If they Republicans wanted an outsider?

cawacko said:
Desh does it because she's an uneducated simpleton. You are a freaking lawyer. You're not dumb.
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I know many lawyers who are dumb.....though most of them choose to represent people my clients are suing, Jarod, the neo-Italian, definitely qualifies.......
 
J Craft said:
That's right, they're moderates. This is why the GOP have run moderate candidates in the last 4 presidential elections, including Bush.

A solid conservative would be Walker, a social conservative would be Cruz. Walkers gone, that leaves Cruz as the only viable conservative left.
The two moderates still in are Rubio and Bush.
Trump is a populist with a conservative bent, but who has no solid footing with the base. He's an outsider who, unlike Paul is able to appeal to voters using the resentment they feel against the political class. Paul stood on principle and was unable to ignite this same disenfranchised, but very important, segment of voters.
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I agree with this quite a bit. This is pretty much how I see each candidate and how I see Trump's appeal right now.
 
J Craft said:
That's right, they're moderates. This is why the GOP have run moderate candidates in the last 4 presidential elections, including Bush.

A solid conservative would be Walker, a social conservative would be Cruz. Walkers gone, that leaves Cruz as the only viable conservative left.
The two moderates still in are Rubio and Bush.
Trump is a populist with a conservative bent, but who has no solid footing with the base. He's an outsider who, unlike Paul is able to appeal to voters using the resentment they feel against the political class. Paul stood on principle and was unable to ignite this same disenfranchised, but very important, segment of voters.
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In your opinion, other than the Gang of 8, what is moderate about Rubio? Now this is taken with a grain of salt based on where I live but I've heard a couple of 'independent' voters call Rubio too conservative. Of course how conservative or liberal one is is all in the eye of the beholder but what makes Rubio moderate to you?
 
cawacko said:
It's been discussed plenty on this board. You either choose not to see it or you ignore it. And what you do is project the worst motives and behaviors onto Republicans while discussing them. It's why I have no interest in joining your daily thread on the subject.
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If you have nothing positive about your team and can't afford to talk about the horrible negatives you take the talking point you're given (hurt trump) and try something.
 
cawacko said:
In your opinion, other than the Gang of 8, what is moderate about Rubio? Now this is taken with a grain of salt based on where I live but I've heard a couple of 'independent' voters call Rubio too conservative. Of course how conservative or liberal one is is all in the eye of the beholder but what makes Rubio moderate to you?
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He's a lefty like the rest of the establishment.
 
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