Via Breitbart and the Right Scoop, you can grumble about this if youre #NeverTrump but we all understand, I think, that the vast, vast majority of the party will come around to his position by November, right? Dont get me wrong, stalwart anti-Trumpers may have the numbers to fatally damage Trumps chances even if theyre just five percent of the electorate. But thats probably what theyll be five percent, not a third of the party despite how much fun it is to ooh and ahh over numbers like that. Never underestimate the power of partisanship, especially when youve got a Democrat as unlikable as Hillary topping the other ticket.
And even if five percent of Republicans do end up as #NeverTrumpers, thats not necessarily a death sentence for Trumps campaign. Why? Because some segment of Bernie fans claim that theyre #NeverHillary:
One out of four Sanders supporters 25 percent say they would not back Clinton in a general election if she became the Democratic nominee for president, while just 69 percent say they would support her, according to a new McClatchy-Marist poll. By comparison, Clinton supporters are considerably more open to supporting Sanders should he overtake her large lead in delegates and win the nomination. Just 14 percent of Clinton supporters would shun him in the general election, while 79 percent would support him, the poll found. |
Whats the actual number of Sanders supporters whod sit out an election with either Trump or Cruz, both of whom will be painted by Democrats as unprecedented threats to the republic, as GOP nominee? Two percent? Remember all the Hillary fans who vowed after 2008s bitter primary to loss to Obama that theyd never vote for him for president? Howd that work out?
Anyway, click the image to listen to a preview of what conservative medias apt to sound like this fall if Trump seals the deal in Cleveland. Levin has endorsed Cruz and has fiercely criticized Trump over the past few months (even over the Michelle Fields incident, which is unusual in major conservative media) but hes prepared to set that aside in the name of beating Clinton. I wonder where Glenn Beck, Trumps most strident critic in conservative talk radio dating back to last year, is on that. If anyones going to carry the #NeverTrump banner to the bitter end, its him.
If you believe Hillary Clinton is virtually as off her rocker, left-wing socialist as Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT), if you believe that Hillary Clinton is in part responsible for the rise of ISIS and for what took care of Benghazi and whats taking place in Libya and that [Vladimir] Putin is on the move and that China is on the move and all the rest of it, then how the hell how the hell could you take any steps passively or affirmatively that would put that woman in the Oval Office? How could you do it under these circumstances as bad as the Republican may be, how could you stay home and allow that? Or worse, how could you vote for that? Thats a disgrace, an absolute disgrace. So you duke it out in the Republican primary process. You duke it out Republican convention. You insist that rules are rules and the rules be followed. And you call them out if they try to change them. And you fight like hell. But you do not vote for Hillary Clinton. Or you dont not stay home. Wah, my candidate isnt nominated, and let the left elect their favorite candidate. Not in this election. Thats my view. |