# Trump's Republican primary campaign **URL:** \ **Category:** Politics & Elections\ **Created:** [September 3, 2015, 6:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trumps-republican-primary-campaign/729828 "2015-09-03T18:00:56Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 99
**Author:** ![Boyo\_Jim](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/87869e/32.png) [@Boyo\_Jim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Boyo_Jim)\ **Post date:** [February 19, 2016, 3:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trumps-republican-primary-campaign/729828/1965 "2016-02-19T03:16:26Z")
> [@Grsz11](#): > > I wonder if anybody had told him how much of his business work he would have to walk away from? He’ll put them in trust and afterward rebrand everything as “President Trump” this and that. It’ll be YUUUUUGGGGEEEEE! ---
**Author:** ![Grsz11](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/c5a1d2/32.png) [@Grsz11](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Grsz11)\ **Post date:** [February 19, 2016, 3:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trumps-republican-primary-campaign/729828/1966 "2016-02-19T03:21:22Z")
> [@Boyo\_Jim](#): > > He’ll put them in trust and afterward rebrand everything as “President Trump” this and that. It’ll be YUUUUUGGGGEEEEE! So I did some more research and apparently he wouldn’t really have to give up anything. But the closest comparison was Silvio Burlesconi…and we know how that turned out. ---
**Author:** ![Boyo\_Jim](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/87869e/32.png) [@Boyo\_Jim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Boyo_Jim)\ **Post date:** [February 19, 2016, 3:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trumps-republican-primary-campaign/729828/1967 "2016-02-19T03:22:31Z")
Discount hookers? ---
**Author:** ![Siam\_Sam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/d78d45/32.png) [@Siam\_Sam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Siam_Sam)\ **Post date:** [February 19, 2016, 3:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trumps-republican-primary-campaign/729828/1968 "2016-02-19T03:22:55Z")
> [@Boyo\_Jim](#): > > Well why not? Bridges can be used to march people out … perhaps over walls. You could toss the losers from the parapets of the wall. ---
**Author:** ![Mijin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mijin/32/9369_2.png) [@Mijin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mijin)\ **Post date:** [February 19, 2016, 3:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trumps-republican-primary-campaign/729828/1969 "2016-02-19T03:27:30Z")
and he will be able to get ISIS to pay for the bridges ---
**Author:** ![Boyo\_Jim](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/87869e/32.png) [@Boyo\_Jim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Boyo_Jim)\ **Post date:** [February 19, 2016, 3:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trumps-republican-primary-campaign/729828/1970 "2016-02-19T03:28:55Z")
Nah, it was the Pope’s idea, make _him_ pay for it. ---
**Author:** ![Loopus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/loopus/32/15343_2.png) [@Loopus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Loopus)\ **Post date:** [February 21, 2016, 4:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trumps-republican-primary-campaign/729828/1971 "2016-02-21T16:59:18Z")
So Trump handily won South Carolina, including winning every single Congressional district and picking up all 50 of the state’s delegates. Rubio and Cruz basically tied, 10 percentage points behind Trump. Bush dropped out of the race. Cruz is toast; if he can’t win South Carolina, a state that should be in his wheelhouse, he’s not going to come close to winning enough delegates to secure the nomination. But he could win enough to change the game. In theory, Bush dropping out should be good for Rubio, since supposedly the establishment supporters will largely switch to Rubio. The conventional wisdom seems to be that as the field narrows, Rubio will plausibly pick up enough support to challenge Trump. I’m not sure I buy that. For all this talk about Trump’s “ceiling,” his support is shockingly broad: he does just about as well among moderates as among conservatives. While a significant number of Bush’s supporters will go to Rubio, I think a fair share will also go to Trump. Rubio, who has already survived one major debate gaffe, will also have issues dealing with Trump once Trump turns his full attention on him. Rubio is bad at going off script, and everyone knows it. Trump is always off script, and, whatever you think of his style, it’s working for him. I think it’ll be even easier for him to get Rubio off his game on the debate stage than it was for Chris Christie. As bizarre as it is, I’m more convinced than ever that Trump will be the nominee. My second guess is contested convention. My third guess is that Rubio manages to pull out a win, after which I guess Bill Clinton would have to give up that “Comeback Kid” title to him. ---
**Author:** ![wonky](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wonky/32/393_2.png) [@wonky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wonky)\ **Post date:** [February 21, 2016, 5:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trumps-republican-primary-campaign/729828/1972 "2016-02-21T17:48:39Z")
> [@Loopus](#): > > Rubio, who has already survived one major debate gaffe, will also have issues dealing with Trump once Trump turns his full attention on him. Rubio is bad at going off script, and everyone knows it. Trump is always off script, and, whatever you think of his style, it’s working for him. I think it’ll be even easier for him to get Rubio off his game on the debate stage than it was for Chris Christie. This is a good point. Bush was Trump’s #1 target much of the time, it seems (I didn’t really watch most of the debates). When Trump targets Rubio, that could be a big deal. ---
**Author:** ![wolfpup](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wolfpup/32/10618_2.png) [@wolfpup](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wolfpup)\ **Post date:** [February 22, 2016, 3:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trumps-republican-primary-campaign/729828/1973 "2016-02-22T03:58:52Z")
Having insulted the Pope, Trump has now moved on to speculating that Obama would have attended Scalia’s funeral [if it had been held in a mosque](http://talkingpointsmemo.com/livewire/trump-says-obama-might-have-attended-scalia-funeral-in-a-mosque). As usual, it’s hard to tell if Trump is that much of an idiot or if he’s just pandering to his idiot base, or if it’s both, given that 43% of Republican voters believe Obama is Muslim (cite is the same link). Considering the effort Trump devoted a few years ago to the birther theory, I’m afraid it’s probably both. ---
**Author:** ![SlackerInc](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/slackerinc/32/275_2.png) [@SlackerInc](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SlackerInc)\ **Post date:** [February 22, 2016, 4:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trumps-republican-primary-campaign/729828/1974 "2016-02-22T04:30:34Z")
I definitely don’t think Trump is that stupid, not at all. He is a showman, who lives off the approval of his followers, and he is providing them the bread and circuses they want. ---
**Author:** ![Fear\_Itself](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fear_itself/32/19637_2.png) [@Fear\_Itself](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fear_Itself)\ **Post date:** [February 24, 2016, 8:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trumps-republican-primary-campaign/729828/1975 "2016-02-24T20:43:02Z")
Speaking of his followers, here is more evidence the ones in South Carolina are that particularly vile [residue at the bottom of the gene pool](http://www.occupydemocrats.com/2016/02/24/20-of-trump-supporters-regret-we-freed-the-slaves-think-whites-are-superior-race-2/): [ul] [li]20% disagree with the Emancipation Proclamation that freed the slaves[/li][li]21% agree whites are a superior race[/li][li]70% wish the Confederate flag still flew above the statehouse[/li][li]33% want to ban LGBTQ people from entering the United States[/li][li]41% approve of banning non-citizen Muslims from entering the United States[/li][/ul] ---
**Author:** ![Hampshire](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hampshire/32/4887_2.png) [@Hampshire](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hampshire)\ **Post date:** [February 24, 2016, 9:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trumps-republican-primary-campaign/729828/1976 "2016-02-24T21:34:50Z")
> [@Fear\_Itself](#): > > Speaking of his followers, here is more evidence the ones in South Carolina are that particularly vile [residue at the bottom of the gene pool](http://www.occupydemocrats.com/2016/02/24/20-of-trump-supporters-regret-we-freed-the-slaves-think-whites-are-superior-race-2/): > > [ul] > [li]20% disagree with the Emancipation Proclamation that freed the slaves[/li][li]21% agree whites are a superior race[/li][li]70% wish the Confederate flag still flew above the statehouse[/li][li]33% want to ban LGBTQ people from entering the United States[/li][li]41% approve of banning non-citizen Muslims from entering the United States[/li][/ul] You’ve got to remember that these are just simple folk. These are people of the land. The common clay of South Carolina. You know… morons. ---
**Author:** ![Lobohan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lobohan/32/79_2.png) [@Lobohan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lobohan)\ **Post date:** [February 24, 2016, 10:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trumps-republican-primary-campaign/729828/1977 "2016-02-24T22:11:39Z")
> [@SlackerInc](#): > > I definitely don’t think Trump is that stupid, not at all. He is a showman, who lives off the approval of his followers, and he is providing them the bread and circuses they want. Trump is an old white guy. I personally know an old guy who was formerly sane, who has in the last decade or two become a seething idiot by virtue of consuming RW media and round-the-clock FOX News. He was formerly in med school, but switched to get a masters in chemistry. He’s very, very knowledgeable. But because of the information he’s getting in, and the way it’s presented, he’s sure Obama is trying literally to ruin the country and imprison conservatives. Trump could easily think like that. He’s a silver-spoon dilettante, who honestly never actually worked a hard day in his life, and thinks he knows everything because of his successes. He’s probably just another old man, convinced the current generation is stupid and lazy, who’s been deluded by the RW misinformation factory. Now, I do think he’s pandering for the hooples, sure. But you don’t bloviate about the President’s birth certificate unless you think its actually got merit. Not if you want the vast majority of the rest of America to respect you. ---
**Author:** ![Fiveyearlurker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/da6949/32.png) [@Fiveyearlurker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fiveyearlurker)\ **Post date:** [February 24, 2016, 11:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trumps-republican-primary-campaign/729828/1978 "2016-02-24T23:14:16Z")
In the “you can’t make this shit up” department, Romney has called on Trump to release his [tax returns](http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/mitt-romney-donald-trump-tax-returns_us_56ce1eabe4b0bf0dab30a506). ---
**Author:** ![Alzarian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@Alzarian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Alzarian)\ **Post date:** [February 25, 2016, 1:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trumps-republican-primary-campaign/729828/1979 "2016-02-25T01:34:44Z")
No Mr. Romney - you don’t get to play that card. Pathetic. So, I’m curious as to whether all of the Republicans who signed the pledge back in August to endorse the eventual nominee will stand by their pledge, or if we will see certain of them choose to break their pledge if Trump is the nominee. So far, not a one of them has indicated any plan to break the pledge, even after all that Trump has said, so we’ll see… ---
**Author:** ![SlackerInc](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/slackerinc/32/275_2.png) [@SlackerInc](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SlackerInc)\ **Post date:** [February 25, 2016, 1:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trumps-republican-primary-campaign/729828/1980 "2016-02-25T01:38:34Z")
I don’t think they can do that unless they are retiring from Republican politics. ---
**Author:** ![Lord\_Feldon](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lord_feldon/32/341_2.png) [@Lord\_Feldon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lord_Feldon)\ **Post date:** [February 25, 2016, 10:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trumps-republican-primary-campaign/729828/1981 "2016-02-25T10:40:35Z")
What happened to Sarah Palin? She did like two events and disappeared. Did she flake out or was she too off-message for even someone like Trump? ---
**Author:** ![Einstein\_was\_a\_Hippie](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/e99b99/32.png) [@Einstein\_was\_a\_Hippie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Einstein_was_a_Hippie)\ **Post date:** [February 25, 2016, 11:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trumps-republican-primary-campaign/729828/1982 "2016-02-25T11:05:20Z")
> [@Lord\_Feldon](#): > > What happened to Sarah Palin? She did like two events and disappeared. Did she flake out or was she too off-message for even someone like Trump? I don’t know, but Trump just said that he had a list of 17 potential running mates and he has whittled that down to 5 now. He didn’t hint at who any of the names were. I don’t think Palin would be a good choice given the level of ridicule and scrutiny the media has laid on her. ---
**Author:** ![Gyrate](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gyrate/32/3588_2.png) [@Gyrate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gyrate)\ **Post date:** [February 25, 2016, 11:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trumps-republican-primary-campaign/729828/1983 "2016-02-25T11:15:30Z")
No candidate of either party will choose a running mate that will pull focus from them, and that goes a million times over for Trump. And Palin is a focus-puller in the worst way. ---
**Author:** ![running\_coach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/running_coach/32/15836_2.png) [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)\ **Post date:** [February 25, 2016, 12:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trumps-republican-primary-campaign/729828/1984 "2016-02-25T12:24:45Z")
> [@Lord\_Feldon](#): > > What happened to Sarah Palin? She did like two events and disappeared. Did she flake out or was she too off-message for even someone like Trump? She preemptively quit. 😃 [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trumps-republican-primary-campaign/729828.md?page=98) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trumps-republican-primary-campaign/729828.md?page=100)