Trump - the inmates are running the asylum

[Danascot]

Trump might be a deeply clownish figure, immune to facts, evidence, and good taste — but he’s not stupid. He clearly understands, as many members of the Republican Party did before bashing immigrants became a political liability, the way to the heart of a rank-and-file Republican voter.

This, in a nutshell, is the dilemma that risks turning the GOP into a rump political party. Their base of voters is overwhelmingly white and old, cultivated by two generations of Republican officeholders who played on their resentments and fears. Now the GOP is paying the price. Those white voters don’t much like illegal immigrants, don’t look kindly on politicians who want to improve the party’s appeal among Hispanics, and can clearly be reached by a racist demagogue with lots of money and bad hair. The result is turning off not only Hispanic voters, but also tolerant white voters. Republicans always had a tough hill to climb in winning over Hispanics. Trump has made it that much harder, if not impossible in the near-term.


http://www.bostonglobe.com/opinion/2015/07/17/gop-problem-isn-trump-voters/Zo1aVVkJRq3Y7GqTWMZFaO/story.html?s_campaign=email_BG_TodaysHeadline&s_campaign=%%__AdditionalEmailAttribute1%%

[Warren DeMontague]

1. If the GOP primary process is half as entertaining as it was in 2012, I'm good.

That fucking revolving door clown car where every 10 days they'd dump the erstwhile "front runner" for the next goober.... "It's Newt!.. It's Rick Perry! .... No, it's Herman 777 Cain! Oh, sorry, how about Santorum? Bachmann? Anyone? ......Bueller?"

CLASSIC.

Yeah, I could watch that shit again.

[thecrow]

3. I thought Cain was 999!

Or 666 turned upside down

[Warren DeMontague]

4. I get so confused.

It was like, a flat tax in 30 minutes or less or your pizza is free. Something like that.

[thecrow]

8. I completely understand !

Some days I forget my own name

[Renew Deal]

2. The posted part of this article is correct

The number of Xenophobes shouldn't be a shock. But it is a shock that someone chose to go there.

[PATRICK]

5. Fear creates panic.

Certain victory creates its own madness with these people. Offering a "mellow" contender is now virtually impossible and not see the base at least lapse into a drugged straight-jacketed stupor. There is no way offered as of now to manage the asylum into an army.

[PeoViejo]

7. The Archie Bunker Wing of the GOP

..soon to be the Late Wing.

[hifiguy]

9. I hope Ol'Rughead sticks around for a while.

He says out loud what they all really think and keep quiet. It's like watching the monkeys run the circus, assuming the monkeys were ram-fed full of meth, Red Bull and extremely powerful hallucinogens beforehand.