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Bill Kristol Looking Around For A Primary Challenger For Trump
Hot Air ^ | 05/25/18 | AP

Posted on 05/25/2018 1:58:33 PM PDT by entropy12

Four in 10 Republicans want to see Trump primaried? His approval rating within the party is normally something like 80-85 percent. Who are the GOP voters who give him high marks for his performance but also want another option on the menu two years from now, knowing how badly a serious primary challenge might weaken him in the general?

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TOPICS: Campaign News
KEYWORDS: kristol; trump
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To: entropy12

Trump Derangement Syndrome (TDS) is so virulent, the so called “republican” anti-Trumpers would prefer to lose to a democrat than see Trump win. TDS is far worse than some conservatives who used to claim Trump is not a conservative and that they prefer to abstain. Y’all remember them?
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Trump Derangement Syndrome - A deep overwhelming feeling of inferiority, loss of control, helplessness, and sheer frustration occasioned by an interloper who suddenly appeared uninvited on the political playground of elite D.C politics. A feeling made more severe and embarrassing by the same interloper who not only possess a long established record of numerous substantive private successes, but who now repeatedly proves on a daily basis instant political success and invincibility in the face of overwhelming opposition from all quarters.


61 posted on 05/25/2018 3:36:08 PM PDT by iontheball
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To: entropy12
Kristol has a vision of a million Nevertrumpers marching down Pennsylvania Ave. demanding Kasich for President.

But you have to get pretty drunk to go there.

62 posted on 05/25/2018 3:39:11 PM PDT by colorado tanker
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To: Cats1

Well, that really shows his conservative values doesn’t it. What a fraud he is.


63 posted on 05/25/2018 3:47:38 PM PDT by Robert DeLong
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To: Chainmail

To Bill Kristol - there is no credible domestic political challenger to Donald Trump within the Republican party.

At this point, all of Trump’s challengers are going to have to be non-Republicans. Not that any of them stand much chance in 2020.


64 posted on 05/25/2018 3:51:59 PM PDT by alloysteel (Life is uncertain. Eat dessert first.)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet; mcmuffin

Courtesy ping.

5.56mm


65 posted on 05/25/2018 3:57:27 PM PDT by M Kehoe (THIS SPACE FOR RENT)
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To: entropy12

I thought he had already done this with the Egg McMuffin of UT?


66 posted on 05/25/2018 4:04:10 PM PDT by Theodore R.
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To: entropy12

Hey Bill, here’s a name for you: Keith Olbermann. LOL


67 posted on 05/25/2018 4:12:33 PM PDT by CdMGuy
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To: Blue Highway

Kristol has very small hands.


68 posted on 05/25/2018 4:22:18 PM PDT by JonPreston
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To: entropy12
After all the “anyone but Hillary” rationales for Trump on the right two years ago to convince Never Trumpers to climb aboard, the new refrain in 2020 will be that Trump’s new Democratic challenger is much, much worse than Hillary. And that’ll probably be true! Kamala Harris, for example, is further left, less hawkish, and less experienced as a federal official than Clinton was.

At least she isn't a career criminal with a history of weaponizing the government against political opponents. Hillary is by far worse than Harris. Some things are more important than small differences of who's stated policies more leftist.

69 posted on 05/25/2018 5:06:14 PM PDT by Hugin (Conservatism without Nationalism is a fraud.)
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To: Architect of Avalon

Nikki Haley is not a NBC. IIRC, neither is Kamala Harris.


70 posted on 05/25/2018 5:11:01 PM PDT by Dante3
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To: Darth Gill

“He wants to hurt Trump with a party fight.”

Why am I not afraid?


71 posted on 05/25/2018 5:11:57 PM PDT by enumerated
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To: iontheball

I hate to say “I told you so -or I already knew that”..
but I first saw Trump running a meeting of 100+ managers of all his hotels & golf resorts at (IIRC) Mar-a-Lago 10+ years ago. It was being televised on Golf Channel. I was so impressed with his ability to communicate with sub-ordinates, which was smooth and inspirational without being bossy or critical, that I wished he was the president instead of George W Bush.

When me and wife attended his campaign rally in Everett, WA, I came away with the conclusion that this man will win. Washington is a solid blue state, yet there were 10,000 enthusiastic supporters inside the Xfinity arena (which broke a 11 year record for attendance there) and there were 8000 people outside the arena who could not get in. We had to stand in a line multiple blocks long for 3 hours to get in the arena. There never has been another American politician in 75 years who can make the audience love the speaker without boring them during a 90 minute speech.


72 posted on 05/25/2018 6:06:09 PM PDT by entropy12 (1 Mil Daca is the shining object to hide 30 mil low quality LEGAL immigrants in last 25 years)
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To: ncalburt

Lately I have noticed a few blogs by Allah-P which are actually not so critical of Trump. May be he needs more clicks. But rest assured, those are few and far in between. That man/woman/It never lets a news item go by which can be spun as bad for Trump.


73 posted on 05/25/2018 6:21:04 PM PDT by entropy12 (1 Mil Daca is the shining object to hide 30 mil low quality LEGAL immigrants in last 25 years)
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To: Architect of Avalon
Nikki Haley could never win an election for the Presidency.

I recall hearing exactly the same thing more times than I can count that "Trump will never be elected a president", including from such stalwart republicans as Jeb Bush, Ted Cruz, and many other senators.

74 posted on 05/25/2018 6:26:18 PM PDT by entropy12 (1 Mil Daca is the shining object to hide 30 mil low quality LEGAL immigrants in last 25 years)
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To: Dante3

But Barack Hussein Obama was NBC? Born to underage American mother and Kenya citizen father with a questionable BC? If that did not matter to congress, SCOTUS and American voters, who will stop Haley or Haris? You??


75 posted on 05/25/2018 6:31:08 PM PDT by entropy12 (1 Mil Daca is the shining object to hide 30 mil low quality LEGAL immigrants in last 25 years)
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To: spintreebob

Haley is a Romneybot.


76 posted on 05/25/2018 6:39:12 PM PDT by Democrats hate too much
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To: Hugin

I agree with your premise that Hillary is a much bigger criminal than Kamala Harris can ever hope to be.


77 posted on 05/25/2018 6:44:02 PM PDT by entropy12 (1 Mil Daca is the shining object to hide 30 mil low quality LEGAL immigrants in last 25 years)
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To: Democrats hate too much

But now she actually works for Trump and doing a splendid job as UN Ambassador. If Trump admires her, that is a big plus.


78 posted on 05/25/2018 6:46:37 PM PDT by entropy12 (1 Mil Daca is the shining object to hide 30 mil low quality LEGAL immigrants in last 25 years)
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To: entropy12

Good, every 4 years the GOPe should put up another amnesty globalist for us to beat up and make fun of.


79 posted on 05/25/2018 6:46:39 PM PDT by central_va (I won't be reconstructed and I do not give a damn)
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To: entropy12

Bill Kristol is a swamp rat! His hero is Maverick McCain. Nuff said.


I don’t expect a strong primary challenge to Trump because that will just GOTV for MAGA voters. That’s the last thing the GOPe want because that will affect down ballot races. Instead the progressive Republicans will run somebody third party in the general. Like Flake and/or Kasich.


80 posted on 05/25/2018 6:49:44 PM PDT by lodi90
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