To: QuinqueViae
Trump could be another McCain: a candidate most Republicans don’t want, but winning primaries with 30-35% pluralities because the other candidates are splitting the rest of the votes.
To: Charles Henrickson
Only the Establishment Republicans don’t want him.
Real Conservatives do.
McCain is Establishment too. Terrible analogy.
To: Charles Henrickson
Trump will be the nominee because most Republicans will have voted for him.
Your comparisons to past elections are part of the “old wisdom” of the GOPe.
1,432 posted on
02/09/2016 5:48:07 PM PST by
datura
(Proud Infidel)
To: Charles Henrickson
Trump could be another McCain: a candidate most Republicans don't want, but winning primaries with 30-35% pluralities because the other candidates are splitting the rest of the votes.
Except that McCain's rallies and townhalls drew 10s to a couple hundred, whereas Trump's draw 10s of thousands.
That is a
yuge difference.
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