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2016 Postmortem

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32. Trump's supporters don't seem to care.

Sat Oct 15, 2016, 10:01 AM

Oct 2016

So I doubt it would have made a difference in the primary.

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Trump refused to allow them to do it. The Velveteen Ocelot Oct 2016 #1

My guess is that the other GOP candidates didn't do oppo research The Velveteen Ocelot Oct 2016 #7

Agree. ReformedGOPer Oct 2016 #21

True GP6971 Oct 2016 #5

There are reports that Trump himself saltpoint Oct 2016 #4

I don't think they took him seriously until it was too late. Buckeye_Democrat Oct 2016 #9

The RNC probably did, which is why they didn't want him to be the nominee NoGoodNamesLeft Oct 2016 #10

This! duncang Oct 2016 #19

My guess is that they all have some skeletons in their closets TexasBushwhacker Oct 2016 #13

Opposition research in the primaries is not as in depth liberal N proud Oct 2016 #14

Wasted time trying to get into a one-on-one with him. Yavin4 Oct 2016 #16

I'm sure all his rivals are kicking themselves in the ass Cakes488 Oct 2016 #18

Perhaps they did OldHippieChick Oct 2016 #20

Because they're dumber than a box of rocks Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Oct 2016 #22

that gets my vote HAB911 Oct 2016 #23

They did run oppo research, but only as to those ChairmanAgnostic Oct 2016 #24

Because Trump's name is not Bill Clinton Bad Thoughts Oct 2016 #25

Simple answer: they needed his voters Proud Public Servant Oct 2016 #28

Acceptance Bear Creek Oct 2016 #29

I think it may simply be economics. Cracklin Charlie Oct 2016 #30

Even without the harassment claims exboyfil Oct 2016 #31

Trump's supporters don't seem to care. LisaL Oct 2016 #32

I don't think they did any jcgoldie Oct 2016 #34