Politics The Elephant in the room...The GOP today

All Trump had to say was, "I would expand the Border Patrol and made sure they had the resources they needed and share intel with local law enforcement and intelligence agencies. I would help Mexico fight crime in their own country so their criminals don't make it into the US. I would look at the trade agreements with Mexico and negotiate some improvements that would be in the best interest of both countries. And we will punish illegal immigrants who come to this country and commit crimes by putting Sharif Joe in charge of a Federal Penitentiary in the Arizona desert."

Is it really that hard?

Now, Trump probably looked at the polls and saw that Rubio and Jeb would be getting the Republican Latino vote anyways, but still, learn to be a little more passive aggressive.

 

I dont think Rubio will be getting much of the Latino vote after he ran away from the immigration reform bill he helped write (as one of the bi-partisan "gang of eight") then voted against after he got push back from the Tea Party.

 

Not the Latino vote as a whole, but the small subset of Republican Latinos who are glad that the immigration bill failed. That think that the poor migrant Latinos are making their lives harder because they have to put up with racist stereotypes.

I'm just not sure how the GOP will figure out how to handle that in the general election.

 

The more I watch Trump rise in the polls, the more I think (despite my best efforts at denial) about Rob Ford. Populists have a way of sneaking up the middle.

 

Trump will never, in a million years, reveal is financials. There is zero worry about him a serious candidate long term

 

Do you really think blue collar America is worried about seeing his financials or tax returns? They want to be successful and to win the game like Trump has. Trump just needs to sell the "American Dream".

I am much more concerned about the sneaky Upper Midwest conservative republicans that will be controlled by special interests yet try to keep the majority of people happy. While screwing up things behind the scenes trying to implement a secret agenda to screw over Democrats. Like Walker, Kasich, Snyder...

 

It's not about wanting to see his financials. It's about him legally HAVING to disclose his financials

 

If he thinks he has a chance of winning he will.

 

Is he required to disclose?

 

Yes.

Ethics in Government Act, one of those post-Watergate laws, requires candidates for all federal office to file an Office of Government Ethics financial disclosure form.
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Donald Trump has entered the fray of Republican Presidential candidates with all the grace of a bully doing cannonballs and belly flops at the local swimming pool,” said Barry Blitt about his cover for next week’s issue. “I’ll certainly be watching the first televised debate, just around the corner, on August 6th. Trump never fails to provide hours of slack-jawed amazement.”
Cover Story: Barry Blitt’s “Belly Flop” - The New Yorker

 

With Boehner quitting has the GOP started to circle the drain?

 

Surely, you jest. Rank-and-file voters will barely notice. Given gerrymandering in place, Republican control of the House is secure through 2022, and Democrats are faced with the extraordinarily difficult task of winning the White House for the third consecutive time.