Wahtever. I want Trump to keep on keeping on. We are over a year out.
Not time to get squishy and stuff. We need a winner.
The polls are a basic indicator at best and utterly meaningless at worst. We won’t begin seeing anything concrete till February 1st.
Trump is verifiably not a conservative.
I got lost somewhere between the Big Ten football and diarrhea of the mouth references.
This cogent article is definitely worth taking the time to read, particularly for anyone still losing sleep over Trump leading the field.
They say that courtship shows you your potential mate in his or her best light, and s/he doesn’t get any better.
We KNOW he’s got a history. We’re not married to Trump, we’re not even engaged yet.
He’s just showing us a good time, finally, after years of being treated like a red-headed step kid by the GOP, and he reminds us that we call the shots, not Uniparty ... that is, unless they are able to legitimize a 30 million strong voter bloc.
Then we will be able to say, “Adios American”.
This is a fight for our way of life.
Any one tells you any different, tell them where to go.
Go Trump.
Cruz is my first choice, but I’ll have no problem pulling the lever for Trump if he gets the nomination.
Deace is a Cruz supporter and he also misses the critical point. What stances on the following issues do the conservative principles he mentions cause a conservative to take?
1. Securing the southern border with a wall and adequate BP.
2. Strict enforcement of all immigration laws?
3. Deportation of illegals already in the US.
4. Birthright citizenship for children born to illegals.
5. TPA, or fast track trade authority for Obama on TPP, and for later presidents on subsequent trade agreements.
6. TPP and other trade agreemnts being negotiated.
7. Surrendering bits of US sovereignty to international trade organizations.
Those are the issues that have vaulted Trump into the lead. Anyone want to tell us what the proper, principled conservative position is on those issues?
Based on what most Repubicans who claim to be conservatives have done in the past, a conservative should be in favor of all those items that Trump opposes.
These issues, and this Republican primary, does not fit any simple definition of conservative and liberal, and those trying to claim it does are not dealing with reality.
Yes, I read the whole thing. I agree with Mr. Deace.
One thing Trump can do is position Cruz to be palatable to the establishment. They hate the disruptive influence Trump brings. Cruz might go to something other than a$$hole if he is viewed as an acceptable choice.
But if the conservative movement is willing to seize the moment and finally assume the mantle of party leadership it’s never been able to wrestle away from the establishment, the opportunity is there to come now and reason together.
Fed up voters are going to want a third party (Mr. Trump) until we (the conservative movement) finally give them a second party.
I gotta tell you, this is an *excellent* analysis and for the most part spot-on.
I disagree that Ben Carson is the only other candidate that can "stop" Donald Trump. I think Ted Cruz can, perhaps, maybe Scott Walker also --- but beyond them? No one.
I think the author did an excellent job on how he's presented the timeline of events that have led up to this point. I think that timeline really stretches back to 1996, but who's to quibble at this point when the author got so much more right.
Excellent find and post on your part!
He's not. He never has been. He never will be.
Conservatives are COMING AROUND to Trump, which is why his numbers continue to climb. Don’t worry, he’ll do just fine.