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DonViejo

(60,536 posts)
Tue Aug 4, 2015, 01:06 PM Aug 2015

Donald Trump Is Totally Dominating the GOP Race

Rick Klein: “Donald Trump is so much of the story right now that when he doesn’t show up at a candidate forum, there’s almost no story at all. Monday night’s pre-debate show in New Hampshire struggled to find a rhythm, as if the fact that a certain candidate’s name never got mentioned robbed the participants of their focal point.”

“As the top 10 candidates get their debate invites from Fox on Tuesday, with 3 percent support looking like the bar to clear, it’s worth calculating that the frontrunner has enough support to earn seven or eight podium spots. Yes, that’s Mr. Trump, who now doesn’t need to exaggerate to claim that he’s leading essentially every poll, national and state.”

“It may be time to change assumptions about Trump, whose numbers aren’t peaking as many GOP leaders had assumed or hoped. Expecting Trump to implode seems like less of a sure bet – which means his rivals may actually need him on some stages for a while.”

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http://politicalwire.com/2015/08/04/donald-trump-is-totally-dominating-the-gop-race/
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Donald Trump Is Totally Dominating the GOP Race (Original Post) DonViejo Aug 2015 OP
haha this is great 0rganism Aug 2015 #1
Heh. The Koch's are getting the hair apparent!!! madinmaryland Aug 2015 #2
ROFL alcibiades_mystery Aug 2015 #7
Spoken beautifully, Organism. summerschild Aug 2015 #3
we can thank the media and a shiny object spanone Aug 2015 #4
The thing is, Trump believes what he says CJCRANE Aug 2015 #5
This only shows what a pathetic bunch of losers ALL the GOP candidates are. Vinca Aug 2015 #6

0rganism

(23,954 posts)
1. haha this is great
Tue Aug 4, 2015, 01:13 PM
Aug 2015

Kochs can't get their heir-apparent into the spotlight without the Donald there to flip the switch
must be so frustrating for their evil asses, to rely on something as randomly destructive as the Donald

CJCRANE

(18,184 posts)
5. The thing is, Trump believes what he says
Tue Aug 4, 2015, 02:01 PM
Aug 2015

and says what he believes.

That's his selling point. It gets him into trouble sometimes (a lot of the time) with some of the random stuff he says...but it makes a change from the rehearsed talking points and clever gibberish the other Repubs spout.

Or at least that's where I guess his appeal lies.

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