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Since clinching the GOP nomination, Trump has gone off stride, off message
« on: June 05, 2016, 02:14:08 pm »
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/since-clinching-the-gop-nomination-trump-has-gone-off-stride-off-message/2016/06/04/404dcc6a-29d4-11e6-ae4a-3cdd5fe74204_story.html?postshare=1361465064588934&tid=ss_tw

 By Dan Balz June 4 at 12:50 PM

It’s been almost five weeks since Donald Trump’s victory in Indiana made him the presumptive Republican nominee.

Here’s what’s happened since: He’s wasted time, proved to be a sore winner and veered sharply off message. He’s put a higher premium on settling scores than finding a script that will appeal to a wider, general-election audience. Will it cost him?

Trump no doubt takes comfort in national polls that show a close contest against Hillary Clinton. Over the past month, her lead has shrunk dramatically. Bernie Sanders runs better against Trump than she does, although the senator from Vermont has no easy way of becoming the Democratic nominee. Trump, who consumes polls like candy, must like what he sees, but he should still be asking how he gets to an electoral college majority.

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Re: Since clinching the GOP nomination, Trump has gone off stride, off message
« Reply #1 on: June 05, 2016, 02:19:47 pm »
No he hasn't.  His rallies prove that. 
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Re: Since clinching the GOP nomination, Trump has gone off stride, off message
« Reply #2 on: June 05, 2016, 02:22:53 pm »
Agreed the Washington Compost Trump Attack team lies.
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Re: Since clinching the GOP nomination, Trump has gone off stride, off message
« Reply #3 on: June 05, 2016, 02:26:26 pm »
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Trump can’t seem to let go of any perceived slight or grievance. He can’t accept the idea of winning graciously. He still feels disrespected, by fellow Republicans and especially the media. He feels he hasn’t gotten all the credit he deserves. He thinks that even some of his losses during the nomination battle were worthy of more praise than he got at the time.

Every nominee goes through bad stretches. It’s in the nature of the business. Clinton has had hers and will have more. But it’s hard to think of any previous presumptive nominee who has suffered through such a rocky period in the weeks after claiming the nomination. In the aftermath of a remarkable achievement, he has seemed as angry as ever and at times off stride.

Trump is revealing his pettiness, his willingness to hold grudges, his racism. 

Between Mitt winning the primaries and the Convention is when the Obama campaign defined Romney in the eyes of voters and he never recovered.  Trump has no money, and is busy defining himself in the eyes of voters; Hillary's campaign will be very helpful in that regard.  So it's likely the picture of Trump that congeals in the minds of voters over the next two months is the one they'll have in November.

Not pretty, so far.
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Re: Since clinching the GOP nomination, Trump has gone off stride, off message
« Reply #4 on: June 05, 2016, 02:28:54 pm »
Trump is sending a message to the GOP loud and clear!

The message is DON'T NOMINATE ME!
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Re: Since clinching the GOP nomination, Trump has gone off stride, off message
« Reply #5 on: June 05, 2016, 02:29:28 pm »
With all of his blunders and attacks on Republicans, it appears all the "best" people he hired have been ignored in their attempts to get him to behave like a mature candidate working to unite the GOP.

Bob Corker is on with Clinton's pal Georgie S. and Corker is saying that Trump needs to change his behavior. He distanced himself from Trump's comments on Judge Curiel and would not discuss them. Guess this ambitious RINO will not get the VP nod.
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Re: Since clinching the GOP nomination, Trump has gone off stride, off message
« Reply #6 on: June 05, 2016, 02:29:47 pm »
Quote from: Right_in_Virginia on June 05, 2016, 02:19:47 pm
No he hasn't.  His rallies prove that.

His rallies are getting smaller.  Why is he holding rallies in a state he doesn't need to win the nomination and cannot win in the general? 
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Re: Since clinching the GOP nomination, Trump has gone off stride, off message
« Reply #7 on: June 05, 2016, 02:30:44 pm »
Quote from: austingirl on June 05, 2016, 02:29:28 pm
With all of his blunders and attacks on Republicans, it appears all the "best" people he hired have been ignored in their attempts to get him to behave like a mature candidate working to unite the GOP.

Bob Corker is on with Clinton's pal Georgie S. and Corker is saying that Trump needs to change his behavior. He distanced himself from Trump's comments on Judge Curiel and would not discuss them. Guess this ambitious RINO will not get the VP nod.

Gingrich tore Trump a new one on FOXNEWS Sunday.  And these are his supporters.
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Re: Since clinching the GOP nomination, Trump has gone off stride, off message
« Reply #8 on: June 05, 2016, 02:37:56 pm »
Quote from: mystery-ak on June 05, 2016, 02:14:08 pm

 By Dan Balz June 4 at 12:50 PM
He’s wasted time, proved to be a sore winner and veered sharply off message. He’s put a higher premium on settling scores than finding a script that will appeal to a wider, general-election audience.

I agree ... when he should have been finding common ground with the 7 million plus voters that did not vote for him in the primaries. :shrug:
But, I forgot, he doesn't need their "stupid unity". 
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Re: Since clinching the GOP nomination, Trump has gone off stride, off message
« Reply #9 on: June 05, 2016, 02:42:07 pm »
Quote from: sinkspur on June 05, 2016, 02:30:44 pm
Gingrich tore Trump a new one on FOXNEWS Sunday.  And these are his supporters.

Trump's supporters must be frantic about how to reclaim their integrity and formulate an exit strategy from the train wreck. I still hope the GOP acts at the convention and nominates a sane person.
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Re: Since clinching the GOP nomination, Trump has gone off stride, off message
« Reply #10 on: June 05, 2016, 02:43:37 pm »
Quote from: Texas Yellow Rose on June 05, 2016, 02:37:56 pm

@Texas Yellow Rose you attribute a quote from the article to Mystery-ak.  You may want to correct this.
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Re: Since clinching the GOP nomination, Trump has gone off stride, off message
« Reply #11 on: June 05, 2016, 02:56:02 pm »
Everything that comes out of Trumps mouth is a warning to America.  We should be listening.  Ben Sasse should be tapped.  David French seems DOA.  I was willing to listen but it went nowhere fast.  We need an alternate now and Sasse would be awesome.
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Re: Since clinching the GOP nomination, Trump has gone off stride, off message
« Reply #12 on: June 05, 2016, 07:59:36 pm »
Quote from: Right_in_Virginia on June 05, 2016, 02:19:47 pm
No he hasn't.  His rallies prove that.

Well, it's hard to go off stride when you're weaving around like a drunkard already...
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Re: Since clinching the GOP nomination, Trump has gone off stride, off message
« Reply #13 on: June 05, 2016, 08:25:17 pm »
Quote from: Doug Loss on June 05, 2016, 07:59:36 pm
Well, it's hard to go off stride when you're weaving around like a drunkard already...
LOL This morning Ben Shapiro referred to Trump as "the drunk uncle who doesn't drink."
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Re: Since clinching the GOP nomination, Trump has gone off stride, off message
« Reply #14 on: June 05, 2016, 09:03:26 pm »
Quote from: Right_in_Virginia on June 05, 2016, 02:19:47 pm
No he hasn't.  His rallies prove that.
His rallies are a continuation of the primary battle which is over.  He doesn't seem to be able to move on from his past glories.  He is like the highly rated college quarterback who is drafted in the first round by a NFL team and refuses to accept that he is now competing at a different level.  If he doesn't get his act together soon, it is going to be too late and he will just be another footnote in history. 
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Re: Since clinching the GOP nomination, Trump has gone off stride, off message
« Reply #15 on: June 05, 2016, 09:06:16 pm »
Quote from: Right_in_Virginia on June 05, 2016, 02:19:47 pm
No he hasn't.  His rallies prove that.

His rallies only prove that the deluded idiots who worship him still like to go and see him perform.

Even on Free Republic they can't find any good stories to post.
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Re: Since clinching the GOP nomination, Trump has gone off stride, off message
« Reply #16 on: June 05, 2016, 09:08:40 pm »
Quote from: Bigun on June 05, 2016, 02:28:54 pm
Trump is sending a message to the GOP loud and clear!

The message is DON'T NOMINATE ME!

Were it any other candidate, I would have to agree with you. 

I don't think Trump wants to DO president... he would just like to BE president. 

But his vanity and lack of touch with reality causes him to keep doing stupid thing and he's convinced that nobody will care.
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Re: Since clinching the GOP nomination, Trump has gone off stride, off message
« Reply #17 on: June 05, 2016, 09:11:01 pm »
Quote from: sinkspur on June 05, 2016, 02:29:47 pm
His rallies are getting smaller.  Why is he holding rallies in a state he doesn't need to win the nomination and cannot win in the general?

His rallies are his lifeline.  They provide oxygen for him.  Being in front of a worshipful crowd is a dream scenario for Trump.

Why would anyone go to a Trump rally?  He never says anything new or meaningful.  Beats me.
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Re: Since clinching the GOP nomination, Trump has gone off stride, off message
« Reply #18 on: June 05, 2016, 09:12:00 pm »
Quote from: sinkspur on June 05, 2016, 02:30:44 pm
Gingrich tore Trump a new one on FOXNEWS Sunday.  And these are his supporters.

Really?  Maybe I'll watch it.
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Re: Since clinching the GOP nomination, Trump has gone off stride, off message
« Reply #19 on: June 05, 2016, 10:37:20 pm »
Trump never had a message... Except for WALL WALL WALL WALL WALL WALL WALL WALL WALL
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Re: Since clinching the GOP nomination, Trump has gone off stride, off message
« Reply #20 on: June 05, 2016, 11:06:09 pm »
I don't think he ever intended to win the nomination, until it became apparent that he was going to, willy-nilly. Right from the outset he positioned himself for justifying a third-party run, and I'm sure the only reason was so Hillary could win the Presidency.
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Re: Since clinching the GOP nomination, Trump has gone off stride, off message
« Reply #21 on: June 05, 2016, 11:17:55 pm »
Quote from: Henry Noel on June 05, 2016, 11:06:09 pm
I don't think he ever intended to win the nomination, until it became apparent that he was going to, willy-nilly. Right from the outset he positioned himself for justifying a third-party run, and I'm sure the only reason was so Hillary could win the Presidency.


Every time a Clinton runs for President, there is a billionaire who just happens to run for President.  Trump is another Ross Perot..
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Re: Since clinching the GOP nomination, Trump has gone off stride, off message
« Reply #22 on: June 05, 2016, 11:57:42 pm »
Quote from: kevindavis on June 05, 2016, 11:17:55 pm

Every time a Clinton runs for President, there is a billionaire who just happens to run for President.  Trump is another Ross Perot..

I do think that was the intention.
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Re: Since clinching the GOP nomination, Trump has gone off stride, off message
« Reply #23 on: June 06, 2016, 12:15:48 am »
Quote from: Henry Noel on June 05, 2016, 11:57:42 pm
I do think that was the intention.


Had Hillary not run do you really think he would be running for President???
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Re: Since clinching the GOP nomination, Trump has gone off stride, off message
« Reply #24 on: June 06, 2016, 12:45:42 am »
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Why would anyone go to a Trump rally?

They are hoping he will hand out little orange Asherah poles???
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