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quaker bill

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25. I think the calculus has been run
Sat Jun 11, 2016, 06:21 AM
Jun 2016

And the PTB on the R side thinks they survive better losing the Whitehouse in Nov and hanging on to as much of the Senate and House as they can. This scenario is compared to dumping Trump at the convention and having that wrecking ball go third party or simply spending some of his money to damage their candidates all around the country.

I expect the Don to be the candidate because it will keep him occupied and somewhat controlled until after the election, and for most of the GOP to run away from him. Watch the GOP money, my guess is that much more of it will go down ballot than usual.

In short, if he is the candidate, most of the damage he will do will be to himself. If they dump him, he will spend his time and money damaging others.

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And the GOP/FoxNews said that the Democrats were imploding. Then Trump opened his mouth..... tonyt53 Jun 2016 #1
Technically, there are no bound delegates at the D convention, either. stopbush Jun 2016 #2
True. MosheFeingold Jun 2016 #3
Really poor comparison in my opinion LannyDeVaney Jun 2016 #5
Probably a bit dramatic MosheFeingold Jun 2016 #6
Hope everything turns out OK, I know the feeling. LannyDeVaney Jun 2016 #7
I don't find Sanders to be at all honest. stopbush Jun 2016 #10
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Legally, he's correct MosheFeingold Jun 2016 #12
And knowing what a calm, stable bunch Trump voters are gratuitous Jun 2016 #20
It would be interesting MosheFeingold Jun 2016 #21
So what's the point of having all state by state primaries?? DCBob Jun 2016 #13
Makes people feel good MosheFeingold Jun 2016 #15
I'm wondering who in their right mind... RussBLib Jun 2016 #16
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I think the calculus has been run quaker bill Jun 2016 #25
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