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'Trump is underperforming so comprehensively...it would take video evidence of a smiling Hillary drowning a litter of puppies while terrorists surrounded her with chants of Death to America,' said an Iowa Republican.
By STEVEN SHEPARD 08/12/16 05:03 AM EDT
Republican insiders are more convinced than Democrats that Donald Trump is so far behind Hillary Clinton that he can't win in November.
Roughly half of Republican members of The POLITICO Caucus activists, strategists and operatives in 11 swing states believe that Trumps path to 270 electoral votes is basically shut off after another week in which the GOP nominee appears to have ceded ground in national and most battleground state polls.
Democrats, however, arent breaking out the champagne just yet. Seventy-two percent of Democratic insiders said despite Clintons clear advantage at this stage of the race, the presidential election isnt effectively over.
Democrats cited the unpredictability of the 2016 campaign, along with some of Clintons own weaknesses, for their bridled optimism. Its a message that fits neatly with what party leaders are saying publicly and behind closed doors: Dont get too cocky, even with Clinton well ahead of Trump in the polls.
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dubyadiprecession
(5,711 posts)So who cares if he uses the republican party like it's toilet paper?
malaise
(269,004 posts)he had a fugging chance of winning. Americans are not that stupid.
n2doc
(47,953 posts)at least 1/3 of Americans. That seems to be the base support level for anyone (like W) with an R next to their name. No matter how incompetent or deranged that Pol is.
malaise
(269,004 posts)KingCharlemagne
(7,908 posts)malaise
(269,004 posts)MoonRiver
(36,926 posts)Fortunately, looks like there aren't enough of them to win the presidency.
malaise
(269,004 posts)There aren't enough of them
LostOne4Ever
(9,288 posts)[font style="font-family:'Georgia','Baskerville Old Face','Helvetica',fantasy;" size=4 color=#00009d]Dump's chances of winning are practically non-existent but so long as there is a 0.0000000000000000000000000000000000001% chance of him winning I say don't risk it.
We should pound him and his party without the slightest bit of mercy and just keep on piling on the pressure until every single republican realizes that he has no chance and then jumps ship for Hillary, the Libertarians, or some other independent or third party.
He needs to lose so bad that he finishes 3rd or lower. He needs to lose so bad we regain the house and senate. So badly that he loses all 50 states! So badly that he is a complete political pariah! So badly Mitt Romney makes jokes about how bad of a campaign he ran.
Show that bigoted overgrown umpa lumpa No mercy! [/font]
oswaldactedalone
(3,491 posts)and be heard. Well said.
C_U_L8R
(45,002 posts)They expected not to be scammed by a reality tv scam artist.
lindysalsagal
(20,686 posts)of whining toddlers now. They're afraid of their own base because anyone with half a brain left the party. And with gerrymandering and outside money, the house can never be unseated, and ignore leadership.
They're owned by the blind, the lame, the bigots, and the clueless. Not great bosses to have.
Greybnk48
(10,168 posts)I sure hope she pulls every down-ticket Dem with her! Every single one!
Volaris
(10,271 posts)And tell anyone who will listen that we don't get dick unless we get a Blue House.
tinrobot
(10,900 posts)Let's go for the trifecta - House and Senate!