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Old 03-03-2016, 10:36 AM   #3637
flere-imsaho
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Originally Posted by albionmoonlight View Post
He wants to make sure that he's the guy who will get the nod if there's a real deadlock before/at the convention and they need an outsider to break it.

That's my guess. And I'd expect to see more of this - various GOP politicians auditioning for name recognition for the first unbound convention vote.

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Originally Posted by Kodos View Post
I wonder if a Trump Presidency could unite Republicans and Democrats in Congress? Maybe they'd reach across the aisle to neuter Trump as much as they could.

Depends. If Trump's actual policies are more in line with the Freedom Caucus then I could see Democrats and "moderate" Republicans working to keep gridlock alive.

If Trump's actual policies turn out to be left of what his rhetoric has been and/or if he's more of a pragmatist, then I could actually see the Democrats and "moderate" Republicans working with Trump (though the nature of this coalition would still be issue-by-issue) to neuter the Freedom Caucus.

Either would be entertaining and horrifying at the same time.
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