In Death, Antonin Scalia May Yet Deny Donald Trump the GOP Nod
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« on: February 16, 2016, 08:33:11 PM »
« edited: February 16, 2016, 09:01:36 PM by Likely Voter »
Anyone think this op-ed might be on to something?

In Death, Scalia May Succeed in Blocking Trump

By Melinda Henneberger
Posted at 10:11 a.m. on Feb. 15, 2016

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« Reply #1 on: February 16, 2016, 08:36:35 PM »
It's true, but his supporters won't care. There is virtually nothing he can do that will make them not like him at this point.
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« Reply #2 on: February 16, 2016, 08:44:29 PM »
Even if Scalia hadn't died, I don't see how Trump would have grown his support much past what he has now. Conservatives and evangelicals are far too opposed to his candidacy.
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« Reply #3 on: February 16, 2016, 08:46:18 PM »
Quote from: whitesox130 on February 16, 2016, 08:44:29 PM
Even if Scalia hadn't died, I don't see how Trump would have grown his support much past what he has now. Conservatives and evangelicals are far too opposed to his candidacy.

Are they enough to deny him the nomination? 
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« Reply #4 on: February 16, 2016, 08:49:07 PM »
Imagine the pressure this writer must have felt to get this op-ed to press before Trump wins South Carolina by 20.
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« Reply #5 on: February 16, 2016, 10:38:40 PM »
Quote from: Frodo on February 16, 2016, 08:46:18 PM
Quote from: whitesox130 on February 16, 2016, 08:44:29 PM
Even if Scalia hadn't died, I don't see how Trump would have grown his support much past what he has now. Conservatives and evangelicals are far too opposed to his candidacy.

Are they enough to deny him the nomination? 
Yes. I think it's safe to say (at least at this point) that absent a major change in Trump's rhetoric, there is very little room for his support to grow.
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« Reply #6 on: February 16, 2016, 11:14:38 PM »
Come on guys. Even Nate Silver might be finally realizing that Trump isn't going to crash and burn tomorrow.
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« Reply #7 on: February 16, 2016, 11:27:18 PM »
I support Trump because I trust him to reward his Evangelical endorsers with a pro-life candidate. He still needs to be re-elected.
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« Reply #8 on: February 17, 2016, 05:33:38 AM »
"We're totally going to support Trump, but now that Scalia had died..."

Seriously...
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« Reply #9 on: February 17, 2016, 07:13:26 AM »
Quote from: whitesox130 on February 16, 2016, 10:38:40 PM
Quote from: Frodo on February 16, 2016, 08:46:18 PM
Quote from: whitesox130 on February 16, 2016, 08:44:29 PM
Even if Scalia hadn't died, I don't see how Trump would have grown his support much past what he has now. Conservatives and evangelicals are far too opposed to his candidacy.

Are they enough to deny him the nomination? 
Yes. I think it's safe to say (at least at this point) that absent a major change in Trump's rhetoric, there is very little room for his support to grow.

The same was said when he was at 20% nationally...
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« Reply #10 on: February 17, 2016, 07:51:32 AM »
Quote from: Phony Moderate on February 17, 2016, 07:13:26 AM
Quote from: whitesox130 on February 16, 2016, 10:38:40 PM
Quote from: Frodo on February 16, 2016, 08:46:18 PM
Quote from: whitesox130 on February 16, 2016, 08:44:29 PM
Even if Scalia hadn't died, I don't see how Trump would have grown his support much past what he has now. Conservatives and evangelicals are far too opposed to his candidacy.

Are they enough to deny him the nomination? 
Yes. I think it's safe to say (at least at this point) that absent a major change in Trump's rhetoric, there is very little room for his support to grow.

The same was said when he was at 20% nationally...
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« Reply #11 on: February 17, 2016, 08:24:12 AM »
Again...



Trump's numbers resemble Mitt Romney's in 2012. People think that he means he has a tight ceiling because conservatives won't support him. That could not be further from the truth.
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« Reply #12 on: February 17, 2016, 08:33:42 AM »
Guys, the man accused the last Republican president of being responsible for 9/11 and that he knowingly lied the country into war, and his numbers barely budged.
Snap out of your fantasy about a random development dooming his candidacy.
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