Republican Party Preparing To Go Killer Zombie Swarm on Frontrunner Donald Trump
In Their Sties With All Their Backing
They Don't Care What Goes On Around
Proving ONCE AGAIN why Conservatives have come to hate the Republican Party (and increasingly want it to die a quick, painful death) the GOP is preparing to attempt to take down it's most popular candidate:
This weekend was an inflection point in the Republican presidential race — a moment in which some significant part of the GOP establishment came out of denial and realized Donald Trump might well become their party's nominee.
"The Republican establishment, for the first time, is saying, off the record, this guy can win," noted Joe Scarborough on MSNBC Monday morning.
"I've heard that from everybody. I don't hear anybody saying he can't win the nomination anymore."
That doesn't mean Republicans have made their peace with a Trump victory. On the contrary — some are preparing to do whatever it takes to bring him down. Which could lead to an extraordinary scenario in which GOP stalwarts go to war to destroy their own party's likely nominee.
Over the weekend I talked to a leading conservative who opposes Trump. I asked what would happen if January comes and Trump is still dominating the race. Would he and other conservatives make their peace with Trump's candidacy, or would there be massive resistance?
"Massive resistance," was the answer. "He's not a conservative." Insiders have watched as Trump defied what many believed were immutable laws of the political universe. First they thought Trump wouldn't run. Then they thought voters wouldn't take a reality-TV star seriously. Then they thought gaffes would kill Trump as they had other candidates.
None of that turned out as expected. But there is one belief Trump has not yet tested, and that is the political insiders' unshakeable faith that negative ads work.
"I don't think Trump can withstand 10,000 points of smart negative in Iowa and New Hampshire," says one veteran Republican strategist who is not affiliated with any campaign.
"It would force him to spend money. That's when this starts to get real for him." ("Points" refers to gross ratings points, a way of measuring TV ad buys; 10,000 points would be a really big buy, meaning the average viewer would see an anti-Trump ad many, many times.)
Trump is not a Conservative, and he would not be my first choice.
But the first choice of the GOP is Jeb Bush, and Jeb Bush is an abomination, and he most certainly is not a Conservative.
Donald Trump's hardcore stance against Illegal Immigration and Anchor Babies is by far the most truly Conservative stance any GOP leader has taken in decades, and for that alone, I would vote for Trump, if he was the nominee.
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