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Jefferson23

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16. A proactive move for the establishment would be to declare now he is unfit for POTUS
Mon Mar 14, 2016, 09:22 AM
Mar 2016

and will not be endorsed by the Republican Party. They should be bold enough
to tell him, go Third Party. Trump will not have enough strength on his own,
not enough votes to win the WH. At this point they're gambling on a means
to survive as a political party while their brand goes further down the toilet.

Re-think your strategies, your priorities and in the long run it is high time
they abandon this base. They should be moving toward the center..there
will be a percent from the base who will abandon Trump, but no loss if they
don't.

I don't expect them to be smart and responsible but to wait for a convention
where he'll go in even stronger than he is now will make it even more difficult.

They're avoiding the inevitable is what I'm saying..no one in their party
has any clout with these people..not when you have 60% of them stating
they feel betrayed.

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Very likely. bemildred Mar 2016 #1
A proactive move for the establishment would be to declare now he is unfit for POTUS Jefferson23 Mar 2016 #16
Well he is going to take the party away from them if they don't do something. bemildred Mar 2016 #17
I think they're fucked either way but they could begin to build credibility for a stable Jefferson23 Mar 2016 #19
They aren't going to do that. bemildred Mar 2016 #20
Power can really make you stupid. Jefferson23 Mar 2016 #22
I think it is no accident that he is suddenly in the news. nt bemildred Mar 2016 #24
Power and money. bemildred Mar 2016 #25
Yes...hand in hand. Citizens United just made it worse and doesn't Trump know it too. Jefferson23 Mar 2016 #26
Obama is likely to do what he can to make their problem worse too. bemildred Mar 2016 #21
Why on earth should Obama debate him? avebury Mar 2016 #30
Because he cares more about the country than partisan politics. bemildred Mar 2016 #33
This has nothing to do with partisan politics. avebury Mar 2016 #34
You asked. Next time just say what's on your mind and leave me alone. nt bemildred Mar 2016 #37
OK. I just thought that your response was naive to say the least. nt avebury Mar 2016 #38
I think you are projecting like mad. nt bemildred Mar 2016 #39
How Trump Happened bemildred Mar 2016 #2
Agree,we are looking at a Wallace time warp. Wellstone ruled Mar 2016 #3
Yep, he is the last one I can think of, there were plenty before him. bemildred Mar 2016 #5
Believe there were a couple of Ding Bats running on some Wellstone ruled Mar 2016 #9
Poster down there mentions Huey Long, he is the one I was trying to think of. nt bemildred Mar 2016 #18
Now there was a winner! Wellstone ruled Mar 2016 #27
Well, there have to be consequences, right? nt bemildred Mar 2016 #28
Yes to the consequences, Wellstone ruled Mar 2016 #29
Extreme forms of protest will not help the Democratic Party. 21st Century Poet Mar 2016 #4
I think the article is correct. different equation Mar 2016 #6
My thoughts, exactly, Stuart G. Nitram Mar 2016 #7
It could be later or it could be soon. Stuart G Mar 2016 #8
Republicans, mainstream news felix_numinous Mar 2016 #10
Felix, the MSM sources I use have all strongluy criticized Trump from the very beginning. Nitram Mar 2016 #11
I'm the same felix_numinous Mar 2016 #32
George Wallace? Canadian Interloper Mar 2016 #12
That's another one. bemildred Mar 2016 #14
... why hasn't tRump been charged with 'inducing panic'? Myrina Mar 2016 #13
Yes but what will the GOP establishment do..how far will they go to stop him? Thus far they are not Jefferson23 Mar 2016 #15
The classic response, since the Civil War, to these things is what you say. bemildred Mar 2016 #23
When it does happen that someone dies, I hope that there will be a massive avebury Mar 2016 #31
Recommended! HuckleB Mar 2016 #35
Trump wants one. SusanLarson Mar 2016 #36
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