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Trump’s New PACs
So after winning the nomination Donald Trump has announced that he’s going to form Super PACs with the intention of defeating fellow Republicans Ted Cruz, John Kasich, and a third person, unnamed but widely believed to be Ben Sasse.
This is what I love about Trump. He is what is known as a mensch. You have to admire the mentality of a man who — while running for president — announces an effort to defeat his fellow Republicans because they didn’t support him, and yet says he’s mostly focused on defeating Hillary Clinton.
I for one, applaud Trump for his deeply felt commitment to the Constitution (which he knows better than anybody), to conservatism, (as he is more conservative than anyone), and to the Republican party (from which he intends to purge personally disloyal to him).
What a country.
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No, Mona does. Just wondering about her conservative creds. I think she adores Sasse though.
OH, was this not an attack on Trump, which asked a bunch of questions that seemed focused on trying to depress votes for Trump coming from a known NeverTrumper?
The GOP nominee this year has directed more firepower at the Democratic nominee than any candidate in recent history. McCain, Romney and George the W never attacked their opponents with any kind of passion or confidence. Listening to them campaign, you’d think that it was a cricket match between two worthy challengers who had disagreements about how the Cricket Club was run.
This second-guessing in light of these facts is rich.
[Expletive]! It is the NeverTrump crowd who is too emotional (some of them).
Where on Ricochet are Trump supported “demanding” #NeverTrump crowd supports their man. Make some links to these demands.
Right on! Let me go on record. NeverTrumpers, vote your conscience! eventually if there enough in your ranks, we might have a Saint President someday! Then America will not only be great, it will be good!
I’m going back to attending to the dirty, nasty, unholy work of protecting these [redacted] from leftists, using Trump as a weapon. Some china might break. Watch out.
[Editors’ Note: Personal attacks.]
Where did you get this?
You don’t think either Trump or those “left wing consulting firms in Austin” are beyond the idea of propping up a member of the hated Bush family (in this case, George P) in the service of defeating Ted Cruz in 2018?
Some guy named Machiavelli. Italian fella, understood intrigue.
Well, yes. But why shoot at his own? I just cannot see how this approach can possible help him. Anything Sasse, Cruz, Kasich, or any other part of GOP dissent can do has already been tried and hasn’t worked. Trump has a lot of weak support that he needs for any chance to win, why is he pushing it away?
Uh, everywhere.
That’s what the Tea Party movement spent much of the last six years doing and they claimed some rather impressive scalps along the way. Anybody recall Eric Cantor? Dick Lugar? Bob Bennett? Jim Bunning? Charlie Crist?
For all the missteps and mistakes, it was pretty awesome to see Republican pols get scared of their constituents motivated by a bottom-up, grass-roots movement.
This is quite different.
You can’t build a new Democrat party with these fuddy-duds in the way.
George P? A Bush couldn’t get arrested in Texas right now. George P has been MIA (thank heaven) since being elected.
I do concede it is a possibility Ted Cruz will see a primary challenger or two. I don’t think Dewhurst will run again, but there may be another moderate willing to try a run from Cruz’s left and we can never rule out a challenge from his right. The problem for the challengers is that unlike Cornyn and Dewhurst Cruz will show up for debates and having attended several of them in 2012 and watched him improve he will do very well.
His fundraising in Texas this cycle was eye watering. He had a righteous stable of backers and then picked up Perry’s supporters. If even half of them sign up for the 2018 Senate campaign I think it is game over.
Best analysis I’ve read.
He’s kidding about Kasich. Kasich is term limited and up against his political charisma ceiling.
All I know about Sasse is that he is dreamy and don’t know his politics.
Cruz has no business in the GOP and it may come to pass he isn’t after 2018.
She endorsed him, you know.
It did not seem to help it the problem. :(
Fair point. Perhaps Trump still thinks of Kasich as a conservative based on his role in the Republican revolution of 94 and will never forgive him for it.
So what? She still clearly loathes Cruz. One can both loathe someone and endorse them.
And there is post after post Tom, where she went after Cruz very strongly. You have to admit that.
They’ve declared war on him, why should they get a pass?
Although I agree Trump would be better off concentrating on winning his election first.
Not the GOP we’re seeing now.
I heard Trump say this with my own ears.
So are you saying that in a Trump vs. Cruz fight, you choose Trump?
If so please refrain from calling yourself a “conservative” in the future.
Remember when allegedly being more concerned with beating other Republicans than with beating Democrats was a bad thing? Seems like so long ago.
Oh God, so Ivanka is going to die in the third term?
If you re-read what I said, you will see I am not saying that at all.
I was a strong Pro-Cruz guy, and I even did a post celebrating Cruz. I even acknowledged that it might help Clinton. I guess you missed it.
Best I can tell, the people most concerned about beating other Republicans after the nominee was clear, were the NeverTrumpers.
The funniest thing is, people just keep assuming that I am in the tank for Trump. I really don’t like him as a man at all. I think he is awful, and I think his presidency is most likely going to be a train wreck. For this resounding endorsement, I get compared to cultists, and I am told I am being conned.
You might refrain from telling people to stop calling themselves “conservative” in the future. That seems close to a CoC violation to me, as it is an inverse name calling.
Would Ivanka run as a Republican or a Democrat?
Well, how much difference is there this year?
Was just curious about the operating authority on the refraining part.
Yes, but it seems a qualitatively different attitude than against Trump. That was my point.
I don’t think this was ever in doubt.
Yes, but the Party itself is supposed to enforce discipline to be effective if their objective was to make change. Now, if their objective was to milk the status quo for donor dollars, then all kinds of off the reservation behavior is fine, since drumming votes for a roll call is not a real key objective.
The Tea Party shot the weak. The party needs someone to instill fear into the strong.