2016 Postmortem
Related: About this forumDonald Trump Is Out of Time
There may be three months to go until Election Day. But the race between Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton is all but over.Goldie Taylor 08.03.16 7:50 PM ET
Donald Trump is out of time.
With less than 100 days left in the run-up to the general election this fall, almost any other candidate in any other year could still turn it all around. Smart campaign advisors hunched around a conference room table could fashion a winning strategy to grow the base, entice donors into to the fold and prepare an effective line of attack that focused on his opponents most profound vulnerabilities.
But Trump isnt just any candidate.
http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2016/08/03/donald-trump-is-out-of-time.html
vi5
(13,305 posts)Not that he couldn't drop out after that and the GOP would still manage to make a go of it with someone else. But that's the point of likely no return. I still maintain that if he drops out at any point and is replaced with a slightly less lunatic Republican, that it would make the race tighter and make me very nervous. But it's not being able to reprint ballots or any of that which makes me think beyond that point it's irrevocable.
MohRokTah
(15,429 posts)Five more states are done next week. Done deal in every state by October.
tonyt53
(5,737 posts)Trump and his campaign know that. People had better get out and vote in November instead of thinking it is all over.
TexasProgresive
(12,157 posts)from top to bottom or bottom to top. I don't actually vote straight ticket but like to do each candidate individually and all are Democrats- so it is a bit moot. Yaller dawg with a D gets my mark.
Orsino
(37,428 posts)But yeah, with no talent for running organizations, he was out of his depth even in the primary. You don't win the White House without a nationwide coalition, and not only is Trump unqualified for that, he hires shitty sycophants who won't be able to do it for him.
He spent the last year taking steaming dumps all over the party he was going to need to win. Watch the collapse.
Maru Kitteh
(28,341 posts)He was out of his depth early on.
His absolute and total inability to regulate his behavior, complete lack of organization and firm conviction that everybody loves him and he's winning (just look at all these people at my rallies! I have the biggest crowds!) have left him with no viable path forward.