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2016 Postmortem

stopbush

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2. The media is still looking for a horse race

Reply to onecaliberal (Original post)

Sat Aug 6, 2016, 11:02 PM

Aug 2016

and they will tout any positive about Trump to the hills.

It's like a football game with Trump trailing by 50 points. If he can run a single play without fumbling, the media is ready to award him 51 points and declare the race is back to neck-and-neck.

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Republicans can "handle" trump or hide him, they cannot change the fact [View all] onecaliberal Aug 2016 OP

if you tell him NOT to do or say something, he DOES it because he is an ass! Chasstev365 Aug 2016 #1

The media is still looking for a horse race stopbush Aug 2016 #2

They claimed 2008 and 2012 were a toss up too Doctor Jack Aug 2016 #4

I believe his "unorthodox" campaign tricked a lot of people early on Doctor Jack Aug 2016 #3

Trump realized that the media turned primary season into a "reality" show unblock Aug 2016 #5