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DetlefK

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6. That's a very risky play.

Fri May 13, 2016, 09:12 AM

May 2016

Trump's voters are pissed at the GOP-establishment for making promises and then breaking them. And there ARE GOP-voters who despise Trump.

Trump and the GOP-establishment cannot come together and proclaim unity when the pro-Trumps and the never-Trumps are clearly NOT coming together. Both sides would start asking the question: "What kind of unity are Trump and the GOP-establishment talking about? There are still republican voters on both sides of the issue!"

Trump is appealing to what the voters already think. If Trump starts trying DICTATE the voters what to think, he becomes like the GOP-establishment. And if his voters get the feeling that he's in cahoots with the people who have let them down...

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Could the whole question over Trumps ability to unite the party be manufactured drama? [View all] Agnosticsherbet May 2016 OP

I wouldn't be surprised. cyberswede May 2016 #1

That is my feeling, also. nt Agnosticsherbet May 2016 #4

That's a very risky play. DetlefK May 2016 #6

Almost everyone in the GOP will vote for Trump Kelvin Mace May 2016 #2

That will be a very interesting post-mortem. DetlefK May 2016 #7

The GOP establishment lost for being a tease Kelvin Mace May 2016 #8

It boils down to: Who hates whom more? DetlefK May 2016 #9

When it comes to hate, my money is on the pros Kelvin Mace May 2016 #10

The viciousness in GD:P makes me doubt that. :D DetlefK May 2016 #11

Oh, it's bad in GD:P Kelvin Mace May 2016 #12

I am having one of those mornings Peacetrain May 2016 #3

They will fall in line they were willing to vote for Satan in the flesh doc03 May 2016 #5