Bannon, Breitbart News Taking Victory Lap After Alabama Win

I heard rush limbaugh for 10 minutes. So I can't say I heard his whole take. I think Rush was saying
Trump should not feel too bad this was Trump followers helping Trump do what Trump should be doing.

I understand what Limbaugh was trying to do. He does not want to back Trump into hands of rat fink democrats like Kushner and McMaster... so Rush tried to sugar coat the fact that the base just hammered Trump's current advisors. Bannon and Gorka and Palin are the ones Trump should be listening too if he wants to be re elected.

The base elected him to do a job. If Trump can't do it... the base will vote for someone who can.

No one cared that Trump supported an establishment candidate. In fact it probably pissed some of the base off.

This was a message to Trump and a demonstration to the establishment...again. Hopefully Trump understands it.

The good news is that the message will ensure many more non establishment candidates run against the establishment hacks.

This is really the core voter getting stronger and demanding representation.
 
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I have to think one reason Trump supported Strange was that he was told Strange had the best chance of keeping the seat in the republican column. This is a dilemma republican primary voters are very familiar with.

Of course the experts told us Jeb! was the best chance to beat Hillary.
 
AAAintheBeltway said:
I have to think one reason Trump supported Strange was that he was told Strange had the best chance of keeping the seat in the republican column. This is a dilemma republican primary voters are very familiar with.
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I don't know. I sorta see it as straightforward and accept what Trump said. Trump said that Strange told him flat out that he would support him on anything he wants and that was music to trumps ears because he is short just a couple votes here and there. Moore on the other hand is conservative but he is bombthrower at worst and a rand paul lone wolf at best. Translation: Having another conservative who can't support you for ideological purity reasons is not much better than just having another democrat. Trump needs to find some votes somewhere. Strange would have been an easy vote. Moore will need to be worked day in and day out like Rand Paul and then you still may not get there.
Some of that is good and some of it isnt depending on how Trump reacts to it. We have already seen with daca that trump just went to or is going to dems for a deal because the freedom caucus types would not budge on obamacare revamp.
 
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TreeFrogTrader said:
Trump said that Strange told him flat out that he would support him on anything he wants and that was music to trumps ears because he is short just a couple votes here and there. Moore on the other hand is conservative but he is bombthrower at worst and a rand paul lone wolf at best.
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You mean Strange would back Trump like Strange's patron McConnell has? Moore is rock solid on the Trump agenda, at least the one he got elected on.
 
AAAintheBeltway said:
I have to think one reason Trump supported Strange was that he was told Strange had the best chance of keeping the seat in the republican column. This is a dilemma republican primary voters are very familiar with.

Of course the experts told us Jeb! was the best chance to beat Hillary.
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Trump pulled this ploy a year ago when Ryan was running up against Paul Nehlen last year, Nehlen being the most MAGA candidate for the Republicans.

Let's see if Trump tries it again when Nehlen tries again.

Basically, Trump was afraid Ryan would be re-elected House majority whip, and stand in the way of his agenda. So he did what he thought was expedient and/or practical...instead of what was right. Showed poor judgement, imo. Has been burned by it, imo.
 
AAAintheBeltway said:
You mean Strange would back Trump like Strange's patron McConnell has? Moore is rock solid on the Trump agenda, at least the one he got elected on.
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That may all be true but keep in mind that my post was in reply to "why Trump supported Strange," not what I think about the two candidates or whether trump is right. I think Trump bought into Strange's assurances and his kowtowing- and you think Trump was buying into a mcconnell bootlicker. Those two points can both be true and probably are.

-Tree
 
Trump faces a delicate political situation dealing with the establishment republican members, most of whom were never Trumpers. Like Good1 wrote above, no doubt he would love to see the end of that backstabbing loser Paul Ryan, but the dolt voters in his district will probably reelect him, so what does Trump gain by backing a long shot candidate?

The other side of the problem is summed up by the adage that if you lie down with dogs, you likely will get up with fleas. Trump runs the risk of being identified with the cuck republican policies, eg amnesty, pointless wars, bad trade deals, etc.
 
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