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Barack Obama

ginnyinWI

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3. The GOP was too late in realizing the threat.

Reply to yallerdawg (Original post)

Thu May 5, 2016, 05:19 PM

May 2016

They should have acted last summer and fall. Instead they said things like, "any one of us on this stage would be better than Hillary", which legitimized the Donald. In other words, he was treated as a serious candidate, whatever they privately thought.

Now it is too late.

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Was THIS the birth of Trump? [View all] yallerdawg May 2016 OP

I think so elfin May 2016 #1

I've wondered the same about that exact moment. Squinch May 2016 #2

The GOP was too late in realizing the threat. ginnyinWI May 2016 #3

They lost it when Rubio said he's a con man and bad for America but sure I'll support him TeamPooka May 2016 #5

I've thought the same thing. SleeplessinSoCal May 2016 #4