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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsDonald Trump Is Totally Dominating the GOP Race
Rick Klein: Donald Trump is so much of the story right now that when he doesnt show up at a candidate forum, theres almost no story at all. Monday nights pre-debate show in New Hampshire struggled to find a rhythm, as if the fact that a certain candidates 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, its worth calculating that the frontrunner has enough support to earn seven or eight podium spots. Yes, thats Mr. Trump, who now doesnt need to exaggerate to claim that hes leading essentially every poll, national and state.
It may be time to change assumptions about Trump, whose numbers arent 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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Donald Trump Is Totally Dominating the GOP Race (Original Post)
DonViejo
Aug 2015
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0rganism
(23,954 posts)1. haha this is great
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
madinmaryland
(64,933 posts)2. Heh. The Koch's are getting the hair apparent!!!
alcibiades_mystery
(36,437 posts)7. ROFL
summerschild
(725 posts)3. Spoken beautifully, Organism.
spanone
(135,833 posts)4. we can thank the media and a shiny object
CJCRANE
(18,184 posts)5. The thing is, Trump believes what he says
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.
Vinca
(50,273 posts)6. This only shows what a pathetic bunch of losers ALL the GOP candidates are.