GOP Candidates Circling Trump

[Toro]

This was very predictable. It was just a matter of time. The grown-ups in the party are coming around to the fact that Trump would set the GOP back a decade.

The Republican establishment, increasingly alarmed by the enduring strength of Donald Trump’s presidential bid, is ratcheting up efforts to knock him out of the race, including the first attempt to unite donors from rival camps into a single anti-Trump force.

A well-connected GOP operative is planning a “guerrilla campaign” backed by secret donors to “defeat and destroy” the celebrity businessman’s candidacy, according to a memo reviewed by The Wall Street Journal. ...

Together, the efforts seem to represent a turning point in the GOP contest, in which other campaigns have previously been skittish about taking on Mr. Trump so directly. The sense of urgency has mounted in part because Mr. Trump continues at or near the top of GOP polls, even after many predicted that the Paris terror attacks would lead voters to turn to a more seasoned candidate. ...

Ms. Mair, who has ties to the libertarian movement and the GOP establishment, said that donors backing Texas Sen. Ted Cruz, Mr. Kasich and Mr. Bush are interested, and that some worry that going public could hurt their candidate. ...

“People are finally taking the threat that Trump will destroy the Republican Party and lose the general election to Hillary Clinton seriously,” said Mr. Wilson, who recently started working for a new super PAC backing Florida Sen. Marco Rubio.​

GOP Operative Plans ‘Guerrilla Campaign’ Against Donald Trump

It's interesting to see Ted Cruz's name in there.

 

[eagle1462010]

I still believe Trump is a Trojan Horse...............

The establishment GOP don't want someone outside the box as well...............they will sling the mud to ensure that the status quo is on the final ballet from both parties......................

 

[Mac1958]

Interesting choice of words for the thread title.

The first term that came to mind was "circular firing squad".


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[FA_Q2]

This was very predictable. It was just a matter of time. The grown-ups in the party are coming around to the fact that Trump would set the GOP back a decade.

The Republican establishment, increasingly alarmed by the enduring strength of Donald Trump’s presidential bid, is ratcheting up efforts to knock him out of the race, including the first attempt to unite donors from rival camps into a single anti-Trump force.

A well-connected GOP operative is planning a “guerrilla campaign” backed by secret donors to “defeat and destroy” the celebrity businessman’s candidacy, according to a memo reviewed by The Wall Street Journal. ...

Together, the efforts seem to represent a turning point in the GOP contest, in which other campaigns have previously been skittish about taking on Mr. Trump so directly. The sense of urgency has mounted in part because Mr. Trump continues at or near the top of GOP polls, even after many predicted that the Paris terror attacks would lead voters to turn to a more seasoned candidate. ...

Ms. Mair, who has ties to the libertarian movement and the GOP establishment, said that donors backing Texas Sen. Ted Cruz, Mr. Kasich and Mr. Bush are interested, and that some worry that going public could hurt their candidate. ...

“People are finally taking the threat that Trump will destroy the Republican Party and lose the general election to Hillary Clinton seriously,” said Mr. Wilson, who recently started working for a new super PAC backing Florida Sen. Marco Rubio.​

GOP Operative Plans ‘Guerrilla Campaign’ Against Donald Trump

It's interesting to see Ted Cruz's name in there.

I think that they thought he was simply going to fade away on his own and they would not have to waste valuable resources taking him down. I would have thought the same.

It looks as though that is a loosing strategy though.

 

[eagle1462010]

The American people are pissed with the establishment...........Trump is simply feeding on this and it works.............It's pissing off the status quo with their War Chests of Political money.................They just don't get it................That the people are tired of their shit................

 

[FA_Q2]

The American people are pissed with the establishment...........Trump is simply feeding on this and it works.............It's pissing off the status quo with their War Chests of Political money.................They just don't get it................That the people are tired of their shit................

All true.

The problem is that they have chose a political idiot like Trump to be the standard bearer for that sentiment ensuring that another status quo establishment candidate ends up in the White House anyway.

 

[eagle1462010]

The American people are pissed with the establishment...........Trump is simply feeding on this and it works.............It's pissing off the status quo with their War Chests of Political money.................They just don't get it................That the people are tired of their shit................

All true.

The problem is that they have chose a political idiot like Trump to be the standard bearer for that sentiment ensuring that another status quo establishment candidate ends up in the White House anyway.

I'm not on the Trump Train..............................but don't mind laughing at how the others get trashed by him...................It cracks me up.

 

[FA_Q2]

The American people are pissed with the establishment...........Trump is simply feeding on this and it works.............It's pissing off the status quo with their War Chests of Political money.................They just don't get it................That the people are tired of their shit................

All true.

The problem is that they have chose a political idiot like Trump to be the standard bearer for that sentiment ensuring that another status quo establishment candidate ends up in the White House anyway.

I'm not on the Trump Train..............................but don't mind laughing at how the others get trashed by him...................It cracks me up.

It would crack me up too if it was not hurting the political process as it is.

We need real change within the parties IMHO and this trash just drives the establishment's tight grip on the system.

 

[eagle1462010]

The American people are pissed with the establishment...........Trump is simply feeding on this and it works.............It's pissing off the status quo with their War Chests of Political money.................They just don't get it................That the people are tired of their shit................

All true.

The problem is that they have chose a political idiot like Trump to be the standard bearer for that sentiment ensuring that another status quo establishment candidate ends up in the White House anyway.

I'm not on the Trump Train..............................but don't mind laughing at how the others get trashed by him...................It cracks me up.

It would crack me up too if it was not hurting the political process as it is.

We need real change within the parties IMHO and this trash just drives the establishment's tight grip on the system.

The political process needs a trip to reality.....................and if his tactics force the issues then so be it.........................

The establishment is now rejected by the people.......................not all a bad thing.............

 

[bripat9643]

This was very predictable. It was just a matter of time. The grown-ups in the party are coming around to the fact that Trump would set the GOP back a decade.

The Republican establishment, increasingly alarmed by the enduring strength of Donald Trump’s presidential bid, is ratcheting up efforts to knock him out of the race, including the first attempt to unite donors from rival camps into a single anti-Trump force.

A well-connected GOP operative is planning a “guerrilla campaign” backed by secret donors to “defeat and destroy” the celebrity businessman’s candidacy, according to a memo reviewed by The Wall Street Journal. ...

Together, the efforts seem to represent a turning point in the GOP contest, in which other campaigns have previously been skittish about taking on Mr. Trump so directly. The sense of urgency has mounted in part because Mr. Trump continues at or near the top of GOP polls, even after many predicted that the Paris terror attacks would lead voters to turn to a more seasoned candidate. ...

Ms. Mair, who has ties to the libertarian movement and the GOP establishment, said that donors backing Texas Sen. Ted Cruz, Mr. Kasich and Mr. Bush are interested, and that some worry that going public could hurt their candidate. ...

“People are finally taking the threat that Trump will destroy the Republican Party and lose the general election to Hillary Clinton seriously,” said Mr. Wilson, who recently started working for a new super PAC backing Florida Sen. Marco Rubio.​

GOP Operative Plans ‘Guerrilla Campaign’ Against Donald Trump

It's interesting to see Ted Cruz's name in there.

Ms Mair claims to be a Libertarian and an establishment Republican? Right off the bat we know she's lying. Those two things are mutually exclusive. The establishment Republicans are the only ones trying to defeat Trump, and it isn't because they're afraid he would lose. They would rather have Clinton as President than Trump. They want someone who will do their bidding, not tell them to pound sand.

 

[Old Rocks]

Well now, you go ahead and run Trump as the GOP candidate. You are going to find a lot of regular Republicans would rather see Mrs. Clinton as President than Donald Trump. Ego maniacs don't make good leaders.

 

[bripat9643]

Well now, you go ahead and run Trump as the GOP candidate. You are going to find a lot of regular Republicans would rather see Mrs. Clinton as President than Donald Trump. Ego maniacs don't make good leaders.

Yeah, right, because Clinton isn't an ego maniac.

You're utterly hilarious, Pogo.

 

[Old Rocks]

Well, no, she is not. Far more grounded in reality than the loud mouthed ignoramous that you support.

 

[bripat9643]

Well, no, she is not. Far more grounded in reality than the loud mouthed ignoramous that you support.

Thanks for proving that you're a lousy judge of character.

 

[Old Rocks]

I think that your avatar says all we need to know about your character.

 

[bripat9643]

I think that your avatar says all we need to know about your character.

<sarcasm on>

Oh, that hurt!

<sarcasm off>

 

[Old Rocks]

But really, go ahead and run Trump. With or without the GOP. LOL

 

[Wildman]

You're utterly hilarious, Pogo.

Pojo.., hiliarious? insane fits him and his liberscum buddies here. i believe if they had a brain they would use it like a ping pong ball.

 

[Wildman]

I think that your avatar says all we need to know about your character.

yours reveals everything about your character, brain content and personality....., A BIG BLANK NOTHING, ZERO, ZIP, NADA, KAPUT!!

 

[konradv]

Interesting choice of words for the thread title. The first term that came to mind was "circular firing squad".

Funny, this is what came to my mind.