Trump's Campaign Is Sinking and No One Is Doing Anything About It

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Trump's Campaign Is Sinking and No One Is Doing Anything About It
By Rick Moran June 20, 2016

Donald Trump is nearly out of money, refuses to raise any more, hasn't expanded his primary campaign to all 50 states,  is trying to alienate the only people who can salvage his campaign -- the RNC -- and appears unaware that his already record-level unfavorable rating continues to go up.

I've been writing about and participating in political campaigns for more than 40 years, but even a neophyte political reporter knows that the Trump campaign is in deep, deep trouble.

In his "Morning Jolt" newsletter, Jim Geraghty paints a grim picture for Donald Trump:

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[GrouchoTex]

How many votes did Trump get in the primary?
Was it 14 million?
If everyone of those voters sent $ 10.00 a month, he'd have $140 million a month towards his campaign.
Each month.
I'll bet they spend more per month at a fast food restaurant.
Looks like his support was a mile wide but only an inch deep.

[Jazzhead]

How many votes did Trump get in the primary?
Was it 14 million?
If everyone of those voters sent $ 10.00 a month, he'd have $140 million a month towards his campaign.
Each month.
I'll bet they spend more per month at a fast food restaurant.
Looks like his support was a mile wide but only an inch deep.

Problem is that a lot of folks who voted for Trump in the primaries are giving their money to Hillary for the general.   

[sinkspur]

From the CNN poll released this morning:

[GrouchoTex]

Problem is that a lot of folks who voted for Trump in the primaries are giving their money to Hillary for the general.

I suspect as much, as well.
Using Limbaugh's reverse "Operation Chaos", garnered Trump the nomination.

[Weird Tolkienish Figure]

I suspect as much, as well.
Using Limbaugh's reverse "Operation Chaos", garnered Trump the nomination.

Shows you what a dope Limblob is, not only does his Operation Chaos fails, he doesn't even pick up on it when it's used successfully on the GOP this time around.

[ABX]

How many votes did Trump get in the primary?
Was it 14 million?
If everyone of those voters sent $ 10.00 a month, he'd have $140 million a month towards his campaign.
Each month.
I'll bet they spend more per month at a fast food restaurant.
Looks like his support was a mile wide but only an inch deep.

1. He spent the entire campaign telling everyone, he is rich, rich, rich, and doesn't need their money, he can do it on his own.
2. Don't over-estimate the involvement of large blocks of his primary voters. Many, who aren't just cross-overs in open primary states, are pop-culture voters voting for a candidate like they would dial into American Idle. They aren't the type to send money to a candidate or even volunteer time. (note, this isn't all, but a large enough percentage to impact volunteering and fundraising).

[GrouchoTex]

1. He spent the entire campaign telling everyone, he is rich, rich, rich, and doesn't need their money, he can do it on his own.
2. Don't over-estimate the involvement of large blocks of his primary voters. Many, who aren't just cross-overs in open primary states, are pop-culture voters voting for a candidate like they would dial into American Idle. They aren't the type to send money to a candidate or even volunteer time. (note, this isn't all, but a large enough percentage to impact volunteering and fundraising).

I am beginning to come to the conclusion that:

(1) Trump ran only to insure a Clinton Presidency, or
(2) Hillary supporters voted for Trump in droves in open primaries, getting Trump the nomination, also to insure a Hillary victory.

[XenaLee]

I am beginning to come to the conclusion that:

(1) Trump ran only to insure a Clinton Presidency, or
(2) Hillary supporters voted for Trump in droves in open primaries, getting Trump the nomination, also to insure a Hillary victory.

Actually, it was probably a combination of both.  I have suspected all along that Trump was in collusion with the Clintons, which is why he chose to run as a Republican instead of 3rd party or as a Democrat.  And Democrats, including Hillary supporters, did....in fact....cross over and vote for Trump in the open primaries, just as they did in 2008 for McCain and in 2012 for Romney....both times resulting in a GE loss for the GOP, of course.  It's their plan and agenda.  And it's working splendidly.

[Meldrew]

Flashback:

Bill Clinton and Donald Trump held 2016 chat
http://www.cnn.com/2015/08/05/politics/donald-trump-bill-clinton-2016/

[geronl]

1. He spent the entire campaign telling everyone, he is rich, rich, rich, and doesn't need their money, he can do it on his own.
2. Don't over-estimate the involvement of large blocks of his primary voters. Many, who aren't just cross-overs in open primary states, are pop-culture voters voting for a candidate like they would dial into American Idle. They aren't the type to send money to a candidate or even volunteer time. (note, this isn't all, but a large enough percentage to impact volunteering and fundraising).

His chief advisors are his kids, he has about enough staff to man a 24-hour fast food joint, otherwise its a one-man stage show. This is not a real campaign, it's all pretend.

[r9etb]

His chief advisors are his kids, he has about enough staff to man a 24-hour fast food joint, otherwise its a one-man stage show. This is not a real campaign, it's all pretend.

It's probably not "pretend" -- as unsuitable a candidate as he is, Trump has nevertheless expended a significant amount of personal energy on this, and one doesn't do that in service of a pretense.

No, I think instead it's just the way he does things in his business life, and he probably thinks this is just another business venture.  Unfortunately, his business dealings are all rather self-contained.  He can flit from one to the next without strings, and his personal qualities play well in that arena.

Unfortunately for Trump, he doesn't understand that a national political campaign is strikingly similar to a large military campaign, in the sense of requiring long logistics chains, a ruinous tempo, and the need for people on the spot to translate strategy into tactics and results.

[EC]

I'm insulted.

What the hell does the author mean "No one is doing anything about it!" Lots of people are putting their heart and soul into making sure Trump's campaign sinks.

I've made popcorn. Who's got the beer?

[geronl]

It's probably not "pretend" -- as unsuitable a candidate as he is, Trump has nevertheless expended a significant amount of personal energy on this,

Flying in luxury to luxury hotels and making a rambling incoherent speech now and then doesn't take much energy. He doesn't even want to call big donors on the phone.

[r9etb]

Flying in luxury to luxury hotels and making a rambling incoherent speech now and then doesn't take much energy. He doesn't even want to call big donors on the phone.

Even that takes energy, though - a lot of it: and I really do believe he's seriously running for president (more or less).

Then again, I also think he's clueless, and a malignant narcissist who had no concept of what he was actually getting into.  A national campaign is like nothing else in the civilian world -- it's certainly nothing like Trump's business deals. 

[Suppressed]

I'm insulted.

What the hell does the author mean "No one is doing anything about it!" Lots of people are putting their heart and soul into making sure Trump's campaign sinks.

 

Funny thing...I thought the same!

[EasyAce]

It's probably not "pretend" -- as unsuitable a candidate as he is, Trump has nevertheless expended a significant amount of personal energy on this, and one doesn't do that in service of a pretense.

You'd be amazed how many people would spend whatever they could on behalf of a pretense, any pretense. If Donaldus Minimus
really did (and is) investing as much as he has in a campaign really aimed at handing Hilarious Rodent Clinton the White House, it'd be
just another worthwhile political expenditure for the crony capitalist.

Unfortunately for Trump, he doesn't understand that a national political campaign is strikingly similar to a large military campaign, in the sense of requiring long logistics chains, a ruinous tempo, and the need for people on the spot to translate strategy into tactics and results.

He reminds me of the first mechanic in this vintage commercial:


"Hey, Duke, you ever fix one o'these Goiman transmissions?

[EasyAce]

 . . . and Donaldus Minimus was his own iceberg . . .