Can the GOP even run another candidate at this point?
Will they just concede?
Apparently Paul Ryan was supposed to campaign with him tomorrow. Not happening.
To be fair, Ted Cruz weeps at the drop of a hat. It's part of his schtick. So let's say you're the GOP. What's your play? I mean, your process has led to a historically-noteworthy dead end. You have a ticket that's rotting from the top down. Your chosen contender largely pays lip service to your platform and he's redefining "toxic" in a way that makes you fondly remember the Tea Party insurrection. Meanwhile the Evangelicals have abandoned you, your party organ is going down in flames, your voter base is aging rapidly and the only coherent message you seem to be able to communicate is one of hatred and prejudice. What's your play? I think Priebus et. al. continue to distance themselves from the candidate, save their powder for the Senate races they think they can win, continue to shore up state and local legislatures and begin to strategize on subverting the Libertarian vote. After all, they're the only conservatives with youth and money and you don't have to ditch the NRA or any of your business lobby. And, bonus points, you get the Koch brothers back. Related note, Samantha Bee has a great two-parter on the rise of the religious right: Edit: and this is chilling.
If they go full libertarian, they'll lose the evangelicals for sure. But, maybe that's not such a bad thing if they don't have any other option to vote for
Chilling for sure. So calculated and so successfully executed.
There's sexists pigs, and then there's sexists pigs. I've spent almost thirty years in hockey locker rooms, and I've always been a mixture of embarrassed and proud that hockey locker rooms are full if the dirtiest pigs anywhere. It's a fun but crude place. I can say with full confidence I've never heard anyone brag about grabbing a stranger by the pussy. That should get you shunned anywhere.
I'm afraid you are right. The people that are supporting him right now will not be turned away by this disgusting audio. However, what I think might happen is that those that are lukewarm about Clinton may be more motivated to vote for her. There are no shortage of people looking towards Johnson that normally would vote Dem. I hope this is the catalyst they need to vote Clinton.
Be wary of putting too much faith in pre-election polls. My understanding is that people tend to fall back to party loyalty when it comes time to actually vote. You probably also have a reverse-Obama effect. There were people who said they'd vote for a black man for president who in reality wouldn't. By the same token, I expect there are people who say they don't support Trump but secretly do.
I am not sure how that graph illustrates where the undecideds are going. It simply says that 84% of people are voting either Dem or Rep. How does that translate into: "Clinton's lead is becoming safer"? In a buried sentence: "With more voters committed to one of the two major-party nominees, Trump simply has fewer people he can appeal to in order to make up his current deficit, which makes Clinton’s lead more secure."
What it says is that the undecided voters are falling in the Clinton camp, and that Clinton has a strong lead in the polls. If all the votes fell 50/50 Democrat/Republican at this point, Clinton would still have about a 5% majority. If all the votes fell third party at this point, Clinton would still have about a 5% majority. About fifteen percent of the electorate is undecided at this point. Clinton has about a 5 point lead. Trump has to pull in undecided voters by a two to one margin in order to make the election close. That would require an impressive turnabout of public sentiment at this point. Also consider: this clip has existed since 2005. It's been in somebody's Avid for ten years. And there's a debate day after tomorrow. Who the hell runs this shit on a Friday afternoon... ...unless you're trying to make the whole Alicia Machado gambit look like a warmup act? The debate is going to be interesting.
I was curious why this was released on a Friday.
No, fuck that. I hope they keep supporting Trump. I hope come election day Paul Ryan and his cohorts cast a vote for "The Donald". With all they've done with regards to Planned Parenthood this year their dropping support over sexist comments means nothing compared to their voicing of sexism through their actions.
That would be nice, since Trump saying something like this isn't really a shock to anyone, but it being caught on tape is too much for the GOP: http://www.politico.com/story/2016/10/reince-priebus-donald-trump-comments-women-229316