March 7, 2016
Republican Establishment the Next Whig Party
Donald Trump’s popularity is a response to decades of arrogance and betrayal by the Republican establishment.
After giving us lackluster centrist candidates in election after election, the elite is amazed that the rank and file are so fed up that many are falling for a pseudo-populist huckster who’s smart enough to take positions that are an anathema to the establishment, but not to the base. In separate polls last fall, 64 % of likely Republican voters supported a moratorium on Muslim immigration, while 73% agreed with a wall on the border.
Insults aside, last week, Mitt Romney attacked Trump with a feather duster, charging, “His is not the temperament of a stable, thoughtful leader.” Ouch, that must have hurt.
Getting campaign advice from Romney is like getting directions from Wrong Way Corrigan. He started the 2012 campaign by saying Barack Obama was a “nice guy but in over his head.” A man who despises America and is doing his best...(Read Full Article)