Posted on 07/30/2015 9:28:31 AM PDT by Hojczyk
Donald Trump's surprise courting of Sarah Palin, as well as the GOP's continuing attacks on him, are the catalysts helping the billionaire developer's meteoric rise in the polls, conservative pundit Patrick J. Buchanan tells Newsmax TV.
And Buchanan, who served as a senior adviser to Presidents Richard Nixon, Ronald Reagan and Gerald Ford, also believes Trump is doing so well that he'll likely end up as one of the final four contenders in line for the Republican presidential nomination.
"The other Republicans — by attacking him and piling on and joining the media establishment in beating up on him, calling him unacceptable — they're enhancing his credentials as someone the establishment desperately opposes more than anyone else in the race," Buchanan said Wednesday on "The Steve Malzberg Show."
"And that attracts people to him. They are building up his constituency."
Buchanan, a former GOP presidential candidate himself, added that Trump's embrace of Palin, the former governor of Alaska and vice-presidential running mate of Sen. John McCain in 2008, is also big plus. Trump, who questioned McCain's status as a war hero, says Palin would be an excellent choice for his cabinet.
"The fact that he brings up Sarah Palin in the Cabinet, or that she is a gal that he can work with and he admires her point of view and the rest of it, that helps him with his constituency," Buchanan said.
"Now, there's some folks who obviously on the other side, the establishment, would say, good heavens that really makes it impossible for us to move to him.
"By and large, that probably helps him with his core constituency. She still has a tremendous following. She may be underwater in the polls, like almost everybody is, but she's still got a following."
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Damn right it is.
Palin could bring needed expertise and proven success to the “drill baby drill” energy independence issue if Trump were to include her in his campaigning.
I’d like to see Trump court others, say Allen West on terrorism, or even someone outside the political environment like the scientist who recently laid waste to the global warming hoax.
Find the issues people care about, where the official gummint position is most despised, and then bring in allies who can just pound away like he’s done with illegal immigration.
My point of view is Trump has good taste in Women.
Well DUH,,Pat!
Many of us have been saying that the more the establishment GOP (and the stuck-up oh so pure Conservative holier than thous) attack Trump, the better he’s going to do.
So,,keep it coming!
NO question. You are 100% correct!
Number one reason I like Trump as the GOP nominee. He can win...beat Hilliary. Don't see that with any other candidate right now. Sanders might beat Hilliary though.
The other candidates who attack Trump are not helping their own causes and have lost credibility as candidates because they have lost focus altogether. Trump is not the enemy, no matter how his standing relates to theirs. The enemy is Democrats. Bush and Christy and Kasich are shades best ignored.
Maybe Trump can pick Buchanan for his Cabinet too. Maybe Secretary of State.
Maybe Ambassador to Israel.
(Or maybe not).
Exactly.
I’d like to see Trump court others, say Allen West on terrorism, or even someone outside the political environment like the scientist who recently laid waste to the global warming hoax.
Find the issues people care about, where the official gummint position is most despised, and then bring in allies who can just pound away like he’s done with illegal immigration.
Good ideas.
Good post
Pat Buchanan was President Reagan’s White House Communications Director from February 1985 to March 1987.
Mark
Wouldn't it be great to have Pat Buchanan in charge of the Immigration and Naturalization Services? It wouldn't happen though even in the unlikely event of Trump being elected, there wasn't much love lost between Buchanan and Trump in 2000, as I recall.
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