Trump Losing Momentum

[laurak]

https://www.washingtonpost.com/news...idates-four-pieces-of-bad-super-tuesday-news/

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Donald Trump can't close the deal. It sounds funny, but he can't. In the deep South, Trump was helped massively by early voting, because he consistently lost late-deciders. In Tennessee, just 21 percent of people who decided to vote "in the last few days" backed Trump, putting him third behind Cruz and Rubio. In Virginia, which Trump nearly lost, just 18 percent of late-deciders chose him. (That was in a heretofore unique situation where many liberal voters, seeing no close contest on their ballot, voted to stop Trump.) In just one of the states he won, Massachusetts, did Trump win late-deciders, and that was in a place that everyone else except Kasich had abandoned. (Trump won late-deciders 32-26 over Kasich.)

In every case, the late movement away from Trump cost him delegates. He missed out on a big delegate lead by falling just below 50 percent in Massachusetts. Rubio's late surge in Virginia muddled the delegate picture. Wednesday, Republican strategists are telling themselves that voters demonstrated how Trump could be brought down.

"This isn't a typical nomination fight, where the front-runner gains momentum from week to week," said Tim Miller, the former Jeb Bush communications director who Tuesday night joined the stop-Trump group Our Principles PAC. "He's losing momentum."

 

[AuH20]

I would hope so. He's been hit with everything, but the kitchen sink. He's survived hundreds of millions in dollars in negative radio ads, tv spots and robocalls. Any other candidate's campaign would be over by now.

 

[Chester Copperpot]

http://wpo.st/oTnH1

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Donald Trump can't close the deal. It sounds funny, but he can't. In the deep South, Trump was helped massively by early voting, because he consistently lost late-deciders. In Tennessee, just 21 percent of people who decided to vote "in the last few days" backed Trump, putting him third behind Cruz and Rubio. In Virginia, which Trump nearly lost, just 18 percent of late-deciders chose him. (That was in a heretofore unique situation where many liberal voters, seeing no close contest on their ballot, voted to stop Trump.) In just one of the states he won, Massachusetts, did Trump win late-deciders, and that was in a place that everyone else except Kasich had abandoned. (Trump won late-deciders 32-26 over Kasich.)

In every case, the late movement away from Trump cost him delegates. He missed out on a big delegate lead by falling just below 50 percent in Massachusetts. Rubio's late surge in Virginia muddled the delegate picture. Wednesday, Republican strategists are telling themselves that voters demonstrated how Trump could be brought down.

"This isn't a typical nomination fight, where the front-runner gains momentum from week to week," said Tim Miller, the former Jeb Bush communications director who Tuesday night joined the stop-Trump group Our Principles PAC. "He's losing momentum."

did you keep this account in hiding for 8 years just to out trump now?

 

[laurak]

did you keep this account in hiding for 8 years just to out trump now?

Yes, you caught me.

 

[laurak]

I would hope so. He's been hit with everything, but the kitchen sink. He's survived hundreds of millions in dollars in negative radio ads, tv spots and robocalls. Any other candidate's campaign would be over by now.

I agree with you on all the hit jobs thrown at him.

 

[Chester Copperpot]

he is revealing the duplicity of the GOP... Instead of supporting a "Republican", people are seeing clearly that they are intent on only supporting a particular type of "Republican"...

My friend whos been an avid FOX defender for years... last night I said "FOX has seen a 50% drop in their brand since beginning of the year."

His response, "Fuck them if they dont want to tell the truth."

Unprecedented.

 

[CaptUSA]

He's survived hundreds of millions in dollars in negative radio ads, tv spots and robocalls.

But he's benefitted from billions upon billions of dollars worth of free advertising. I'm not sure any opposition could withstand that - not to mention one that is disjointed and contradictory.

 

[Ronin Truth]

Yeah, he'll for sure drop out before Iowa.

 

[hells_unicorn]

So let me get this straight, Trump wins 7 states compared to Cruz's 3 and Rubio's 1, and he's "losing momentum"? Man, I'd hate to see what it would look like if Trump was "gaining" momentum. Their principle source is a former Jeb campaign person? The guy who never got better than 4th place in any state and lost Iowa to Rand Paul? Give me a break.

At this juncture, I'm having a hard time deciding whether Cruz or Trump would be the least terrible of the remaining candidates, and even with Cruz exceeding expectations, the fact that he lost 5 the so-called evangelical votes in deep southern states (South Carolina, Georgia, Tennessee, Arkansas and Alabama) I don't see anybody but Trump getting the nomination. When this shifts into winner-take-all, Trump will most likely mop up most of the remaining states and break the 50% threshold.

 

[Peace&Freedom]

But he's benefitted from billions upon billions of dollars worth of free advertising. I'm not sure any opposition could withstand that - not to mention one that is disjointed and contradictory.

Not free advertising, he brought them ratings. He earned the coverage via decades of branding and charismatic presence.

 

[Peace&Freedom]

So let me get this straight, Trump wins 7 states compared to Cruz's 3 and Rubio's 1, and he's "losing momentum"? Man, I'd hate to see what it would look like if Trump was "gaining" momentum. Their principle source is a former Jeb campaign person? The guy who never got better than 4th place in any state and lost Iowa to Rand Paul? Give me a break.

It appears many reporters and pundits have joined Democrats at the salad bar of rationalization.

 

[willwash]

Originally posted by Joseph Goebbels

If you tell a lie big enough and keep repeating it, people will eventually come to believe it.

 

[Crashland]

There would be more of an argument if Rubio and Kasich and Cruz has squeaked out victories in Virginia, Vermont and Arkansas. But even so, winning 7 out of 11 States is probably less than what most people would have predicted for Trump.

 

[thoughtomator]

Guy won more states than all his opponents combined in contests that were mostly supposed to be on a rival's turf, and came in second place in every state he didn't win.

Any claim of loss of momentum is ridiculous on its face. If it were anyone else they'd be calling him a clear front runner and that his opponents should drop out to unify the party behind the eventual nominee.

 

[Aratus]

the only state to be a total fluke is Minnesota, given that Donald Trump was in third place.
He tended to come in first in those seven states, and second in roughly four of them. Alaska
may be going to Ted Cruz, but the difference between 1st and 2nd is close. Other races were
as tight in places, Donald Trump can loose small increments of his momentum over the next
few weeks but he's built up a buffer zone of delegates that takes him damn close to victory.

 

[EBounding]

‘This Will Be The End Of Trump’s Campaign,’ Says Increasingly Nervous Man For Seventh Time This Year


As others have mentioned, the only way to stop him is if Rubio wins Florida and Kasich wins Ohio.

 

[Aratus]

I would hope so. He's been hit with everything, but the kitchen sink. He's survived hundreds of millions in dollars in negative radio ads, tv spots and robocalls. Any other candidate's campaign would be over by now.

is this today's cover for the NEW YORK POST? it may be an insta~collector's item! political memorabilia.

 

[Jan2017]

. . . "He's losing momentum."

losing momentum to who exactly ?

 

[01000110]

losing momentum to who exactly ?

It happens when something the size of Chris Christie latches on to you.

 

[liveandletlive]

he isnt losing jack squat...best these clowns can hope for is a contested convention.

its funny that the GOP for years claimed to want to expand the base....now Trump did. LOL, as the chinese say, cookie, be careful what you wish for.