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Originally Posted by JonInMiddleGA
Anything that discomfits a p.o.s. RINO like Graham is only going to add to Trump's momentum at this point.
The harder Trump goes at these characters, the more I'm starting to wonder if he isn't going to make himself a legitimate threat for the nomination.
Personality, a willingness to call out characters that many feel are sorely deserving of it AND simply showing a set of actual balls instead of the capitulation that we see from too many others ... well, that definitely has a lot of appeal. And it's generating legitimate enthusiasm, something that relatively few of his primary opponents have shown an ability to do (and certainly something that the recent nominees have utterly failed at).
I STILL don't believe he's got the portfolio to be the best choice for President ... but with every passing day it's starting to look as though he might at least have the right attitude to put himself in the conversation.
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The problem is that the traits tend to be mutually exclusive. People with the passionate feelings and willingness and what-the-fuck-attitude to speak the base's truth to the establishment tend not to have the portfolio/experience/temperament to actually run a successful serious campaign. And vice-versa.
The last guy who was able to combine both beat Carter 489-49 and Mondale 525-13.