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In response to "about this. -- nm" by Reagen

I just think he's been significantly underestimated along the way. He's pulling people in to vote who haven't voted before and I think there is still

Posted by pmb (aka pmb) Feb 29 '16, 08:58

a risk that Hillary is just too unpopular to draw people in. I still think Hillary beats him, but it's dangerous to underestimate him.

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even 50+% of the GOP is not enough to win a national election -- nm - sweet baboo Feb 29, 09:16
Any nominee of either party can't be given less than a 40% chance of winning, IMO. -- nm - ty97 Feb 29, 09:05
Trump's ridden the free media train as a novelty act thus far. As the election approaches, it'll be just like Palin. - David Feb 29, 09:04 5
- Backroom maneuvering of the small council or the Red Wedding? -- nm - crash davis Feb 29, 09:11 2
  - Republican officials have spent the entirety of the 2000s disenfranchising their opponents. The question is whether they're willing to do the same... - David Feb 29, 09:16
  - yes -- nm - Beaker Feb 29, 09:12
- I agree with this. Primaries and general elections are two totally different things. - volnelk Feb 29, 09:08
- I really hope you're right. The process so far has caused me to lose considerable faith in our electorate. This weekend the republican campaign was - pmb Feb 29, 09:07
I think the new people who are brought in are going to be offset by the "I just can't" Republicans, thus a decent (comparatively speaking) - crash davis Feb 29, 09:02 17
- I hope that's the case. I think there are a number of "I just can't" people with respect to Hillary too. -- (edited) - pmb Feb 29, 09:04 16
  - There are, but I think many of them are "I just can't" for Trump too. -- nm - Roger More Feb 29, 09:09
  - I'm thinking on the other side its "all hands on deck even if we don't really like her". The Duke thing just reinforces that. -- nm - crash davis Feb 29, 09:08 10
    - I think it really needs to be. But people still have a tendency to not take him seriously. The republican party just woke up to the real and present - pmb Feb 29, 09:12 1
      - you're right, don't be overconfident -- nm - crash davis Feb 29, 09:23
    - I thing about the David Duke endorsement that gets me - Reagen Feb 29, 09:10 7
      - I was gobsmacked by that Economist poll that showed 20% of self-identified Trumpites didn't like the Emancipation Proclaimation - crash davis Feb 29, 09:16 5
        
        Did you see the rest of the poll numbers? 10% of Sanders supporters answered the same way. -- (link) - spamlet Feb 29, 09:29 2
        
        I'm going to guess it was "executive order" that garnered most of those results (for Trump and Sanders). Some people just - TWuG Feb 29, 09:31 1
        
        It could have been. I'm pointing out just the general craziness of the poll. - spamlet Feb 29, 09:34
        
        there should have been a market solution, crash. -- nm - Reagen Feb 29, 09:26 1
        
        too. damn. funny. -- nm - crash davis Feb 29, 09:28
      - Absolutely. He doesn't want to condemn them because they're his base and he knows it. The problem is Duke blew his cover. -- nm* - pmb Feb 29, 09:13
  - Norm Coleman or somebody like him in MN already announced that he is voting third party if this plays out the way it looks -- nm - crash davis Feb 29, 09:06 3
    - But will they really? Or is that just bluster to try to derail Trump? -- nm - ty97 Feb 29, 09:08 2
      - It will be interesting. It could really be a complete fracture of the party. The NBC News site had an article about that today. - pmb Feb 29, 09:15
      - given that he has taken at least two positions on every issue, some more liberal than Hillary, I think a lot really will -- nm - crash davis Feb 29, 09:09

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