The Donald's "candidacy" drops from 26% to 8%, in 5th place behind Ron Paul

[Amerigo Vespucci]

May 11, 2011 07:00 AM
Donald Trump's unbelievable candidacy: Its 15 seconds are just about up

By David Neiwert



http://crooksandliars.com/david-neiwert/donald-trumps-unbelievable-candidacy

From Public Policy Polling:

Donald Trump has had one of the quickest rises and falls in the history of Presidential politics. Last month we found him leading the Republican field with 26%. In the space of just four weeks he's dropped all the way down to 8%, putting him in a tie for fifth place with Ron Paul.

Mike Huckabee and Mitt Romney are at the top of the GOP race with 19% and 18% respectively. Newt Gingrich and Sarah Palin are further back at 13% and 12%, followed by Trump and Paul at 8%, Michele Bachmann at 7%, and Tim Pawlenty at 5%.

As Trump got more and more exposure over the last month Republicans didn't just decide they weren't interested in having him as their nominee- they also decided they flat don't like him. Only 34% of GOP voters now have a favorable opinion of Trump to 53% who view him in a negative light.

[gratuitous]

1. That didn't take long; the Breck Girl he's not

The closer you get, the better T Rump doesn't look.

[Atman]

2. Couldn't happen to a douchier bag.

Good riddance, Donald. Don't let your combover get caught in the door on your way out.

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[Keith Bee]

7. HA!

Good one! :rofl:

[tridim]

10. To the tune of the Marty Moose theme.. Who's.. The.. Douchiest douche you know?

Donald Trump!

[SpiralHawk]

3. Shows the inherent weakness of RepubliBaggerism (R)

No honorable American can respect the Support-Billionaires & Screw-the-Poor chickenhawk crap they are serving up...

[Ineeda]

4. 34% favorable still too high for this clown. n/t

[tridim]

5. I bet his ego is pissed.

[tabatha]

12. which will make him run more at the mouth

which will make him drop to 0%.

And he will not wake up to the fact that his mouth did all the dirty work.

[wtmusic]

6. With Rebecca Black as a running mate he'd have a fighting chance

at least until Saturday. :(

[Trajan]

8. You have to laugh about that graphic ...

FOX News, the most ridiculously sensationalist RW mouthpiece, offering media maven 'The Donald' a microphone so he can complain about how the media is covering him ...

GET OFF MY FUCKING TV SCREEN DONALD ! ....

To those who complained about Obama releasing his birth certificate ? .... HAH ! .... :thumbsdown:

A true smackdown of EVERY Teabaggin birther across the whole land, including this rich fool ....


Sweeeeeeet !

[FSogol]

9. Doonesbury on Trump: "Nobody Actually Likes You."

Have they canceled his tv "show" yet?

[Spike89]

11. The correspondent's dinner was Trump's downfall

I think Obama's needling about the relative seriousness of the decisions the Donald is used to making and the ones a sitting president makes would have harmed the Donald at any time--when it comes out mere hours later that while the Donald was firing some has-been from a reality show, Obama was literally making life and death decisions. That comparison is/was/and will continue to be devastating to the Donald's chances.

[tabatha]

13. Yep, thank you Obama and Seth.

Btw, I preferred Seth's jokes because they were harder hitting and showed no mercy - especially the one about "running as a joke".

[DainBramaged]

14. Someday a split screen of the two, hopefully....

[barbtries]

15. and he made that happen

all by himself. just commenting on the headline, don't care enough to read further

[no_hypocrisy]

16. At this very minute, Trump's in New Hampshire, giving a Kiwanis Club meeting

a "major" speech. This may be anticlimatic.

[eleny]

17. Very close to Lawrence O'Donnell's prediction date

I'm eager for Trump's reasoning for backing out. Should be a doozy. Well, I hope it is - just for the laughs factor.

[bullwinkle428]

18. "THE AMERICAN PEOPLE ARE A BUNCH OF LOSERS!!1!"

:rofl: