“The Donald” Might Start His Own Party Post November 8th
I just read that Paul Ryan and Donald Trump did their very best to alienate each other — again. And while the polls cannot make up their minds as to how much Mr. Trump is trailing Mrs. Rodham Clinton, it seems kind of sure to me that even the narrowest gap cannot be overcome without the GOP fully supporting its own candidate from finances and data to infrastructure and ground-game.
I also read frequently that Mr. Trump does not like to lose. So if he could blame his loss on the GOP-Establishment citing their attacks on him, would he? If he could tell a story of the GOP not reaching out to the millions of voters whom he opened up to it and lead to the polling stations the first time ever or in at least 30 years, would he?
No matter if he can unite 35 percent or 44 percent of votes behind him on election day: He has substantial support in many communities, counties and all over the USA. If we consider half of them loyal to him and his agenda, but moreover fed up with party establishments on both sides of the aisle, would they defect once and for all the GOP and follow him?
Wouldn’t his ego, and the story he needs to create post an election loss, actually force Donald Trump to prove that he is right? Isn’t a loss with lukewarm support from the GOP forcing him to start a Third Party?
“Make America Great Again” translates nicely into The Great American Party!
A GAP between The People and politicians, who pump voters through the voting booths using billions of campaign dollars, is the sad truth of America in 2016. And only very hardcore supporters of Mrs. Rodham Clinton can ignore that both Mr. Trump and Mr. Sanders did succeed on small budgets and huge hearts of their supporters. Mrs. Clinton meanwhile is running an old-fashioned campaign backed by large donations.
The Great American Party could turn into a force to reckon with! Based on loyal Trump supporters, both new voters and disgruntled GOP voters and adding some Tea Party members and those Republicans the GOP Establishment is probably going to single out for supporting Mr. Trump, this new Party might have a reach of 18 percent. If alienated working-class voters can be won from the Democrats, then seats on Capitol Hill might get in reach. And it could happen by mid term elections already!
Sure, the GAP might suffer from Mr. Trump treating it as “his” party. But if he sees it as his ultimate revenge tool, as the pain to hurt Republicans and Democrats alike, even after his death (yeah, for a big ego you have to chose some bigger dimensions), then letting it have some freedom from its founding father might be something within his ego!
Probably, just probably the GOP is much more §§§§§§§ with the candidate it has, than its Establishment actually wants to see? And no, there is no reason for Democrats to celebrate! Even German newspapers in all their fanatic support for Mrs. Clinton do acknowledge that her sympathy ratings are close and below those of George W. Bush.
And since America could forgive Bill Clinton his womanizing, George W. Bush his alcoholism, then why should it not forgive Chris Christie the closing of a bridge when he runs for Presidency in 2020 as the candidate of The Great American Party?
I usually write about Marketing, E-Business, Customer Experience or disruptive topics but can not resist politics at times. Other stuff I wrote is about
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