Republican Candidates for 2016

It's a myth to think that Trump has pulled the Republicans anywhere; ideologically, he probably among the more liberal ones in the race.

Rather, he's simply tapped into the white "middle america' frustration and resentment that the Republicans have been tending and fomenting since the Nixon days with the Southern Strategy and all that(while pursuing plutocrat policies that hurt them, but that's another argument).

His main contribution is to be overt & openly racist rather than a dog whistler like the rest. And that is significant of course, in a bad way, but it's really a change in the medium rather than the underlying message.

 

I believe I actually agree with you for once.

 

A festivus miracle?

 

Rand Paul and Carly Fiorina Are Dropped From Mainstage Republican Debate

 

Kasich tied for 2nd in NH? Interesting...

http://hotair.com/archives/2016/01/...uz-in-new-hampshire-as-rubio-drops-to-fourth/

 

Didn't know where to put this but I thought it was interesting to see how times have changed...

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In fairness, them never actually doing anything about the problem is part of why the problem got so bad and why we still have it as a problem today.

Unfortunately we've never seriously addressed the problem with measures that would actually help fix it.

 

wow republican party is falling apart. Can't decide within their own party where to place their hate. civil war in the gop.

do they hate their trump or their cruz? now sc governor calling out trump the frontrunner of her own party. this is the 'response of the gop' folks. apparently a pretty fractured one.

0 unity. this is epic implosion. reagan is turning over in his grave.

pretty funny yet scary how unstable. I would put the gop on suicide watch at this point. if this were a tv show it would be maury povich.

a canadian and a reality star. nice.

RIP GOP 1854-2016

time to fire up the GOP appreciation thread...these guys are toast.

 

yet they routed the dims in the midterms just a year ago.

pwn3d

 

Gerrymandering saves the day for the GOP!

 

who are you going to vote for buddy?and then tell me you havent been owned after your answer. we are all waiting yet know you wont answer... a canadian? bwahahaha.

I need a laugh..bring it.

this is what civil war looks like RIP your beliefs. good job.

 

It wasn't a census year.

 

They were gerrymandering before last year.

 

gather yourself, son. You're out of control and flailing.

 

non response = owned again.

haha. run and hide from the question as usual. trolling you is so easy im convinced you are part yorkshire terrier.

so who are you going to vote for? a canadian? a realiy star? I actually feel pity. tell us who... lets laugh. you wont and you never do because you are a sum zero.

who has rush and swaggart told you to align with? where is the memo? THEY CANT. They hate themselves this is painful to watch. are you with the 'voice of the gop' sc governor? or maybe its the canadian guy that hates foreigners?makes sense. or wait maybe the reality star? CIVIL WAR

there is no unity in the gop at all and I am sorry about your future. may want to dust that resume off, the party is over. RIP the gop.

history will look back on these times and see followers like you that never had any backbone to anything splintered off by extremism and civil war. good work boy.

Im sorry about your beliefs and way of life for the future. if you could focus on the walls crumbling around you that would be my advice. or maybe tell us who we should vote for?

*crickets*

 

"yet the routed the dims"

Such a classic. lulz.

 

Cruz is my preference, but Rubio is no doubt the best advocate for life

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Something about this primary election feels like a WWF storyline. What if Trump wins the nomination and at the first debate with Hillary he just falls over ceding the election and reveals he was a plant all along.*

*http://prowrestling.wikia.com/wiki/Fingerpoke_of_Doom.

A bunch of questions this for the right:
Is Rubio the establishment candidate (e.g. the big donors) at this point?
Would Cruz get the establishment support if he won or would he rely solely on Tea Party PACs?
Why did Jeb Bush sink?
Why do the Republicans still support Christie when he has shown to waffle as politically convenient?
Why not Kaisch or Walker?
Is Nikki Haley going to be the GOP VP?

I really hope the 2018 and 2020 election cycles tone it down A LOT. The video posted by robbie was like a breath of fresh air.

 

I don't see anyone on the Republican side stopping Trump. Republicans are poised to lose the Presidential election badly yet again.

 

Liberals are showing their fear...