Posted on 01/09/2016 7:30:46 PM PST by nikos1121
The Republican Party will lose the White House, the Senate and many of its House seats if Donald Trump becomes the party's presidential nominee, according to Karl Rove.
âIf Mr. Trump is its standard-bearer, the GOP will lose the White House and the Senate, and its majority in the House will fall dramatically,â the Republican wrote in an op-ed for The Wall Street Journal
Rove, who was a top adviser to former President George W. Bush, said nominating Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) for president could also be dangerous. âIf the nominee is Ted Cruz the situation is still dicey,â he wrote.
âAny of the other candidates, if nominated, will best Mrs. Clinton in a close race and help the GOP narrowly keep the Senate,â Rove added, referring to Democratic presidential front-runner Hillary Clinton.
Trump has repeatedly attacked Rove for doubting his campaign. He said last November that Rove is a âbiased dopeâ who lost â100 percentâ of the money he spent during the 2012 election cycle.
Rove's super-PAC, American Crossroads, spent tens of millions of dollars in 2012 trying to elect Mitt Romney president.
âI think Karl Rove still thinks Romney won,â Trump quipped Friday on âThe Mike Gallagher Show.â
In his op-ed, Rove sketched out several scenarios in the op-ed that he says could stop Trump's ascent.
âIf the GOP contest narrows to two or three candidates by March 15, Mr. Trump will not be the partyâs nominee,â he wrote.
âIf on the Ides of March someone wins both the winner-take-all primaries in Florida (by Congressional district) and Ohio (statewide), that person will be the nominee,â Rove added.
No matter who wins, Rove said the GOP standard-bearer would have an uphill battle against Clinton.
âIt will be an ugly contest,â he wrote. "Mrs. Clinton will try to overcome her flaws by scorching her opponents."
âThe FBI will recommend action against Mrs. Clintonâs former aides over her private email server, but not against Hillary,â Rove wrote.
Trump maintains a roughly 15-point lead over Cruz in national polls of the Republican race. The pairâs popularity has alarmed the GOP establishment, which fears that either one could be a weak candidate in the general election.gogol
Pump Rove full of walking around money, and this is what comes out of his mouth.
What a chicken, Rove. Bock bock bock bock bock.
Trump will make mince meat out of the Dem candidate. That’s his M.O.
And for Hillary to get torpedoed will mean a more dispirited Dem base. Advantage GOP.
I don’t know what universe this Rove is out of.
(((YAWN)))
Why do you think it will be Trump?
I started a thread on this a couple of days ago.
After the Romney loss the RNC paid for a big study to determine what went wrong.
Turns out the report they came up with set a template for the next candidate.
Who fits what they say they want? TRUMP!
http://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3381086/posts
“...and I will lose my job. Wait, was that out loud? Scratch that.”
And now that they GET him, they are singing the blues.
Go Figure.
Trump might ask Rove to be the dog catcher of DC
Polls and numbes don’t make the hearts of people. Trump Is on inertia.
Well there is that. LOL!
um because Trump has been ahead there by double digits since entering the race basically.
Loser Rove is a Loser...
He never ever masterminded a landslide victory, he only got a few lucky “squeekers”, Rove is a RINO POS, screw him.
The problem is they can’t CONTROL Trump.
They want open borders (cheap labor), ObamaCare (which is actually an insurance company-backed boondoggle), open trade (shipping our jobs overseas), H1B visas (bringing foreigners here to replace us), and refugees (brown out the American populace with an easier to manipulate 3rd world voter base).
And... now there are magazine covers all over wondering why we are ‘angry.’
Go figure!
People are trying to fit Trump into the previous predictive molds of politics.
They can’t because Trump is unique.
However one thing we do know. A Trump smackdown of someone like Hillary or Bernie is going to be a rich spectacle. Who thinks Hillary will survive that? Trump has self confident chutzpah; Hillary is riding on public support. She’d wilt forthwith.
If this country fails to elect Trump or Cruz, the elimination of the RNC may be the next best thing. When the democrats no longer have to worry about growing their voter base THEN.. MAYBE they will protect our borders and stand for the rule of law.
Trump offers the obvious answer about why we are “angry.”
Just cutting past all this B.S. is a wondrous thing. He’ll call a spade a spade (or maybe even an effing shovel) even if it is wearing a dress.
This is not the time for subtle Dale Carnegie tactics. This is the time for a battering ram. And the opposition is COWARDLY.
It’s people who ignore this dynamic of the battle who think that Trump is going to have any trouble at all.
Democrat has been bad news since antebellum times.
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