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2016 Postmortem
Showing Original Post only (View all)The Trump Campaign Has Just Given Up [View all]
The Trump Campaign Has Just Given Uphttps://politicalwire.com/2016/10/16/the-trump-campaign-has-just-given-up/
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Donald Trump isnt really running a campaign for president anymore. Instead, hes involved in an extended revenge plot or is simply following the politics of grievance to its natural, unseemly end, Chris Cillizza writes.
It appears as though Trumps minders have effectively given up, allowing the candidate to pursue his own score-settling and airing of grievances in these final weeks of the campaign. Taking that road may bring some satisfaction to Trump. But it has the potential to do catastrophic damage to the party he ostensibly leads as the GOP tries to hold its Senate and House majorities amid declining enthusiasm within its own ranks for its presidential nominee.
To care about that effect would mean that Trump was running a real campaign that grasped the idea that its about more than just the whims of a single candidate. He simply isnt doing that.
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        Either they've given up or they are engaged in the most bizarre campaign tactic, ever
        Siwsan
        Oct 2016
        #1
      
        
        They cut Trump loose, let him float into space, the GOP is probably trying to save the mother ship!
        RKP5637
        Oct 2016
        #3
      
        
        Trump's minders know that he never listens so it's not like they have given up. They are
        anamandujano
        Oct 2016
        #6
      
        
        If he shows up naked for the third debate, it will be the ultimate in revenge porn. (n/t)
        Kennah
        Oct 2016
        #16
      
        
        'magine that a naked trump would look like Barbie/Ken w/o clothes - nothing there!
        erronis
        Oct 2016
        #18
      
        
        I would most love to hear Trump's plan for stopping crime on day 1.  What I would
        Laura PourMeADrink
        Oct 2016
        #20
      
        
        I keep waiting to hear Rod Serling say, "Imagine a 3rd grader with unlimited money
        lindysalsagal
        Oct 2016
        #43
      
  