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2016 Postmortem
Related: About this forumGOP operatives dread Trump convention
Each presidential election year, Republicans eagerly await their national convention a four-day celebration that draws thousands of GOP operatives, donors and lobbyists who are ready to party.
This year the year of Trump its anything but a party.
Many GOP regulars are skipping Cleveland entirely. (I would rather attend the public hanging of a good friend, says Will Ritter, an up-and-coming Republican digital strategist who worked on the three previous conventions.) And among those who are making the trek, theres an overwhelming sense it wont be fun at all. At a time when many Republicans are deeply dissatisfied with their nominee, pessimistic about their prospects for victory in the fall and alarmed about the direction of their party, theres a reluctance about attending the convention more typically reserved for going to the DMV, being summoned for jury duty or undergoing a root canal.
This is the first year in the past two decades that Republicans arent excited about attending the convention. Normally, were all jazzed up about getting together and celebrating our nominee, said Chris Perkins, a GOP pollster who has attended every Republican convention since 1996. Theres nothing to celebrate this cycle. Im going because I have to, not because I want to.
This year the year of Trump its anything but a party.
Many GOP regulars are skipping Cleveland entirely. (I would rather attend the public hanging of a good friend, says Will Ritter, an up-and-coming Republican digital strategist who worked on the three previous conventions.) And among those who are making the trek, theres an overwhelming sense it wont be fun at all. At a time when many Republicans are deeply dissatisfied with their nominee, pessimistic about their prospects for victory in the fall and alarmed about the direction of their party, theres a reluctance about attending the convention more typically reserved for going to the DMV, being summoned for jury duty or undergoing a root canal.
This is the first year in the past two decades that Republicans arent excited about attending the convention. Normally, were all jazzed up about getting together and celebrating our nominee, said Chris Perkins, a GOP pollster who has attended every Republican convention since 1996. Theres nothing to celebrate this cycle. Im going because I have to, not because I want to.
Bawhahaha You know if republicans didn't think this would be a disaster they would attend. They are the ones that know the most about what is going to take place there and they are running for the hills. They say before Mount Vesuvius erupted, all of the rats in Pompeii were seen running out of town. They know the impending disaster that is about to take place and they want to get as far away as possible.
http://www.politico.com/story/2016/07/republican-convention-trump-operatives-225393
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GOP operatives dread Trump convention (Original Post)
Doctor Jack
Jul 2016
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Her Sister
(6,444 posts)1. Sucks to be them!
MFM008
(19,803 posts)2. comparing republicans to filthy disease carrying rats
denigrates filthy disease carrying rats.....................
chillfactor
(7,573 posts)3. great time to be a DEMOCRAT! n/t