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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsThe Repjugs Have No Alternative But To Dump Trump As Their Candidate.....
either way - whether he runs and loses to Hillary or he wins the WH - the Repug Party is doomed with him. They will not make it past November when he loses and if he just happens by some wild ass chance to win the WH - in 4 years after his term - they will become extinct.
I believe that for the good of their Party - they have to come up with an alternative candidate from this upcoming convention. They can't let Trump be their standard bearer.
lapfog_1
(29,223 posts)they dare not dump him now.
However, unlike most candidates that get a bump in their polling numbers following a national convention, I expect Trump's numbers to actually decline because of the RNC. I expect to see armed Black Panthers confronted by armed white supremacists "Trump guards" at the convention. America will not like what it sees there. I hope there is no shooting but I would not be surprised if it happens.
kimbutgar
(21,188 posts)tblue37
(65,487 posts)damage the Dems, not the Repubs.
lapfog_1
(29,223 posts)Even in 1968 when this sort of happened before and the coverage was ALL one sided against the Black Panthers... White "silent majority" American still didn't like what they saw on TV.
And we are not as nearly all "Archie Bunker types" anymore.
Gabi Hayes
(28,795 posts)either doesn't know squat about Nixons lawnorder blitzkrieg in 68, or needs to demonstrate that ANY demonstration, at any time, has EVER helped a dem get elected.
fine sirs/madams:
radical noodle
(8,013 posts)There will be hell to pay (from the RWNJ) if they dump him. Quite the conundrum for them.
louis-t
(23,297 posts)The repugs are need a ton of it in the next few weeks.
Statistical
(19,264 posts)The parties have a huge amount of "influence" in the results but like to pretend it is an open free campaign where anyone could win. Dumping the winner and putting in the party fix would kill the Republican party far worse than dumpf ever could.
AntiBank
(1,339 posts)Qutzupalotl
(14,327 posts)Trump seems to be a disaster waiting to happen.
Yes, a parliamentary procedure to sideline Trump will piss off much of their base. But they're headed for defeat if they stay the course. They're probably calculating that downticket races would be helped by dumping this divisive figure.
One problem with your OP...if Trump manages to win the WH, we'll ALL be extinct in 4 years.
Gabi Hayes
(28,795 posts)the average American voter, and his NEED for a big, strong daddy to take care of him, even if he pokes him in the butt occasionally.
here: unless that Trump U tape of himself breaks this week, which it won't, trump will be ahead of HRC in most/all swing states by the end of his convention.
one other caveat....he could very well go completely out of his gourd>>>see Cincinnati and Indiana speeches for an example of just how clearly insane he is (not using that word lightly....he IS).
knowing the media, since they refuse to mention it now, unless he starts frenching ivanka onstage, he will be in the lead.