April 28, 2011

Trump and the GOP Establishment

By Steve McCann
Donald Trump is not only causing heartburn within the halls of the White House but throughout many of the well appointed offices of the Republican hierarchy in Washington D.C.  For the first time since Ronald Reagan nearly hijacked the Republican convention in 1976, the Republican establishment is being challenged.  (A personal disclosure: I have met Donald Trump on a number of occasions. During the late 1980's my consulting company worked for his casino operations in Atlantic City, N.J.) The conventional attitude along Connecticut Avenue and K Street has been, and still remains to this day, that the most important attribute of being a Republican and an opposition party is to challenge on a most civil basis the agenda of the Democrats while remaining within the social circle and invitation list of the so-called movers and shakers in Washington.  However, this is a company town whose only industry is the government and the overwhelming attendant businesses of...(Read Full Article)