Posted on 05/13/2016 9:59:15 AM PDT by BlackFemaleArmyColonel
Candidates’ aides and allies want anti-Trump vendors barred from lucrative general-election contracts.
Donald Trump’s campaign is considering hitting his Republican enemies where it hurts: Their wallets. As Trump moves to work in closer concert with the Republican National Committee apparatus, some campaign aides and allies are pushing him to block lucrative party contracts from consultants who worked to keep him from winning the nomination, according to four sources familiar with the discussions.
“The Never Trump vendors and supporters shouldn’t be in striking distance of the RNC, any of its committees or anyone working on behalf of Donald Trump,” said a Trump campaign official.
The blacklist talk — which sources say mostly targets operatives who worked for Never Trump groups, but also some who worked for Trump’s GOP presidential rivals or their supportive super PACs — strikes against a Republican consulting class that Trump has assailed as a pillar of a corrupt political establishment. It’s a sweet bit of turnabout for Trump aides and consultants who in recent months were warned that their work for the anti-establishment billionaire real estate showman could diminish their own career prospects.
If Trump’s team makes good on the blacklist, it could elevate a whole new crop of vendors, while penalizing establishment operatives who attacked him, often in deeply personal terms. But it also could put Trump’s campaign at a competitive disadvantage as it scrambles to quickly beef up capabilities in highly technical campaign tactics that it largely eschewed in the primary, including voter data, direct mail and phone banking. Newly minted presidential nominees typically install staff at their respective parties’ national committees, and have been known to steer contracts to at least some of their favored vendors, which often provokes backlash.
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I have always appreciated Levin and now skip over station when I hear his voice. I feel a loss in losing a great champion of liberty and our Constitution.
“Crush your enemies. See them driven before you. Hear the lamentations of their women.”
It is entirely rational to think that they chose to work on neverTrump issues because they really believed it.
Why put a suspected traitor in your campaign?
NeverTrump is in itself a blacklist by saying it will never vote Trump and associate with Trump suporters (if you read their columns and tweets). I’ve been banned at Right Scoop and Twitchy.
So what’s the big deal? He’s simply not going to work with people who blacklisted him first.
Love it. Put the Never Trump people out of work. Actions have consequences and it is really, really good to have a candidate ready and willing to play hardball.
Waiting for the Photoshop of Trump in the Oval Office at his desk, sitting on the Iron Throne.
This is not a time to mess around.
Blacklist the blacklisters, Trump.
It’s not personal, It’s just Business!
Hundreds of years before the birth of Christ, there was a period in China known as the Age of Warring States. This was an age of great conflict and uncertainty as seven states fought for survival & control of China. For these states to win they sought out any means of gaining advantage over their opponents; those with knowledge on strategy & leadership was especially sought after. It was during this time that there arose a general from the state of Ch’i known as Sun Tzu. His ability to win victories for his warlord gained him fame and power.
To hand down the wisdom he had gained from his years of battles Sun Tzu wrote a book, The Art of War, that became the classic work on strategy in China. His book, which details a complete philosophy on how to decisively defeat one’s opponent, has given guidance to military theorists and generals throughout the ages. In The Art of War, military readers found a holistic approach to strategy that was powerful and deep–it is truly a masterpiece on strategy. As the former U.S. Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Colin Powell said, “I’ve read the Chinese classic The Art of War written by Sun Tzu. Sun Tzu has been studied for hundreds of years. He continues to give inspiration to soldiers and politicians. So every American soldier in the army knows of his works. We require our soldiers to read it.”
Today, Sun Tzu’s appeal has extended beyond the military realm into the world of business. Because business by definition deals with competition, Sun Tzu’s principles are ideally suited to competitive business situations. Because business, like warfare, is a contest of wills, dynamic and fast-paced, based on both morale and machines, and deals with the effective and efficient use of scarce resources, many business people across the globe have found value in Sun Tzu’s teachings.
"Let your plans be dark and impenetrable as night, and when you move, fall like a thunderbolt."
‘’... and may God forget ye were our countrymen.’’
Kick them out, confiscate their coats.
This is a smart man.
Reward your friends and punish your enemies.
Trump’s operatives are taking over the RNC.
Good!
The old operatives were a waste of our time and efforts.
LOL.
We’ll mail them their coats.
Art of Trump’s deal.
Cool-I call that “venganza”-or the less polite term, “chin***”-either way, payback is a bitch-and it is a good thing...
Some of these whores need to be back on the street working in back alleys and cheap hotels.
The gop, the dems, the left and obama.. all play for keeps. Until now, we have had no one who stood for the rest of us out here in hinterland.
Finally, we have someone on our side who is not afraid to fight and will not back down to their threats... in fact dish out some of his own. Finally we have someone who is not a pansy and winning is better than losing.
I don’t want to ‘get along’ with anyone in congress... and don’t say we have to compromise to make it work... do what is right (it’s easier to do if you are not beholden to special interest nor owe a financier) and everyone will think you’re a genius. It’s not been tried for a very long time.
Proof of what happens when you hire the best!! Trump will do the same for the country. Time to clean house. Don’t ya love it?
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