Trump Panic: Why GOP Leaders Fear an Electoral Wipeout

Yahoo News ^ | 11/03/2015 | Bloomberg

[GilGil]

The New York Times’ Jonathan Martin discusses why the thought of Donald Trump winning the GOP nomination worries Republican leaders on “With All Due Respect."

[Amntn]

I don’t think working with congress will be an issue for Trump.

He knows how to use the bully pulpit and if that fails he knows where the bodies are buried.

[papertyger]

You would if there was no Trump.

Without Trump, Cruz would be getting less airtime than Pataki.

[Chgogal]

Trump's track record is how he runs his companies, the vision he has of his business empire, his successes, his failures and how he handles challenges. That tells us what kind of leader he is and the kind of POTUS he will be. Are his companies, his brand and his leadership skills successful? Can you live with his type of success?

[RipSawyer]

And your post was https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5Qf6Sv3A9zs

[Finny]

Oh. Okay. See my tagline. It took me a long time to figure it out. These days, I only vote for what I want to win. I want someone who I can trust to govern as a conservative. That is what I will vote for.

[Roger Kaputnik]

“If ignorance were gold...”

Good Lord, I almost about sh!t myself laughing at that. Too true while also so sad.

Thanks for that.

[Finny]

Trump's track record is how he runs his companies, the vision he has of his business empire, his successes, his failures and how he handles challenges.

In point of fact, Trump is pretty much third rate, as far as American billionaires go. Much, if not all, of his image as "smartest guy" is the creation of 10 to 15 years of showmanship and marketing, from how-to books to a prime time TV show.

That tells us what kind of leader he is and the kind of POTUS he will be. Are his companies, his brand and his leadership skills successful? Can you live with his type of success?

Government certainly should be kept far away from that kind of success. A businessman's job is to make what he takes, grow and prosper. A showman's job is to entertain. Trump may intend to help America, but his only tool will be American government where he may well fancy he's "the boss." And he has a definite history of favoring the use of government to solve problems.

The ability to amass wealth and the flair for showmanship to establish celebrity credibility as "brilliant" through MSM venues, may be admirable, but he is still not much more than a patriotic old blowhard billionaire self-promoted celebrity.

If he gets elected, he will prove a constant source of embarrassment at best to the folks who voted for him.

I'm sticking with young Ted Cruz.

[Finny]

He knows how to use the bully pulpit and if that fails he knows where the bodies are buried.

Those are attributes?

I'd rather have a guy who knows the Constitution.

[Chgogal]

I like Cruz. But does Cruz know hot to cut a budget? Did Cruz build that? Cruz is brilliant, but to call Trump third rate reflects your dislike of Trump. You are too emotional and not very rational.

What have you built? Trump did build these:
http://www.bing.com/images/search?q=images+of+trumps+buildings&qpvt=images+of+Trumps+buildings&qpvt=images+of+Trumps+buildings&FORM=IGRE

What books have you written? Here is a list of books Trump has written going back to 1987:
http://www.paperbackswap.com/Donald-J-Trump/author/

Donald Trump Signature Collection:
http://www.bing.com/images/search?q=images+of+Donald+Trumps+signature+collection&go=Submit&qs=n&form=QBIR&pq=images+of+donald+trumps+signature+collection&sc=0-0&sp=-1&sk=

Donald Trump Golf Courses:
https://www.trumpgolf.com/course

Now you may not like his style, fine but Trump did build that which means he has created jobs galore. NONE of the other candidates have done that other than Carson.

[kanawa]

Trump is running as a Republican because there is no American Party.

[Finny]

Why do those accomplishments translate for you as the ability or even the will to govern conservatively in the office of US President? Eight years ago, your guy was praising Bill and Hillary to high heaven. I can show you.

Did you go to the link provided and see where Trump ranks among U.S. billionaires? He looks a little more humble than his image projects, but he has a flair for showmanship. He's third rate in the real big picture -- not top of his field, he's old, and has switched political parties three times in the past 26 years. Sorry if he fails to impress me.

Cruz was just out of high school 26 years ago, and pretty much ever since has pursued law and had an interest in the Constitution specifically. He was so good he ended up clerking for the Supreme Court. Top of his field. His solutions are in less, smaller, government, because he is a Constitutionalist. He knows what it takes to be U.S. president.

The businessman's job is to make what he takes, grow and prosper. If you want government to grow and prosper in America, elect Trump. Just remember that the only way government prospers is by forcefully taking from its citizens.

Ted Cruz is the much better choice. He wants to do the opposite for government of what a businessman is geared toward "accomplishing."