Jonathan Swan / The Hill:
Donors changing tune on Trump
— Republican donors are quietly coming around to the idea that Donald
Trump could be their party's nominee for president. — While many major
Republican donors still cannot abide the idea
Editor's notes: Understand that the GOP Establishment did this to themselves. For Cruz to pretend that Trump is "establishment" is too simple minded a pejorative effort to be considered "intelligent." The conservative wing, exDemocrat Confederate nutbags and all, gave the GOP its increasing power during the Obama Era . . . . . . . . . and got nothing but rejection in return. And now, it is time to pay the piper.
All this talk about the party being destroyed . . . . sorry, but I thought McCain did that back in 2008 when he ran a feckless "but fair" election and lost the farm and the house to the Marxist Progressives.
You would think that GOP leadership would say, "Hey this bunch of passionate Right Wingers gave us our power. How do we appease them while maintaining control of the party? " But that was never the discussion. Democrats appease its Left Bank (the Al Sharptons, Louis Farrakhans, and the thousands of anarchist who hate this country) somehow remain competitive in spite of their history of promising one lie after another to its membership.
Well, the GOP has been doing the same thing for decades: "smaller government," balanced budgets, a healthy VA and on and on . . . . one lie after another. The base is done with that and has made it clear that if cutting their collective nose off their face, they are willing to do it.
Both parties are at a serious crossroads. Maybe it will turn out to be good. I mean, there was (clearly) a divine aspect to the creation of this nation and I assume God has not walked away but there is nothing that says, "He will not walk away." He has done it before, in different times. So we must wait, and see how this works out.
As recently as 2001 to 2003, Gallup found that Republicans in Congress had favorability ratings in the high 40s to mid-50s, consistently better than their unfavorable ratings. By 2015, the Polling Report, which tracks all public surveys, found that in five polls taken between August and the end of the year, the favorability rating of congressional Republicans had fallen to 14 percent, and the unfavorable ratings had risen to 79.4. Ratings of congressional Democrats at the end of 2015 were also negative, but significantly less so than those of Republicans: 27 percent favorable, 66.6 percent unfavorable.
ReplyDeleteYou want to know why the GOP is going down? This is why:
http://www.nytimes.com/2016/01/20/opinion/campaign-stops/the-price-of-republican-orthodoxy.html
What a stinking load. Don't go back to 2003. Stay with the Obama years. Here is what his "popularity" and the GOP's poor showing in terms of popularity have accomplished: 14 governorships lost to the GOP; 13 Senate seats lost to the GOP; 46 House seats lost to the GOP; 38 of the 50 states have one or both state legislative houses in the hands of the GOP; and the GOP . Wow, we all should be as "unpopular."
ReplyDeleteTry dealing with reality for a change, not ancient history.
He hangs his hat on an election with the worst turnout in 70+ yrs ... hahahaha!!
ReplyDeleteYou'll find out when all of America turns out, not just the old white kkkristians - ignorant and fearful.
Folks, the above comment is why Libs are losing the intellectual war - they cannot think critically or objectively . . . . just can't do it.
DeleteAnonymous pretends to laugh in the face of his party's total destruction. And that low turnout? It was low for the Dems . . . . . and that is why they got their collective butt handed to them.
Let's not forget that Obama took in 3.5 MILLION fewer votes THAN 2008 . . . . . LARGEST such failure in a decade.
You write, "We lost because no one showed up to vote." Duh . . . . . Not even a good excuse. I mean, who failed to get these folks to turn out to vote for you all? Bush?????