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Trump branding his rival a nasty “whack job”

Fighting with his mirror?

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The Republican establishment doesn't care about the country or the party, they care about being out of power.

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@CrazyJoe,

Thankfully, Trump isn`t establishment.

@SenseNotSoCommon,

Is that all you got?

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Thankfully, Trump isn`t establishment.

Oh, yes - he's one of us: a billionaire who inherited his capital and managed to grow it at the rate of the stock market through political connections and creative use of tax codes and bankruptcy. Totally a man of the people.

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This is going to be good.

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"Ten other Republicans are scrambling for respectability"

R-E-S-P-E-C-T

Find out what it means to me

The support of Sarah Palin or Glen Beck?

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ha..the anti-trump crowd in true form. Spreading the MSM agenda.

The Republican establishment

too funny

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Well, after seeing the reports of what Cruz thinks Australia is like, I'm very tempted to agree with Trump on this one. I guess it gets to the point where the ridiculousness of what some politicians say (regardless of the side of politics they are on), the more of an attack it is on their own reputation than anything that anyone else can say.

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For us political junkies, great article here from Nate Silver: http://fivethirtyeight.com/features/the-republican-party-may-be-failing/

The key point is that, under the traditional rubric of party politics, a candidate must fulfill two requirements:

“Credible and at least reasonably electable”; “Representatives of their partisan traditions.”

Nate notes that Trump fulfills neither. Two related points that I'd add:

Overton window: Has the Republican electorate -and then, the general electorate, shifted their views of what is acceptable sufficiently to encompass the likes of Trump and Cruz? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Overton_window

To what extent does a party consist of tradition and infrastructure vs. current zeitgeist?

The next few months should answer these questions.

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"Ten other Republicans are scrambling for respectability in Iowa, including Senator Marco Rubio, New Jersey Governor Chris Christie and former Florida governor Jeb Bush. "

I keep hearing Jeb is going to get his energy level up any day now.

"Cruz, for his part, earned the endorsement Monday of former campaign rival Rick Perry"

Oh my...

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Knowing what friends and coworkers think, I'll say people of Iowa will go with Rubio (R) and Sanders (D). We like Trump's bombastic, outsider disruptions to the Republican status quo, but think he is unqualified to govern (like helping a drunk person get more drunk to see what stupid thing he'll do next). Cruz is popular with evangelicals but we're cautious with extremism, and he seems extreme. Rubio is the happy middle. Sanders? We're just tired of Clintons. (That's the vibe I get. We'll see.)

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A new poll says 20% of Democratic voters would cross party lines to vote for Trump. I still can't believe he could win the electoral powerhouses California, New York, Florida, Pennsylvania or Illinois...

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Tough choice for Republicans. The Nasty Whack Job vs The Rich Nutjob!

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@Laguna,

He carried on a family business that took hard work to build but I forgot that these days being successful means you are horrible. Lots of lazy whiners.

@Iowan,

You just don`t make sense. Rubio is the same as every other politician that has caused the mess. If you want more, vote for him. I think you are talking trash. Rubio will be going down hard.

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I'm loving this. Hopefully, the Republican party will implode even before they get past the first hurdle. And please, I hope Sarah Palin tries for VP again.

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He carried on a family business

Oh, that's right - how could I have forgotten all of those casinos and beauty pageants his ancestors were involved in!

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Trump is way too thin skinned with ejecting people out of his audiences. Latest one was the 20 something guy, apparently a big suporter, who had the nerve to blurt out 'This is boring!' Trump should roll with the punches but instead gets all huffy like he is in a beauty pageant rather than a battle of wits.

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Laguna

Thanks for the links. Here's one more;

http://www.electoral-vote.com/evp2016/Pres/Maps/Jan26.html#item-1

The money quote:

A Trump triumph in Iowa will generate a big sigh of relief from the party leadership, but it will last only until they realize that Trump is a weak general election candidate. In the Fall, the Democrats will replay his derogatory remarks about Latinos, Muslims, women, and disabled people until the cows come home. If Trump tries to take back his comments that Mexicans are rapists, his base will see him as just another pandering politician, but if he sticks to his guns, Democrats will get 75% of the Latino vote or more, dooming Trump.

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Democrats will get 75% of the Latino vote or more, dooming Trump.

Latinos always vote against republicans. Nothing new, aint' no biggy neither. Blacks do the same.

If democrats win (no harm / no foul) and love america, they will take up serious issues: illegal immigration, immigration laws, border enforcement, radical islam, refuse islamic refugees, better health care for USAF veterans.

The gun issue has already been addressed by obama and the enhanced background checks are in place- solved.

Heh, the administration has recently applied new restrictions on certain people travelling to & from and ultimately detering "them" from entering the US. But when the republicans mention something like that, they're bigots / racist.

Some political parties need to wear the big shoes.

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It is getting crazier and crazier to watch these two shouting match every day.. No wonder they are appealing to the Blue color high school graduate voters. It is sad American politics are getting this low.

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Wc626: Latinos always vote against republicans. Nothing new, aint' no biggy neither. Blacks do the same

That's why you have no real shot at the White House. Bigotry will help a GOP candidate win the nomination, but not a general election.

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That's why you have no real shot at the White House. Bigotry will help a GOP candidate win the nomination, but not a general election.

When you are faced with the alternative of having to deal with 4 more years of progressive, repressive socialism, the choice is obvious. Since the libs are backed in the corner, the nothing thing left in their arsenal of attacks is to shout and use the racist card. They never learn.

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Y'know, I've been waiting for this past week my entire adult life. With the against Trump issue of the National Review and the other half of the Repbulican establishment going after Ted Cruz, it became undeniable:

the Republican party has finally, at long last, self-destructed. They hate each other more than we liberals.

I am so happy.

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Knowing what friends and coworkers think, I'll say people of Iowa will go with Rubio (R) and Sanders (D). We like Trump's bombastic, outsider disruptions to the Republican status quo, but think he is unqualified to govern

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rksd80-FCAw

Seriously ? We should be so lucky to have someone of his stature and experience leading the country. As should be obvious from this testimony, behind the carnival barker demeanor is an extremely serious, crafty and intelligent guy.

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@Laguna

Being witty isn`t factual. You obviously want to be babysat by the government.

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When you are faced with the alternative of having to deal with 4 more years of progressive, repressive socialism...

As compared to conservative, repressive elitism? This is why we need an independent party. Screw them both. I keep saying some issues need a more conservative course of action while others need a more liberal course of action. Believe it or not there is a 3rd option.

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Bass,

progressive, repressive socialism

That doesn't make a whole lot of sense. Progressive and repressive all at the same time? Don't think so.

Also -- and you may already be aware of this -- the "socialism" boogeyman that conservatives like to trot out to scare voters is rapidly losing its efficacy. I realize it became the new favorite when "Red Scare" communism no longer carried the fearmongering gravitas it used to. But most discerning Americans realize Finland, for example, is most certainly no East Germany.

If you want to call universal healthcare "socialism," knock yourself out. But it's not bread lines in the former USSR. I know it and so do you.

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That doesn't make a whole lot of sense. Progressive and repressive all at the same time? Don't think so.

Come on, it's all inclusive.

Also -- and you may already be aware of this -- the "socialism" boogeyman that conservatives like to trot out to scare voters is rapidly losing its efficacy.

To mostly YOUNG voters, I do believe that. But let's say Sanders were to become president, there is no way on Earth that he can ever, EVER achieve this utopia of redistribution of wealth for over 350 million people, the country would implode. There is just NO WAY. The 1% of the mega wealthy could never pay for all that and everyone.

I realize it became the new favorite when "Red Scare" communism no longer carried the fearmongering gravitas it used to. But most discerning Americans realize Finland, for example, is most certainly no East Germany.

High suicides, drug use, homelessness, I have been to Finland, tell you what, it ain't even Sweden, that's for sure. The social net has made a lot of them exceptionally lazy and dependent on the government, that is horrible.

If you want to call universal healthcare "socialism," knock yourself out. But it's not bread lines in the former USSR. I know it and so do you.

That's not what I meant. But you cannot tell me that more and MORE big government is the answer. We went through 7 years of that and if we were to go through that again for another 4 or 8 with 47 million already on food stamps, with unemployment benefits going through the roof, where young people are moving back home at an alarming rate, wages going down on the average household median income, let's not forget the $38 Trillion debt and add all that up, we will become without a doubt a 3rd world nation. That is what frightens me!

the Republican party has finally, at long last, self-destructed. They hate each other more than we liberals.

I feel ya, and I feel the same about seeing the same thing happen to the Dems (although not as interesting to watch)

I am so happy.

No, bro! We are both happy.

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"High suicides, drug use, homelessness, I have been to Finland, tell you what, it ain't even Sweden, that's for sure. The social net has made a lot of them exceptionally lazy and dependent on the government, that is horrible."

Did you spend years in Finland too? I think you mean you are parroting the Fox News narrative of lazy, socialist, godless Europeans ( no doubt with some 100% Muslim cities ).

No suicide, drug or homeless problems in the land of hard workers, rich one percenters and Jesus?

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Did you spend years in Finland too?

No, what does that have to do with anything. It still operates under the socialist Scandinavian safety cradle to grave net.

I think you mean you are parroting the Fox News narrative of lazy, socialist, godless Europeans ( no doubt with some 100% Muslim cities ).

No, I can see for myself, don't need for the FNC to elaborate that for me.

No suicide, drug or homeless problems in the land of hard workers, rich one percenters and Jesus?

Since Obama's been president, it's gotten worse and continues to slide further into the abyss gloom.

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I wonder what Trump and Cruz have to say about what is going on in Oregon...

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