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The First Batch of GOPers Are Ready To Primary Trump

Discussion in 'BBS Hangout: Debate & Discussion' started by adoo, Jan 2, 2019.

  1. JuanValdez

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    Agree. And, in any case, I don't think the Republicans can just go back to the Kasich-style Republican candidates of yesteryear. Trump has changed the party. They're going more populist and more nationalist.
     
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    I don't think Mark "Appalachian Trail" is the guy to take on Trump even as just a protest candidate.
    I'm strongly leaning towards voting for Bill Weld in my state's primary as a protest.
     
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    This just shows that the Libertarian party is pretty much unmoored from its original principles. Gary Johnson shouldn't have run as a Libertarian and Lincoln Chafee who was the last of the liberal Republicans before leaving the GOP definitely isn't a Libertarian.
     
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    They won't get a chance. GOP will cut off state primaries to protect Trump.
     
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    'The Fellowship' on Netflix really exposes Sanford as an even bigger sleazeball than we've been led to believe.
     
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    The news (or at least the liberal lamestream media) likes to remind me that previous Republican incumbents who had a primary challenger went on to lose in the general, and these guys are just looking to damage Trump to forestall a general election victory. But, I think this logic has the cause-and-effect backwards. I don't think primary challengers really weaken incumbents. It's just that weak incumbents attract strong challengers and also lose general elections. You'll always find an unemployed crank who wants to run against a president, but if we ever get someone who still has a viable political career willing to challenge him, that might be a lead indicator.
     
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    Funny, all the fake concern about unfair treatment of Bernie ...

     
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    The republican party has completely become the trumpican party...

     
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    Well... the photographer makes two people showing up, right? And can we count Sanford himself as a third?
     
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    It's hard to garner support when the party won't even allow primaries.
     
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    Thanks for letting us know?
     
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