Posted on 06/17/2016 7:44:09 AM PDT by governsleastgovernsbest
In 1964, Republican Barry Goldwater suffered a devastating landslide loss to LBJ. Aside from his home state of Arizona, Goldwater carried only five other states, all in the Deep South. Goldwater amassed only 52 electoral votes, to Johnson’s 486.
But even that paltry performance will look “extremely successful” compared to the thrashing that is in store for Donald Trump in November–if you believe Joe Scarborough. On today’s Morning Joe, after reviewing Trump’s disapproval numbers with various demographics, Scarborough said “Barry Goldwater is going to look like an extremely successful candidate.” Interestingly, Nick Confessore of the New York Times disagreed, arguing that the American electorate is so polarized that LBJ-like landslides are impossible today, and that the candidate of either party has a guaranteed base of 48%.
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Scarborough predicts Trump heading to such a huge loss that in comparison Goldwater’s landslide loss in 1964 will look “extremely successful.”
Ping to Liberal Media Criticism list.
What an epic dumbass.
Would Bush get the base to the polls? Anybody else?
Joe figgered out who signs his checks.
Scarborough really hit the rails recently.
He was pretty strongly pro-Trump in some ways. It seems almost as if, maybe he is getting the idea he won’t be Trump’s VP pick, and decided to get nasty.
That, or else someone got to him.
He’s off the reservation with this comment.
This guy is gonna end up in the heap of “foolish predictions of the past” along with Dick Morris.
Scarborough looks like an extremely successful
person compared to his dead/murdered intern.
The base won’t go along with the GOPee anymore.
Sure hope he’s wrong.
Joe and Mika will be out of a job come January. Neither Trump nor Hillary will have anything to do with these Obamabots.
He’s saying Hillary has already Won so forget voting for Trump . Expect a ton of polls with Hillary way ahead
He’s wrong.
Trump has personality, he has tons, and tons, and tons of people who are very enthused by him, and even the GOPe is after him.
Goldwater was a terrible candidate. Trump is the best we have had in at least twenty years. Maybe more.
I believe Trump will win a resounding landslide and Joe’s morning after will look like a six week binge...
...This guy is gonna end up in the heap of “foolish predictions of the past” along with Dick Morris...
And Glen Beck.
The mother of all elections.
Joe has established his irrelevancy. Who would waste time listening to this dingbat?
The power that be are confident that they can destroy Trump through a 24/7 barrage of outright hate.
MILLIONS of dollars are being spent on Social Media Engineering, and the Media Wonks all have their marching orders if they want to stay “Employed”.
It hasn’t worked, so far.
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