tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3856837.post5942635104094213267..comments2023-10-24T09:06:30.200-04:00Comments on No More Mister Nice Blog: YOU CAN'T MAKE THE FEVER BREAKSteve M.http://www.blogger.com/profile/11963290427258439242noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3856837.post-71871665356752055072016-04-07T11:40:49.145-04:002016-04-07T11:40:49.145-04:00When Goldwater went down to defeat, I'm sure p...When Goldwater went down to defeat, I'm sure people were saying the same thing. "That's the last we"'ll see of this extremist wing of the GOP." 10 years later, Ronald Reagan is President. Cruz losing by any margin will have zero effect on the right wing.Professor Chaoshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07983291640844939759noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3856837.post-75122208646294845472016-04-07T11:40:42.069-04:002016-04-07T11:40:42.069-04:00When Goldwater went down to defeat, I'm sure p...When Goldwater went down to defeat, I'm sure people were saying the same thing. "That's the last we"'ll see of this extremist wing of the GOP." 10 years later, Ronald Reagan is President. Cruz losing by any margin will have zero effect on the right wing.Professor Chaoshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07983291640844939759noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3856837.post-55550221584112776382016-04-07T10:51:00.141-04:002016-04-07T10:51:00.141-04:00Conservatism cannot fail, it can only be failed.Conservatism cannot fail, it can only be failed.brother yamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11680958644952778991noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3856837.post-11772062145664077342016-04-06T18:39:20.708-04:002016-04-06T18:39:20.708-04:00"If he can fool enough moderates"
I ca..."If he can fool enough moderates" <br /><br />I can't think of a single presidential election since I became aware of their existence where the so-called "moderate vote" is more of a Bigfoot than this one. Pew polls and exit polling from the primaries that use ballots are showing the most polarized general electorate since modern polling started. It's a mighty source of discouragement to conduct Americans-on-the-street civics pop quizzes, but at a certain point, surpassed way before we get to the numbers associated with presidential elections, not just presidential but all a lot of other national office elections tend to approach crowd-sourcing, thereby rendering sampling almost entirely irrelevant. And in such dynamics, what happens is a sort of political equivalent of herd immunity, where even the sliverish "moderate" vote aren't open to buying what the Canadian-born Jesus-fellating extremist a-hole is peddling.<br /><br />Indeed, the whole 'go extreme to your party base' in the primaries, then shift towards the center in the general dynamic is awfully dubious in this information saturated age. In the days of the party-controlled nomination process, only a tiny sliver of the population was even remotely aware of what was said intraparty, so what was said after the conventions were thru was almost entirely what the average schmooe with any interest at all had to go on. Today we have stored videos going back into the 1960s and easily serachable databases of newspaper articles and profiles extending back a quarter century, to when the likes of Cruz were still sucking for judicial clerkships.<br /><br />Plus, I actaully think the difference between animating the Dem base to come out strong as a prophylactic against a Cruz presidency is not materially more difficult than knocking off Trump, tho it will require somewhat different messages and tools. IMO Cruz is EASIER to portray as an existential danger to America than was Goldwater.Feud Turgidsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05379322096770703017noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3856837.post-74855336324618398152016-04-06T16:01:06.366-04:002016-04-06T16:01:06.366-04:00If Bill wants him, then Cotton's screwed!If Bill wants him, then Cotton's screwed!Victorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06609452382111686086noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3856837.post-78360541230633524702016-04-06T15:38:14.678-04:002016-04-06T15:38:14.678-04:00Oh, it'll absolutely be Cotton in 2020. Bill K...Oh, it'll absolutely be Cotton in 2020. Bill Kristol wants him on the ticket this year.Steve M.https://www.blogger.com/profile/11963290427258439242noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3856837.post-50043797697691371942016-04-06T14:56:28.396-04:002016-04-06T14:56:28.396-04:00In 2020 or 2024, look for Sen. Tom Cotton to be th...In 2020 or 2024, look for Sen. Tom Cotton to be the GOP nominee.<br /><br />He's plenty wingnutty enough both politically and religiously!<br />And he's a veteran, and very young.<br /><br />Plus, he's a traitor, since he tried to scuttle Obama's, Clinton's and Kerry's Iran deal. That alone, makes him a Wingnut hero for the ages!<br /><br />No, I doubt that I'll see "Peak Wingnut" in my lifetime.<br />These psycho's keep spring out like mushrooms, all over the country.<br /><br />Of course, mushrooms are smarter and more empathetic!<br />And as fungi, they're far more fun than the conservative guy's and gal's!!! Victorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06609452382111686086noreply@blogger.com