Whoha! Trump Just Cut Ties With The Ohio GOP

[liberal N proud]

The Donald Trump campaign has issued a statement cutting ties with Ohio GOP Chair Matt Borges. Ohio, a swing state with 20 Electoral College votes at play, is critical to any presidential campaign.

Trump’s Ohio chairman Bob Paduchik is accusing Borges of undermining Trump to take Reince Priebus’s job as chair of the Republican National Committee.

Paduchik wrote a letter to the state community. It read in part:

“It’s no great secret that Chairman Borges was never fully on board, but his actions over the last week demonstrate that his loyalties to Gov. John Kasich’s failed presidential campaign eclipse his responsibility as chairman of the Ohio Republican Party. The chairman is also driven by an apparently insatiable need for publicity.”

http://www.liberalamerica.org/2016/10/15/breaking-trump-just-cut-ties-ohio-gop-video/

If this is true, Trump will have fewer resources in Ohio.

[oberliner]

1. If he loses Ohio, it is game over for sure

Sadly, the polls don't seem to indicate as much.

[Bernardo de La Paz]

12. 538 has probability of HRC winning Ohio at 55, 63, and 64% in the three models. . . . nt

[oberliner]

14. Too close for comfort

But I think HRC has a path without Ohio.

[Bernardo de La Paz]

15. Yes and yes. But here's hoping she gets Ohio too. . . . nt

[semby2]

18. Close?

Too close? Historically that is a huge lead for the Dem to have at this point. Almost could not ask for better.

[oberliner]

24. Trump is one of the worst candidates in modern presidential history

I don't understand how HRC isn't winning by 10+ in every state.

[yardwork]

37. Clinton has numerous paths to victory even without Ohio.

[oberliner]

39. That's true

But I want her to win Ohio.

[LisaM]

2. Let's hope that plays out in the ground game.

Is there anyone he won't pick a fight with?

[CaliforniaPeggy]

3. Keep digging, Trump...n/t

[Glamrock]

4. Wow

So most of the Ohio GOP can look forward to being primaried and losing to John Birch society loons. Ohio goes blue over the next few cycles. I've never experienced such delicious incompetence before. Are we sure this guys not a plant?

[BlueStreak]

5. The question is "why"? What does this accomplish?

Seems like cutting off his nose to spite his face.

I can easily see Trump doing this to plant another conspiracy excuse once he los4es. But he is close in Ohio. What sense does it make to declare war at this time -- unless Trump's internal polling shows that he has lost Ohio?

[ailsagirl]

8. Who can say? But he loves throwing tantrums, as we all know

[JBoy]

16. Trump has no interest in trying to win.

His goal is maximum destruction, and making sure he has a laundry list of people to blame for his failure. This guy is now the convenient scapegoat for losing Ohio.

[BlueStreak]

25. I have always believed this was all a business deal

He was only running to bolster the Trump brand. He never expected to get the nomination.

And as the nomination started to appear possible, he put it into "max crazy" mode, not to win, but to force the Party to make him an offer to get out.

I believe he fully expected the Party bosses to huddle and come up with an offer Trump couldn't refuse. And offer such as "You drop out of the race and we'll make sure that you get access to real estate, environmental permits, and funding to build $5 billion of properties."

I believe he was genuinely surprised that the Party nave came to negotiate. SO what could he do? He just kept running.

[Trust Buster]

6. I've lived in Ohio my whole life. I'm telling you that Trump was never going to win Ohio.

[Blue Idaho]

9. The self destruction of the Trump campaign will be spectacular and complete.

They will be talking about the collapse of the Trump campaign for generations.

[IndianaDave]

19. As Well They Should

This campaign needs to be documented for high school history text books. It is the closest we have come to flirting with real facism, White Supremacy and demonstrable incompetence in a presidential candidate. Future generations need to be aware of what form of evil almost captured our nation, and they must see how forcefully and definitively we rejected this Bufoon. He needs not only to be defeated, but to be humiliated by a landslide election.

[progressoid]

23. Welcome to DU IndianaDave.

[IndianaDave]

38. Thanks, Progressoid!

I've been looking at the site for the past couple weeks, and I found that its political philosophy is in sync with mine. I enjoy the dialog among progressives, and the interesting diversity of viewpoints. I'm happy to be here, and I hope to contribute to the community.

[pangaia]

26. I question.. "of what form of evil ALMOST CAPTURED our nation,"

Almost.. It is not over yet.

I propose not celebrating this until....

This is NOT a normal event in this country....
I am not at ease about any of it.

[Blue Idaho]

30. Celebrating? No.

Thinking about how history will treat this election - yes. It's possible to do that AND continue to work for the total destruction of Trump and all he stands for.

[pangaia]

32. Agreed.

[Blue Idaho]

33. Like you - I am not ready to take my "foot off the gas"

We all need to work to make this as painful for Trump and his jackles as possible.

See you at the finish line!

[IndianaDave]

34. I think we're on the same page . . .

I agree with you, pangaia - It's not over until it's over. And I do experience some anxiety about turnout. But I'm increasing optimistic about Hillary 's chances of a definitive victory. I'm not celebrating, but I am excited and - to repeat myself - optimistic.

[Bernardo de La Paz]

20. GOP is going to have a schism or it will get marginalized.

They'll be talking about the schism for generations too.

While we Democrats knew Donald J tRump was a damaged unqualified 12 year old personality from very early on, Republicans couldn't see it and let him walk away with their prized candidacy. They pride themselves on their supposed adultness and gravitas, but they totally blew it. They fell for him, bought his con and were completely suckered.

The GOP built tRump.
They own his train wreck.

The old-line rational (but misguided) Republicans will either have to cut off their Rump with a rusty hack saw or they will have to leave en masse and form a new party.

[Ccarmona]

10. Totalitarian Requires

Total Loyalty or it's the door. If he were to run the Country this way, this website will be shuttered by his enforcers by 10p on 1/20/17.

[Stonepounder]

11. See Latest Breaking News

http://www.democraticunderground.com/10141598802

See the comment regarding the Ohio Chair's wife and why she is disgusted by Trump.

[liberal N proud]

21. Thanks for the more reliable source

Or a verification of what I was seeing.

[Scurrilous]

22. K & R

[napi21]

27. I've NEVER known a executive who insisted on NEVER listening to advice by his experts.

I've know quite a few, all with different personalities. Many are egotists and dictators, However NONE have refused to at least listen to the recommendations of their senior staff. They didn't ALWAYS take the advice, but considered it. The Con is a real jackass. I can't understand how he's been as successful making money as he has been.

As far as Ohio goes, Kashich is a very popular Governor and for Con to move against him or his "close friend" Borges is a very stuipid move that will bite him bad. Bye, bye, Conman. You have been entertaining.

[armed_and_liberal]

28. Trump just doesn't just burn his bridges...

He plows under the roads leading to them..

[calimary]

29. This whole thing is just surreal.

[Spitfire of ATJ]

31. The GOP threw everything they had against Obama and lost by a landslide.

[Jon King]

35. Nothing left but lashing out

Thats the next 3 weeks, Trump and his surrogates just flailing and lashing out at everyone who says even one tiny thing negative about them. Please hurry up Nov 8th.

[gopiscrap]

36. I think Ohio has 18 electoral votes