With yesterday's decision by John Kasich to end his campaign, Donald Trump has no opposition, and will be the nominee of the Republican Party for this year's Presidential election. He's not the one I would have wanted to see, but when it comes to November, I'll have to vote for him, given the opposition.
Kasich's leaving was fore-ordained. After Ted Cruz left, Trump was sure to make the 1,237 delegates he would need, so Kasich had no chance to get a later ballot where he might get the nod. It was futile to continue.
My wife has a visceral feeling against Trump. She will be supporting Clinton — even, just yesterday, gave the Clinton campaign a small sum of money — though she has some misgivings about her. For me, I'm more negative about Clinton than she is, and more willing to give Trump a chance, so my vote is going to go the other way. And in this very blue state, it won't make much of a difference. Clinton will win it. But I'm hoping Trump turns the polls around. We certainly don't need four years of Hillary Clinton after eight years of Barack Obama.
Right now, this blog is not endorsing Trump. That will happen if and when he is nominated. But on the chance that some unpredictable event happens that changes the picture of an inevitable Trump nomination, I'm holding up on a formal endorsement.
Kasich's leaving was fore-ordained. After Ted Cruz left, Trump was sure to make the 1,237 delegates he would need, so Kasich had no chance to get a later ballot where he might get the nod. It was futile to continue.
My wife has a visceral feeling against Trump. She will be supporting Clinton — even, just yesterday, gave the Clinton campaign a small sum of money — though she has some misgivings about her. For me, I'm more negative about Clinton than she is, and more willing to give Trump a chance, so my vote is going to go the other way. And in this very blue state, it won't make much of a difference. Clinton will win it. But I'm hoping Trump turns the polls around. We certainly don't need four years of Hillary Clinton after eight years of Barack Obama.
Right now, this blog is not endorsing Trump. That will happen if and when he is nominated. But on the chance that some unpredictable event happens that changes the picture of an inevitable Trump nomination, I'm holding up on a formal endorsement.
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You know, I've been thinking Trump isn't the end. The optimistic side of me thinks he can lead to a revival of the moderate-progressive-liberal wing of the Republican Party. The party badly needs a new direction and it's been damaged over the decades by the marginalizing of moderates and liberals over the last 50 years. Not that it's all conservatives' faults, but they have not been tolerant to moderates in the last 20+ years.
Sure, the Democrats have lost their Blue Dogs over time too, but moderate Republicans are badly needed in this partisan era and ideological purity is a bigger problem for the GOP than the Democrats.
In case you're wondering how I found your blog, I got it from the Big Tent Revue website. I'm friends with the writer on Facebook. He posted about the Religious Freedom act passed in Indiana and hasn't done posted at all since that time in March 2015. He had some good stuff, but I think even in his facebook posts and some in the League of Ordinary Gentlemen, there was a lot of hostility given so he doesn't bother to post.
I like your posts!
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