Posted on 02/10/2016 5:28:19 AM PST by RoosterRedux
The current and former chiefs of the state Republican Party condemned him. New Hampshire's only two Republican members of Congress refused to endorse him. The conservative owner of the state's largest newspaper called him "a con man" on the front page.
Donald Trump won anyway -- big time.
So, too, did Bernie Sanders, who will leave New Hampshire with the commanding victory one might expect of a front-runner blessed with the near universal favor of his party. Except all that establishment support belongs to Hillary Clinton.
Trump's 18-point victory and the self-described democratic socialist's 21-point win are reminders of the limits of party power in an age of anger toward Washington and frustration with politics.
Many Republican Party leaders may be terrified by Trump's ascendance, but have yet to divine a way to stop the billionaire real estate mogul. Clinton may have all the endorsements of her party's bold-faced names, but it is Sanders who is winning over the young people and independents who helped push Barack Obama to the White House.
On Tuesday, establishment-minded Republicans from New Hampshire expressed a mix of frustration and shame that it was their state that delivered Trump's first victory. "I refuse to support him under any circumstance," said Fergus Cullen, a former New Hampshire Republican Party chairman. "Trump would be a disaster.
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The attack ads against Trump had no effect.
He did better than the polls predicted.
It still seems to me they might stop him if all the moderates combine.
Trump and Cruze will have all the delegates. The GOPe is out of luck.
Fasten your seat belts and bring on the popcorn. We are seeing history being made.
No one should underestimate the complete ruthlessness of the political machine. Pray for Trump’s safety.
The attack ads against Trump had no effect.
He did better than the polls predicted.
South Carolina on the other hand, will be the first truly meaningful contest.
Trump also proves that he can embrace liberal policies, and one-third of Republicans will still vote for him.
FoxNews ran a brief story that Hillary Clinton is blaming the media for her loss in NH.
Isn’t that rich! She has had many of the media on her payroll for years.
Ironically, a little while later, FoxNews ran a story of Hillary’s emails showing she had been paying off some media for preferential treatment.
If he’s our nominee I will enthusiastically support him.
I’ve had enough when I hear some sitting Republican senators say they’d rather vote for Clinton and the National Review comes out with an entire issue trashing him before a single vote is cast and the GOPe tries to push each and every alternative, only to move in to the next as soon as the breeze blows, then I’ve had enough.
And Super Tuesday on 1 March
http://www.uspresidentialelectionnews.com/2016-presidential-primary-schedule-calendar/
Next is South Carolina on 2/20.
Time is running out for the moderates to combine.
They have to do it before Florida votes, or it will be too late.
And last nights results virtually guaranteed that none of them will be dropping out anytime soon.
It is especially important that both Rubio and Bush stay in the race until after Florida.
If Trump gets even 1 vote more than anyone else in Florida, he gets ALL of Florida’s delegates, and it’s game over.
The establishment?? How about the liberal media can’t stop him either. If you have enough money............
Surely you jest. So. Carolina is known for dirty tricks, establishment fixes, stabs in the back and cross over voting from Dems and Indes. That’s why most of the Repub candidates in recent years are already decided before the majority of the country gets to vote on them.
A friend stopped by to watch the last few minutes of the election before the poll closed.
He has a lot of friends and relatives in NH and predicted that Kasich would have a good showing.
I asked him why, and he said that Kasich spent so much time in NH, he could have voted as a citizen.
He said that Kasich helped the NH economy with what he spent there.
Kasich spent 12.1 million dollars or $582 per vote.
Trump in comparisonL 3.7 million dollars, and I think $90 per vote.
Jebe and his mommie spent a lot of time in NH and spent a ton of OPM. I do not have that data yet.
It seems that, of those who abandoned Rubio in the final days, a lot went to Kasich and a lot went to Trump. Cruz got a smaller, but not insignificant share.
I actually give that some credence. Kasich had a surge at the end. Less discussed is that Trump beat his poll numbers by about 5%. Cruz also outperformed his polls, I think.
Apparently, although we tend to lump them together, the voters don't consider the establishment candidates to be interchangeable.
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