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Serious problems with Trump's Iowa ground game
American Thinker ^ | 1/14/2016 | Ed Straker

Posted on 01/14/2016 5:43:41 AM PST by TBBT

More evidence has surfaced that Donald Trump's Iowa ground game is not very substantial.

One volunteer leader enlisted by Donald J. Trump to turn out Iowa voters has yet to knock on a single door or to make a phone call. Another is a "9/11 truther" with a website claiming that the Sept. 11 attacks were a government conspiracy. A third caucus precinct captain ... said the campaign's goal of having them each enlist 25 supporters was unrealistic.

"There's probably not even 25 registered voters in a precinct," said the captain, Kathy Hawk. ...

"I got 12 to go to the caucus, but I don't know if they will actually vote for Donald Trump," said Rick Shaddock, a precinct captain in Fairfield and the one who maintains the Sept. 11 conspiracy site.

Remember, caucuses require a lot more pushing and handholding to get people to come out than primaries. That's why I suspect that if Ted Cruz is a little bit ahead in the polls, as he is in the latest Des Moines Register poll that came out Wednesday, it will only understate his advantage. Donald Trump hasn't set up a substantial ground game in Iowa, and what ground game he has is run by inexperienced and/or nutty people like the 9/11 conspiracy theorist.

(Excerpt) Read more at americanthinker.com ...


TOPICS: News/Current Events; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: cfrheidicruz; cruz4attorneygeneral; goldmansachsbagman; iowa; tds; trump
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To: TBBT
I think behind the scenes the Trump campaign is somewhat like an iceberg. Only 10% visible and 90% hidden.

He won't necessarily tell you what he is doing, but he IS doing it.

41 posted on 01/14/2016 6:47:16 AM PST by JPG (What's the difference between the Rats and the GOPe? Nothing.)
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To: ObozoMustGo2012
Dude, how many threads are you going to post this in?? You sound like a repetitive a*shole....

First time I've seen it. Get over yourself.

Nice personal attack. THAT surely wins you a lot of friends and really helps your candidate.

42 posted on 01/14/2016 6:48:06 AM PST by don-o (I am Kenneth Carlisle - Waco 5/17/15)
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To: mongrel

Face it. ANYBODY who aspires to think they would be the best leader of the US has issues.


43 posted on 01/14/2016 6:49:25 AM PST by Man from Oz
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To: mongrel

TDS is strong within you. Seek help immediately!!!

Go Trump!


44 posted on 01/14/2016 6:49:26 AM PST by TheStickman
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To: TheStickman

But I’m happy! I like Trump! I’m trying to be just like him! Can I be deranged and happy and like Trump?


45 posted on 01/14/2016 6:50:34 AM PST by mongrel
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To: heights

I like that. BIOYA. That’s how I’ve learned to talk. Copy Trump. Talk like he does. Sounds like BIOYA.


46 posted on 01/14/2016 6:52:38 AM PST by mongrel
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To: Liz; Teacher317

The Trump Revolution [a prediction already unfolding]
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/3381137/posts

I’m honored, Liz. And I’ve had a few thoughts about what it would be like if either Trump or Cruz walk into the White House ...

Teacher317 ...

‘Cruz and Trump need each other. Nobody on the horizon can compare with The Donald for efficiently cutting and gutting the inefficient segments that e need removed... and nobody on the horizon can compare with Cruz on actually pressing forward with limited-government ideals in all three Branches.’

[unquote]

[my response ...]

I agree — a great team if possible. But ...

We can’t make sure those two will get along in the future. We must pick one or the other [sadly]. Constitutional mendments are the end-game, and Cruz is great about that. But the President is an executive who turns to lawyers and savvy legislators for advice.

[Reposting why the Exectutive should be Trump ...]

If Trump wins this, a few hours after he enters the White House people out on the street will hear a loud, incredulous rampage of words. Trump only has an inkling of how bad it is. He will be SHOCKED.

The next few weeks will result in massive change and panicked bureaucrats, especially in the State Department.

... BUT ...

If Cruz wins this? He will probably throw up from the shock the same way MacArthur did after talking to FDR about military budgeting.

After that? I have no idea.

For the first year or so Cruz would wish he never had the job. It’s ugly as sin. Sick, depraved, and ...

Sure, Cruz might make things better, particularly with judicial nominees. But I know what it’s like to walk into a mess. Procedures and regulations will only confuse you. You need to take swift decisive action, trust your gut, expedite meetings and discussion time, and work your tail off.

Cruz is a brilliant guy who would one day make a top notch President. But he will do better after some heavy-duty executive experience. Not essential, but he’s spent too many years around lawyers and legislators while away from real-world problems.

It’s amazing he is as conservative and passionate as he is.



47 posted on 01/14/2016 6:53:22 AM PST by Arthur Wildfire! March (1000 muslim migrant gang-rapists in Germany -- Trump helped trigger protests.)
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To: TBBT

Help me out. When was the last time the Iowa caucus was won by the eventual nominee, aside from an incumbent. 1980?


48 posted on 01/14/2016 7:01:11 AM PST by SquarePants (Everywhere is walking distance if you have the time)
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To: TBBT

Team Trump has been silent in answering the critics of his Iowa ground game.

He may be applying one of Sun Tzu’s rules: When strong, appear weak.


49 posted on 01/14/2016 7:02:16 AM PST by Vision Thing
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To: Vision Thing

My thoughts exactly....the appearing weak strategy allows your opponent to let down his guard.


50 posted on 01/14/2016 7:07:03 AM PST by Liz (SAFE PLACE? A liberal's mind. Nothing's there. Nothing can penetrate it.)
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To: TBBT

As much as I don’t like Trump, his lack of a ground game in Iowa, if in fact the article is accurate, doesn’t matter much. Winning the Iowa caucus is not a requirement for winning the nomination and ultimately the election.


51 posted on 01/14/2016 7:07:22 AM PST by Daveinyork ("Trusting government with money and power is like trusting teenaged boys with whiskey and car keys",)
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To: don-o

the question is, does Trump know that there was a whole lot behind that smile (Reagan’s)?


52 posted on 01/14/2016 7:09:31 AM PST by Daveinyork ("Trusting government with money and power is like trusting teenaged boys with whiskey and car keys",)
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To: KGeorge

I think she is wound real tight.


53 posted on 01/14/2016 7:10:26 AM PST by Aria (Abortion = murder, the taking of a human life.)
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To: SquarePants
No, it's about half of the time... 3 of 7 since 1972

Republicans

1976: Gerald Ford (45%) and Ronald Reagan (43%)
1980: George H. W. Bush (32%), Ronald Reagan (30%), Howard Baker (15%), John Connally (9%), Phil Crane (7%), John B. Anderson (4%), and Bob Dole (2%)
1984: Ronald Reagan (unopposed) - incumbent
1988: Bob Dole (37%), Pat Robertson (25%), George H. W. Bush (19%), Jack Kemp (11%), and Pete DuPont (7%)
1992: George H. W. Bush (unopposed) - incumbent
1996: Bob Dole (26%), Pat Buchanan (23%), Lamar Alexander (18%), Steve Forbes (10%), Phil Gramm (9%), Alan Keyes (7%), Richard Lugar (4%), and Morry Taylor (1%)
2000: George W. Bush (41%), Steve Forbes (31%), Alan Keyes (14%), Gary Bauer (9%), John McCain (5%), and Orrin Hatch (1%)
2004: George W. Bush (unopposed) - incumbent
2008: Mike Huckabee (34%), Mitt Romney (25%), Fred Thompson (13%), John McCain (13%), Ron Paul (10%), Rudy Giuliani (4%), and Duncan Hunter (1%)
2012: Rick Santorum (25%), Mitt Romney (25%), Ron Paul (21%), Newt Gingrich (13%), Rick Perry (10%), Michele Bachmann (5%), and Jon Huntsman (0.6%)

'76, '96, and '00, Iowa got the winner correct
'84, '92, and '04, it was an unopposed incumbent
'80, '88, '08, and '12, they were "wrong", with the eventual winner placing 2nd, 3rd, 4th, and 2nd.

54 posted on 01/14/2016 7:14:16 AM PST by Teacher317 (We have now sunk to a depth at which restatement of the obvious is the first duty of intelligent men)
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To: Aria

I get the same impression.


55 posted on 01/14/2016 7:14:39 AM PST by KGeorge
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To: musicman

BFLZ


56 posted on 01/14/2016 7:20:31 AM PST by musicman (Until I see the REAL Long Form Vault BC, he's just "PRES__ENT" Obama = Without "ID")
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To: Teacher317
In '88, GHW Bush had only 19 percent in Iowa... in'08, McCain only had 13 percent in Iowa... so realistically, it is likely only Trump, Cruz, or Rubio. Nobody else is close to 13 (Carson 7, Bush 3). Anything else would be unprecedented.

So let's drop the rest of the field, trounce Rubio, and have a decent race between two very good choices!!

(Seriously... Who here wouldn't relish the final several debates being just between Trump and Cruz, and maybe Rubio. That would be sooooo nice to watch!)

57 posted on 01/14/2016 7:24:10 AM PST by Teacher317 (We have now sunk to a depth at which restatement of the obvious is the first duty of intelligent men)
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To: mongrel

So you’re for the Canadian, eh?


58 posted on 01/14/2016 7:38:45 AM PST by jpsb (Whar)
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To: jpsb

No dog in the fight. Might even vote for Donald. Just wish he would stop using weasel language to raise concerns. He’s a concern troll.


59 posted on 01/14/2016 7:42:37 AM PST by mongrel
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To: mongrel

Personally, you sound mentally ill.


60 posted on 01/14/2016 7:44:47 AM PST by miss marmelstein (Richard then Third: I like to destroy the Turks (Moslims))
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