“I think Donald Trump is a pragmatic sort of populist and who tell people anything in any moment that he wants them to hear, if he thinks that it`s going to be to his advantage, that everything is going to reset in the general election, assuming that he is the nominee, and I think it will be interesting to watch how many people feel betrayed or conned with the game he played with the Republican Party at this point.” PeopleIfsThinkingWantFeelsMomentsGamesInterestingPartyWatchesTrumpRepublicanAdvantageElectionAssumingRepublican PartyBetrayedPragmaticPopulistResetGeneral Elections Author:Ben Domenech
“In America we're seeing the emergence of Donald Trump, who's the anti-establishment candidate, if you will, who's bucking all the conventional political wisdom on the basis of the fact that so many Americans feel that they've been left behind by the political system and that it's working to entrench advantage by insiders, rather than advantage the people of that country.” PeopleIfsFeelsCountryFactsAmericaPoliticalLeftBehindsSeeingTrumpAdvantageBasesCandidatesEstablishmentConventionalLeft BehindPolitical SystemsEmergenceInsidersPolitical Wisdom Author:Cory Bernardi
“But take the Russia issue. You open up the convention, and you have got a report that the Democratic Party has been hacked by the Russians, e-mails, the e-mails of the Democratic Party, which is a headline and words that you don't want, if you're Hillary Clinton's campaign.And Donald Trump immediately takes the story and basically steps on the advantage he has and say, well, the Russians, who am I to tell [Vladimir] Putin? You know, the Russians ought to come in and continue to hack our - and find out where the e-mails are.” IfsKnowsWantWellsHas BeensStoriesPartyStepsIssuesOughtTrumpAdvantageDemocraticClintonCampaignsRussiaReportsConventionsMailDemocratic PartyPutinHeadlinesHacksHacked Author:Mark Shields
“China is illegally dumping steel in the United States and Donald Trump is buying it to build his buildings, putting steelworkers and American steel plants out of business. That's something that I fought against as a senator and that I would have a trade prosecutor to make sure that we don't get taken advantage of by China on steel or anything else.” StatesUnitedUnited StatesTakenBuildingTrumpAdvantageTradePlantChinaBuyingSenatorsSteelProsecutorTaken Advantage Author:Hillary Clinton
“[Donald] Trump`s campaign, the Republican National Committee and state parties employ just 1,409 staffers in 16 states. So, nearly for the one, democratic advantage in human resources, the big question now is, how well does that turn out machinery work for democrats for Election Day?” HumansWellsDoeStatesBigsTurnsPartyTrumpRepublicanResourcesAdvantageElectionDemocraticDemocratCampaignsCommitteesMachineryHuman ResourcesElection DayBig Questions Author:Chris Hayes
“If [Donald] Trump throws 20 million off of health care, that's going to be - if he handles this badly - and it's very hard to handle it right, then that's a - a huge advantage in the mid-terms for us.” IfsHardCareTermMillionsHugeTrumpAdvantageHandleHealth CareHard To Handle Author:Van Jones