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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsSenate republican leaders admit they’re willing to help Hillary Clinton beat Donald Trump
Note: This is about a hypothetical GE matchup, not the primaries.
http://www.dailynewsbin.com/news/senate-republicans-admit-theyre-willing-to-help-hillary-clinton-defeat-donald-trump/23944/
Mitch McConnell, the republican senate majority leader who has been perhaps more openly hostile to the Obama administration than any other figure in his party, took a pragmatic tone when addressing the specter of a Donald Trump vs Hillary Clinton general election matchup. Although McConnell doesnt face reelection himself until the year 2020, hes advising his colleagues who have to re-up in 2016. In a closed door meeting with his partys leadership, he advised his fellow republican politicians to go ahead and run negative ads distancing themselves from Donald Trump if they feel its their own best strategy for reelection even if that ends up handing the Presidency directly to Hillary.
The belief among McConnell and other republicans currently in office is that Donald Trump would play so poorly with moderate and even moderately conservative voters, and thus drag down the partys chances in 2016 voting, that they may have no choice but to flatly tell their local constituencies that theyre not as extremist as Trump is so they can stand apart from him. In other words, theyre willing to essentially forfeit the Presidential election in order to retain the offices they currently hold. And they dont think Trump would win anyway.
But not Bernie?
Salviati
(6,009 posts)The thought of a Sanders / Trump GE match-up has a lot of people waking up with night sweats...
Politicalboi
(15,189 posts)The GOP should be sweating. They'll get a pass on Hillary. And we'll still lose.
Vinca
(50,313 posts)tularetom
(23,664 posts)Why do these guys prefer Clinton to Trump? Do they think she would be easier to manipulate? Why do they think that? Is some kind of deal afoot?
I don't know about you, but a cooperative arrangement between Hillary Clinton and Senate Republicans is not my concept of what would benefit the 99% here in the US.
And no, not Bernie. Bernie is an ideologue, they are as afraid of him as they are of Trump. They know they will be able to push Clinton around.
Politicalboi
(15,189 posts)Could be a back room deal. She'll do ANYTHING to win.
struggle4progress
(118,378 posts)Maru Kitteh
(28,343 posts)BINGO.