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In reply to the discussion: Someone please reassure me [View all]pampango
(24,692 posts)all-powerful and destroys all who come before him - except for Bernie, of course, who will drive him into the ground then plant a tree on top of him.
"Unofficially" I would say her chances are extremely good. The Donald has done quite well competing for votes in an essentially 'whites only' party. The world is about to change for him.
Perhaps he can adjust his racism, misogyny and xenophobia to appeal to a more diverse group. I am skeptical. There is a reason that most American do not belong to the 'whites only' party in which Donald has been competing so well. Many of them are not white. And many whites are not afraid of minorities and foreigners the way Donald's base seems to be.
Donald has laughed at the GOP 2012 post-mortem that stated that republicans cannot win a national election with a 'whites only' base of support. Donald seems to be saying, "We'll see about that. You can certainly still win the republican presidential nomination quite handily with a 'whites only' approach."
"Now I just need to keep scaring whites with the evil Mexicans, Muslims, Chinese and foreigners in general to increase the turnout of our white base. Then I need to attract enough liberals who, though they may be offended by my racism and misogyny, are attracted to my America First platform and don't like Hillary."
"And, of course, I need to run an incredibly nasty campaign. (What other kind is there? ) Nasty campaigns turn off infrequent voters. This favors republicans who always do well in low-turnout off-year elections because our white base shows up and votes."
Complacency in politics is as deadly as it is in love, war and most other aspects of life. Our chances look good but relaxing is something we should not do.