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Originally Posted by Solecismic
The media seems to want Christie now.
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After Trump, Christie's probably the best GOP candidate for the media as far as eyeballs go. What they really don't want is a Clinton-Rubio snorefest (or Clinton-Bush). I mean, sure, Cruz is really out there, but at this point he's more-or-less Trump-lite. Which is crazy.
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Originally Posted by Solecismic
What we've seen in Iowa is the recent deflation of Carson, seemingly from self-inflicted wounds.
I've never seen someone campaign on the "look at me, I used to be out of control and violent" platform.
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I suspect it resonated with the core supporters he has who have bought in completely to his redemption & success story. The problem is that not enough of those people exist to win him the GOP nomination.
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I keep saying this, but we're still a long way out by Iowa caucus standards. At this time four years ago, Santorum, the Iowa winner, was polling at 4% and the leader was Herman Cain.
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Yes, everyone needs to keep remembering this. It's December 8th. People's brains are going to be all football & Christmas through January 1.
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Originally Posted by albionmoonlight
Several of my liberal friends have been delighting on facebook taking Trumps most reprehensible shit and stating/implying that "this is what Republicans think" And I don' t think that's fair.
This is an opportunity for the other candidates (and the GOP writ large) to make a stand and start to take the public perception of the party back from Trump. And to show that they are not afraid to do it.
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It's absolutely fair if the GOP write large (as you say) continues to not challenge Trump on it.
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Originally Posted by bhlloy
Trump has to be a Democrat plant.
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The Democrats are in no way organized enough to do this. Otherwise it's a good theory.
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Originally Posted by JonInMiddleGA
He's shown an incredible knack for saying exactly the right thing over & over ... which is why I expect him to suddenly step on a third rail any second now.
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He's stepped on plenty of third rails with absolutely no harm. It's as if his campaign simply does not adhere to the laws of physics. At this point we've got to start thinking of potential "4th rails" he could conceivably step on.