Please Mr. Trump
"There
are a fair number of RNC members who were discounting his chances of
success when we met in January and now see that he’s building a
substantial lead and may in fact get to 1,237 before we get to the
convention," said Steve Duprey, an RNC member from New Hampshire. "The
New York results were such an overwhelming win. It's
impressive. That's what I've heard people talking about."
RNC
members said Trump could help improve the climate by taking steps to
end the bad blood that has developed between him and the committee's
leadership, including RNC Chairman Reince Priebus.
Trump
wondered whether Priebus,
who is popular with the RNC ranks, should continue in his job if Trump
is the nominee. "I think it's time for that rhetoric to end," said Jeff Essmann, chairman of the Montana Republican Party.
posted by ColumbusGuy @ 3:00 AM
8 Comments:
Trump is not running for the glorification of the Republican Party and if he can win by demonizing them, he will. They are just tools for him. Does making nice help or hurt him at this point?
I don't know if trying to appeal to Republicans could hurt him, but it certainly would help him in the general election to try and build a coalition of support that includes regular Republicans. Unless he thinks he can replace lost Republicans with Bernie supporters (which seems very unlikely).
His supporters in the primary do not seem to be GOP regulars but seem like folks who hate the party
He has strong support with certain groups that Republicans don't always get, but that's more than offset with the lack of support from certain traditional Republican voters and a general dislike from moderates without whom no one can win. It really doesn't matter what strategy he uses for the general election, he's a known quantity by this time.
I'm guessing you're not close to the Republican Party, Anon#3. As best as I can tell, it's the GOP regulars who hate the party the most. (Well, okay, the far left folks on the Dems certainly hate the party, but not being one of them, it strikes me as more pro forma, de rigueur hatred than visceral.)
The Republican party has won in recent years because it's a big tent. If they're actually worried they have too many voters, they can go with Cruz. On the other hand, if they're truly tired of having a party, they can go with Trump.
Interesting discussion -prefiguring the autopsy while the soon-to-be corpse is still up walking around and blustering
My point is only that I'm not sure whether the new "Trumpets" (I love that moniker) would hold it against Trump if he wooed some regular Republicans. All he would have to do is talk a little about holding the line against tax increases, and maybe supporting an originalist interpretation of the Constition.
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