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"My legs are shaking," the pollster Frank Luntz says of the resultsThis 29-person focus group, conducted by Luntz and observed by a group of national press reporters from behind a pane of one-way glass, had gathered to explain the phenomenon of Trump. Why is a billionaire real estate mogul, TV celebrity and oft-accused demagogue who has never held office leading the Republican field with some 22% support in the polls?
Luntzs firm paid each of the participants $100 for the two-and-a-half hour session. (They wore tags with their first names that were mostly illegible to reporters behind the glass.) The group was not a representative sample of the Republican party, or early state voters, as all of them had been selected because they like (or love) Trump and live in Washington or its suburbs in Maryland and Virginia. But they offered a glimpse into the Trump mystique, a lucrative brand whose success has caught the national media, the Republican establishment and experienced pollsters like the veteran Luntz off guard.
"When did you first decide you liked Trump? he asked. And why are you mad as hell?"
Oh my.
There's a lot to glean here. What Luntz is learning will be applied to the Republican power structure and spread from there. This is a big pile of useful information about what the next year will be like regardless of who gets the nomination on the right.
trumad
(41,692 posts)corkhead
(6,119 posts)Buns_of_Fire
(17,194 posts)Hundreds of people getting simultaneous tingles up and down their legs as they offer up the traditional sacrificial baby.
Rex
(65,616 posts)They can't even control their own shit! Dump has them scrambling to find a way to get rid of him and ASAP! And they can't! As they are ruled by failure, so goes their party.
merrily
(45,251 posts)are shaking re: Trump.
There's a lesson here, namely, political pundits need to build up their leg muscles.
Trumps the first person that came out and voiced exactly what everybodys been saying all along, one man said.
No, that would have been Bernie Sanders.
Trump is scamming you, sir, telling you what the polls tell him you want to hear. You'll see through it soon.
Blue_Adept
(6,402 posts)And that's part of the process in trying to refine your message but also adapt it for others.
merrily
(45,251 posts)I can't remember when I've heard a politician speak more clearly and plainly.
Again, TO YOU.
To these guys? He's not.
merrily
(45,251 posts)Rex
(65,616 posts)and people lose their minds.
merrily
(45,251 posts)Rex
(65,616 posts)Doing more in real life, this place is a pit that sucks the life out of ya...so taking a break somewhat.
merrily
(45,251 posts)Scuba
(53,475 posts)Xipe Totec
(43,890 posts)B Calm
(28,762 posts)these Trump fans actually believe Donald will build a fence along the Mexican border. LOL
Orsino
(37,428 posts)...by statements from a couple of dozen volunteers.
Eleanors38
(18,318 posts)olddots
(10,237 posts)Octafish
(55,745 posts)Luntz, inbred moron.
reformist2
(9,841 posts)Sunlei
(22,651 posts)I'd like Donald Trump to make a public statement that he will not quit, like his new best-friend Palin the Half/Governor did. Also, that he would never leave his wife for any of the palin woman.