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FollowChrist34
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Trump was in the 20%s in Texas, right? Rubio had 17%.
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queenofheartscv
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Yes, but cruz was under 50%; according to his own campaign manager, he should have bowed out.
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Peter_J
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I think Chris Christie had one delegate (if even that).Unless his future VP releases his (the FVP) delegates to Trump, no?
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Peter_J
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A lot of them are Republicans.
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Peter_J
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We’ll have to wait and see what the Supreme Court says. Appeals Court upholds ban on gay people voting for Ted Cruz
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Little_Sheep
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Impossible? I’m not quite ready to say that yet!
But certainly Trump now has an uphill battle whereas, for most of the Republican primary, he has enjoyed the wind at his back!
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Little_Sheep
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Things are certainly bending this way today!
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Little_Sheep
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Cruz is a dirty dirty dog, I agree. But I am pretty well convinced that Trump can dig dirtier once he finally figures out what’s going on. Trump’s got a new man running the show, a man with some experience in the way our system actually works. We’ll see if this can save him!
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Little_Sheep
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Every Republican in the race is backing off of marriage equality battles. Republicans are many things but they are not stupid.
I’m all about allowing people who “don’t agree with gay marriage” to hoist their own petard, but I don’t believe that Cruz will hoist it for them as he slouches desperately towards the White House. (that’s not to say he won’t toss them a scrap or two and sound real principled while doing it)
I wonder why?
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Tomdstone
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She is discussing a lot of issues intelligently.
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Little_Sheep
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QOH is discussing a lot of issues passionately, as well.
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Little_Sheep
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That’s just silly. But of course, Cruz is afraid of Trump. And, clearly, he should be.
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queenofheartscv
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Thanks, Tomdstone and Little Sheep. I really appreciate your kindness.
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Peter_J
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Um … so are you going to tell him how to be a “good boy”? Or does he not even deserve that?
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Barb3
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I’m a staunch Republican but I can’t stand Trump – all those"goofy" looks he puts on his face – I hope the Republicans find someone else to run for their party-- also I couldn’t vote for a Democrat a/c I’m very much pro-life and all of the Democrats seems to be pro-choice.
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Robert_Bay
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XndrK
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Okay, new to this thread, so this has probably been said before, but here we go:
Donald Trump is winning the Republican race because he knows how to sell himself. It’s what he has been doing for 40 years, through his various products and his TV show The Apprentice. He’s someone people who aren’t well-versed in politics already know, and he’s LOUD, so people who didn’t know him before definitely know him now.
He is also winning because he is tapping into a deep resentment that people have towards government in general. Donald Trump is an outsider; he has never held or run for political office before. His manner of speaking is almost exactly opposite that you would expect from most politicians, and his campaign platform is to tear down the old institutions and build them from scratch, as he says, making America great again. Incidentally, this movement isn’t isolated to the United States; the National Front in France is running on the same platform and has almost a third of France’s seats in the EU Parliament. Frankly, people are annoyed with politicians, and Donald Trump isn’t one.
Last, Donald Trump is winning because he is appealing to his specific subset of people and keeping them in his eyes. The relatively under-educated white male conservative faction is actually really powerful, though it may look small because they tend to stick to themselves (unless they’re attending Tea Party rallies or Sunday-go-to-meetin’.). This ideology of conservative nationalism is at least as old as the West and probably as old as America itself – after all, the Patriots wanted freedom from taxes and the right to make their own way of doing things, right? Isn’t that what people want anyway?
Donald Trump is winning the Republican race because he knows how to sell himself. It’s what he has been doing for 40 years, through his various products and his TV show The Apprentice. He’s someone people who aren’t well-versed in politics already know, and he’s LOUD, so people who didn’t know him before definitely know him now.
He is also winning because he is tapping into a deep resentment that people have towards government in general. Donald Trump is an outsider; he has never held or run for political office before. His manner of speaking is almost exactly opposite that you would expect from most politicians, and his campaign platform is to tear down the old institutions and build them from scratch, as he says, making America great again. Incidentally, this movement isn’t isolated to the United States; the National Front in France is running on the same platform and has almost a third of France’s seats in the EU Parliament. Frankly, people are annoyed with politicians, and Donald Trump isn’t one.
Last, Donald Trump is winning because he is appealing to his specific subset of people and keeping them in his eyes. The relatively under-educated white male conservative faction is actually really powerful, though it may look small because they tend to stick to themselves (unless they’re attending Tea Party rallies or Sunday-go-to-meetin’.). This ideology of conservative nationalism is at least as old as the West and probably as old as America itself – after all, the Patriots wanted freedom from taxes and the right to make their own way of doing things, right? Isn’t that what people want anyway?
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carpenter383
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New Poll Out Of VA Shows Just How Bad Trump Is In General Election
redstate.com/jaycaruso/2016/04/07/va-poll-shows-how-bad-trump-is-general-election/
As this “Trump Train” motors on, things seem to get more bleak every time a new poll comes out. For months at a time, the negatives of Donald Trump bubbled just below the surface. It was out there and some people were noticing. The mainstream media was too busy tripping over itself to slobber over Trump to notice. But now it’s bubbled over and Trump’s negatives are exploding like Mount St. Helens. As Leon pointed out, Donald Trump’s unfavorable rating has reached 70%.
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redstate.com/jaycaruso/2016/04/07/va-poll-shows-how-bad-trump-is-general-election/
As this “Trump Train” motors on, things seem to get more bleak every time a new poll comes out. For months at a time, the negatives of Donald Trump bubbled just below the surface. It was out there and some people were noticing. The mainstream media was too busy tripping over itself to slobber over Trump to notice. But now it’s bubbled over and Trump’s negatives are exploding like Mount St. Helens. As Leon pointed out, Donald Trump’s unfavorable rating has reached 70%.
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queenofheartscv
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Didn’t they also believe Romney would win?
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Sy_Noe
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I heard a Trump supporter tonight say the party establishment is just using Cruz as a pawn to stop Trump and would not nominate Cruz. He said instead they would nominate Rubio, Ryan or Romney.
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