Posted on 12/10/2015 8:19:33 AM PST by jimbo123
Donald Trump's call on Monday for "a total and complete shutdown of Muslims entering the United States" is unlikely to blow up his campaign. No matter how outrageous his statement seems to most Americans, his supporters apparently eat up stuff like that.
Forty-six percent of Mr. Trump's backers say that their minds are made up and won't change before the primaries, according to a Dec. 2 Quinnipiac poll. Only 33% of Ted Cruz's supporters, and 23% of Marco Rubio's, say that they are sure of their choice.
Apparently no matter what Mr. Trump does, he continues to poll generally in the mid- to high-20s, with an occasional survey putting him in the 30s. In mid-August he dipped to 22% in the Real Clear Politics average, but he hasn't fallen below that mark since. This high floor, however, is matched by a low ceiling.
His antics-calling his GOP competitors "losers" and "clowns," insulting Sen. John McCain for having been captured in Vietnam, mocking a reporter with a disability, crudely attacking Fox News's Megyn Kelly-have made it difficult for him to grow his base.
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See post # 80, please.
I’m a little sensitive when it comes to spaz motions.
Trump asserts that he was not making fun of this person, so I will take him at his word.
If you or one of your loved ones suffer from this condition, you have my sympathy.
See no one knows
Now that we’ve got the GOPe’s “number”, they’re so easy to figure out.
Whatever they say, believe and do the opposite.
Jig’s up, Vomit Rove.
Not me but a relative.
This pretty well decides it for me.
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