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DonViejo

(60,536 posts)
Wed Aug 10, 2016, 02:49 PM Aug 2016

GOP’s Problems Will Only Get Worse After Election

Josh Kraushaar: “Re­pub­lic­an lead­ers are choos­ing to pre­tend that these dif­fer­ences don’t ex­ist, pre­fer­ring to na­ively pro­claim that Trump will em­brace Paul Ry­an’s con­ser­vat­ive agenda if he’s elec­ted pres­id­ent. That’s not what his voters signed up for. It’s why Trump’s rote es­pous­al of more-tra­di­tion­al GOP po­s­i­tions, such as his eco­nom­ic speech at the De­troit Eco­nom­ic Club on Monday, will fall flat.”

“More likely, he will con­tin­ue to use his out­size pub­lic plat­form to settle old scores. He might even try and launch his own tele­vi­sion net­work to broad­cast the pop­u­lism that pro­pelled his can­did­acy. He’s not go­ing away, and neither are his core voters. The only ques­tion is wheth­er more tra­di­tion­al GOP lead­ers have the cha­risma and cred­ib­il­ity to bring Trump par­tis­ans in­to a new-look GOP, or wheth­er his sup­port­ers will con­tin­ue to stir up trouble with­in the party.”

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https://politicalwire.com/2016/08/10/gops-problems-will-only-get-worse-after-election/
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GOP’s Problems Will Only Get Worse After Election (Original Post) DonViejo Aug 2016 OP
Yep - he may try to form a shadow Republican Party to bay at the heels of Ryan et al. yellowcanine Aug 2016 #1
I see him taking over RT network with the blessing of Putin kimbutgar Aug 2016 #2

yellowcanine

(35,699 posts)
1. Yep - he may try to form a shadow Republican Party to bay at the heels of Ryan et al.
Wed Aug 10, 2016, 02:54 PM
Aug 2016

That is why Ryan is treating him with kid gloves.

kimbutgar

(21,153 posts)
2. I see him taking over RT network with the blessing of Putin
Wed Aug 10, 2016, 03:06 PM
Aug 2016

I watch Thom Hartman's show but something has happened to Ed Schultz. I used to love his show on MSNBC but his one on RT is horrible,

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