His behavior in 2016
by AquinasDomer (2024-01-11 19:53:11)

In reply to: The bigger issue may be how he addresses her.....  posted by Marine Domer

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Didn't cost him much in the general. There's no cult of personality swelling behind Haley.

I think this thread is a bunch of old school Republicans wishing that this were the pre Trump party. The base is more populist, more blue collar, and more isolationist than it was even in 2016. As much as anything Haley's issue is that her base is a Minority in the party. That minority is just over represented in the social circles board members talk to.

I'm with you here
by OrangeJubilee  (2024-01-12 11:41:27)     cannot delete  |  Edit  |  Return to Board  |  Ignore Poster   |   Highlight Poster  |   Cannot reply

In simplest terms, the angry white uneducated guys (and some women) aren't going to leave Trump for an Indian woman. If we pretend those folks aren't the majority of today's republican party, then the conservative intellectuals can debate how the rest of the party votes.

Going after her won't hurt him in the slightest ... have we forgotten his "locker room talk" that didn't move the needle?

If trump is eligible and in presentable health, he will be the republican nominee regardless of if it is 1-on-1 or not.
If Trump lost
by AquinasDomer  (2024-01-12 12:33:44)     cannot delete  |  Edit  |  Return to Board  |  Ignore Poster   |   Highlight Poster  |   Cannot reply

Another relatively close election and we're in decent health... I do wonder if he'd get nominated in 2028.

He'd go down in history a slightly more successful William Jennings Bryant
I do not want to think about that *
by OrangeJubilee  (2024-01-12 12:55:29)     cannot delete  |  Edit  |  Return to Board  |  Ignore Poster   |   Highlight Poster  |   Cannot reply

The upside to me
by AquinasDomer  (2024-01-12 13:17:20)     cannot delete  |  Edit  |  Return to Board  |  Ignore Poster   |   Highlight Poster  |   Cannot reply

Is that every time Bryant ran he got 1 to 2% less of the vote.