I was wrong: Trump WILL be the next president

Source: CNBC
Published: Jun 1, 2016
Author: Jake Novak
Post Date: 2016-06-01 16:43:49 by Gatlin
Views: 1988

A few months ago, I wrote that Donald Trump would win the GOP presidential nomination – but that would be the end of the line for him. I was sure that Trump just couldn't shore up enough of the already too small Republican base to win in November, thus nearly guaranteeing not only a loss but a big loss to Hillary Clinton in the general election.

Well, I was wrong.

In the 80-odd days since I wrote that piece, I've been seeing more and more evidence of why my predictions for Trump's demise were wrong — and that his chances of winning in the general election look pretty decent.

The biggest reason is something very familiar to CNBC's audience: management. In this case, it's the kind of disruptive management that refuses to accept all the conventional wisdom and truly disrupts the status quo.

Trump, a supposed political neophyte, seems to understand the Republican base better than party leaders. Trump may have failed to win over all the conservative elites represented by people like Bill Kristol and the National Review editorial board. But what I and others forgot was that on Election Day, there's not enough of that conservative elite base to fill a phone booth. Securing their support is no way to win a general election.

The rest of the story is here.

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#1: Stoner    To: Gatlin (#0)

It is also very helpful that being a good business man, Trump has, right out of the gate, hammered on the issues that people are concerned about, trade, & immigration. Issues that got much of the establishment into office, but then they ignored & failed to deliver.

What is that old saying? " FIND A NEED & FILL IT "! A blind man could see what he has done !

Stoner posted on 2016-06-01 17:02:54   Reply   Private Reply

#2: misterwhite    To: Gatlin (#0)

So this clown gets his article published when he goes against the flow and says Trump can't get elected, then gets another article published when he says he was wrong.

And he gets paid both times.

I'm in the wrong business.

misterwhite posted on 2016-06-01 17:07:58   Reply   Private Reply

#3: Roscoe    To: misterwhite (#2)

And he gets paid both times.

Like JimRob!

Roscoe posted on 2016-06-01 17:26:50   Reply   Private Reply

#4: Gatlin    To: misterwhite (#2)

That's funny ...

Gatlin posted on 2016-06-01 18:59:30   Reply   Private Reply

#5: BorisY    To: Gatlin (#0)

there's not enough of that conservative elite base to fill a phone booth

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BorisY posted on 2016-06-01 22:37:40   Reply   Private Reply

#6: TrappedInMd    To: misterwhite (#2)

So this clown gets his article published when he goes against the flow and says Trump can't get elected, then gets another article published when he says he was wrong.

And he gets paid both times.

If Trump loses in November then this guy can claim he was right all along.

In fact he can claim that even if Trump wins.

Like Trump he will be proved right either way.

TrappedInMd posted on 2016-06-02 08:31:16   Reply   Private Reply