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In reply to the discussion: I don't think the Republican Party wants to win the White House in 2016. [View all]Agnosticsherbet
(11,619 posts)41. As long as Republicans control Congress, President The Donald will sign what they send to him.
He can hold a pen.
Deregulation happens in Congress, not in the oval Office. Billionaires know that quite well.
The Donald will be happy to sign anything sent his way.
The problem the Republican elite have with The Donald is that even they think he can not possibly win. If he can not win, then he can not hold the pen.
Worse, because he has alienated women and every ethnic group but racist white rednecks, even their hold on Congress could be threatened.
If they lose Congress, then they lose the ability to hold back regulation.
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I don't think the Republican Party wants to win the White House in 2016. [View all]
yardwork
Dec 2015
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The general argument is that the RNC has lost power and is not a national party.
Johonny
Dec 2015
#42
the people who run the party don't care about abortion except as a wedge issue.
yardwork
Dec 2015
#19
Who is running the party? No one's in charge. There is a definite leadership vacuum in the GOP.
randome
Dec 2015
#21
There was a right wing talk show host who pretty much hinted at the same thing...
951-Riverside
Dec 2015
#13
I think the Republian party is fractured along along the boundries of it's various cadres.
Agnosticsherbet
Dec 2015
#27
I think that the people who pull the strings would get rid of Trump quick enough if they wanted.
yardwork
Dec 2015
#29
As long as Republicans control Congress, President The Donald will sign what they send to him.
Agnosticsherbet
Dec 2015
#41
I thought last night I was listening to a Democratic debate, I heard Obama and Hillary names
Thinkingabout
Dec 2015
#28
Having a Democrat as President gives Democrats / liberals the appearance that they are in power
AZ Progressive
Dec 2015
#34
They do want to win but they have screwed themselves. More in an article soon. nt
stevenleser
Dec 2015
#48