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2016 Postmortem
Related: About this forumIt’s all falling apart for the GOP. - New Republic
With his debate performance last night, Donald Trump may have managed to keep his own running mate from jumping a sinking ship, but for the rest of the party its a free-for-all. Speaker Paul Ryan effectively gave his troops license to abandon the nominee to save their own skins, declaring that his sole focus this November is making sure Hillary Clinton does not get a blank check. Ryans position is hardly a courageous oneindeed, he squandered what was probably his last chance to officially withdraw his endorsement for Trump. But there is no longer a pretense that, if Republicans band together, they can eke out a victory in November. Ryan is telling the rank-and-file in Congress that the presidential election is over, and it is now every man for himself.
A new, devastating poll from NBC and The Wall Street Journal appears to bear this out. Conducted after the release of the now-notorious tape of Trump making casual remarks about sexual assault, it shows that Hillary Clinton has an 11-point lead over Trump in a four-way race... - New Republic
Or it's all coming together nicely for America's democracy.
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It’s all falling apart for the GOP. - New Republic (Original Post)
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Coyotl
(15,262 posts)1. There's a new hat in town.
Lanius
(599 posts)2. This is what happens
when a party spends 30-plus years pandering to its most extreme voters. The lunatics are running the asylum.
BlueWarrior
(94 posts)4. It's all over but the crying and gnashing of teeth