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To: nathanbedford

Yeah, they’d love a field that winnowed down to Bush or Kasich (the open “moderates”) vs. Rubio or Walker as the supposed “conservative”.

And so far Walker and Bush aren’t cutting it.


48 posted on 08/28/2015 2:52:21 AM PDT by 9YearLurker
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To: Fhios

Yep, Lowry is smoother than the Williamson and Cooke idiots over at NR, but he’s no less vicious and slanted in trying to take down Trump. E.g., Trump “manhandled” Jorge?


49 posted on 08/28/2015 2:54:56 AM PDT by 9YearLurker
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

Too early for such an analysis. He should try again next March.


50 posted on 08/28/2015 3:52:16 AM PDT by trebb (Where in the the hell has my country gone?)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet
The problem for the other candidates is that Obama's treason has not just created a vacuum. It has created the greatest vacuum imaginable.

Only a person of IMMENSE personality and presence can fill it.

Ergo, Trump.

51 posted on 08/28/2015 4:56:15 AM PDT by RoosterRedux (First they ignore you, then they laugh at you, then they fight you, then you win. Mahatma Gandhi)
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To: nathanbedford

A++


52 posted on 08/28/2015 5:12:05 AM PDT by outofsalt ( If history teaches us anything it's that history rarely teaches us anything.)
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