… due to birther pressure, health issues, or because he’s come to believe the moon men will turn him into a toad, it opens up the opportunity for another Dem candidate to repudiate his policies….

This would make the 2012 general election tougher for the GOP.

In short, be careful what you wish for, birthers… you might just get it.

Mew

in a field that is either not particularly well known (TPaw, Daniels, etc) or not well liked or polarizing (Newt, Palin, Romney, etc). Add that to the fact that he blusters well and you’ve got his numbers.

What you don’t have is any substance at all.

As far as him being a birther, and here I’m going to assume you approve, let’s say Obama wasn’t born in the US. What course of action is appropriate? Should he be impeached, and if your answer is yes, where do you get 67 votes in the Senate? Heck, where do you find the votes in the House? What do you do?

With regard to Trump on issues, let’s call his business experience “executive experience”, what does that look like? See NRO…

• He has four business bankruptcies in 1991, 1992, 2004, and 2009 — canceling $1.3 billion in debt the last time alone.
• The only reason he survived bankruptcy was that he was “too big too fail” for his bankers.
• Trump is a protectionist who made billions gaming some of the most corrupt and politicized real-estate markets in the world.

So how about his core believs, again from NRO…

• Discussing his religious beliefs, he volunteered, “I think the Bible is certainly, it is the book. It is the thing.” That sounds more like a Larry King blurb than a declaration of faith. And can you just feel the passion when asked how often he attends church? “As much as I can. Always on Christmas. Always on Easter. Always when there’s a major occasion. And during the Sundays.”
• Trump explained last week, “I have a great relationship with the blacks. I’ve always had a great relationship with the blacks.” … That may be true. But how will “the blacks” feel after the DNC starts distributing excerpts of Trumped, an unofficial biography by a former employee who writes that his old boss hated having a black accountant because “laziness is a trait in blacks,” and, “The only kind of people I want counting my money are short guys that wear yarmulkes every day.”
• On universal healthcare: “We must have universal healthcare. Our objective (should be) . . . to find an equivalent of the single-payer plan that is affordable, well-administered, and provides freedom of choice.”
• On the big three: “I think you should have the Big Three. I think, frankly, they should do dip financing. I think the government should stand behind them 100 percent.”
• On a Constitutional Right to Privacy: “I guess there is.” When the reporter suggested this view didn’t “square” with his pro-life stance, Trump retorted: “What does that have to do with privacy? How are you equating pro-life with privacy?”
• From The Hill on why the US has financial problems: The real estate mogul, who’s mulling a run at the presidency next year, said it’s not those domestic policies — but the actions of foreign entities like China and the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) — that are at the root of America’s fiscal woes. … “You know how you do it? By stopping what’s going on in the world,” Trump told MSNBC on Monday, describing his deficit-reduction strategy. “The world is just destroying our country. These other countries are sapping our strength. OPEC is sapping our strength. We can’t pay $108-a-barrel oil. It’s sapping our country.”
• On Medicare & Paul Ryan: “I’m very concerned about doing anything that’s going to tinker too much with Medicare. I protect the senior citizens,” Trump said. “I think Paul Ryan is too far out front with this issue.”

OK, that’s the result of about fifteen minutes of research on one site (NRO). I didn’t even have to work for these little gems. Frankly I thought one of the NRO authors hit the nail on the head when he said “Trump is the Republicans Al Sharpton.

Given some face time when people are paying attention and Trump will be gone.

Its funny, i never mentioned if i agree with Trump’s positions or even mentioned the birther thing, All i did was say Trump is being direct, clear and bold and that Americans are starving for that style.

Yet this brief analogy brought on lots of emotion which I think proves my point. Good or bad, agree or disagree, like him or not, unlike many of the other GOPers Trump does evoke emotion.

Thanks

Joe

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_5MrfrhWP_w

He is a threat if he runs independent, but knowing Trump, he’ll milk it for all its worth and not run in the end.

I wish our candidates had more of his style, I believe it would resonate very much in this climate.

However, I posted before, candidates have to be themselves. Look at what happened to Jindal during his response speech after he listened to media consultants, he didn’t come across genuine. I warned of the same for Pawlenty trying to come across as bold, which can make him look a little phony. Be the best yourself you can be with your own style.

However, I think in this race we need someone with a natural legit style ala Trump, Christie, Rudy, Gingrich. They’ve all proven they can punch right back and make the gotcha media fold quickly. Note, I said their style, not endorsing any one of them at this time.

I’ll be interested to see how Perry fares in the media attacks on him.