“Donald Trump is a different ball of wax. I've been trying to say for I don't know how many months now that the traditional political playbook in destroying and attacking a political opponent is not gonna work on Trump, because Trump's connection with his supporters or his audience is far deeper and far greater than most voters' connection with a candidate that's very popular. Reagan had the connection.” KnowsTryingDifferentPoliticalAudienceKnow HowGreaterMonthsTrumpConnectionsBallsDeeperTraditionalOpponentsCandidatesVotersDestroyingSupporterAttackingVery PopularPlaybooksPolitical Opponents Author:Rush Limbaugh
“Remember, the conventional wisdom is, "Yeah, you can do this like [Donald] Trump has done it during the primaries, buuuut once you get to the general, it's not about national votes. It's about states! It's about swing states. It's about battleground states. And you've gotta have targeted expenditures, great ads running against your opponent in those swing states."” StatesDoneRunningRememberCan DoTrumpVoteYeahPrimariesOpponentsAdsSwingsConventionalExpendituresConventional WisdomBattleground Author:Rush Limbaugh
“The candidates unleashing heated words about race, bigotry, and intolerance. Donald Trump chasing the minority vote and hurling a blistering accusation at his opponent.” RaceTrumpVoteOpponentsCandidatesMinoritiesBigotryIntoleranceChasingAccusationHurlingUnleashing Author:Martha Raddatz
“When Donald Trump had all of his opponents, when he had critics in his party saying what you`re calling for in terms of deportation of all 11 million is not practical, it`s not plausible, some were saying it is not moral, why wouldn`t he make argument then?” TermPartyMoralMillionsTrumpCallingArgumentCriticsPracticalsOpponentsPlausibleDeportation Author:Steve Kornacki
“He [Donald Trump] hasn`t shifted on a lot of the things that he had in common with his Republican opponents.” CommonTrumpRepublicanOpponents Author:Michelle Goldberg
“Donald Trump has defied practically every playbook or blue book technique in dispatching an opponent.” BookTrumpBlueTechniqueOpponentsPlaybooksBlue Book Author:Rush Limbaugh
“From his moment of victory, a kinder, gentler Donald Trump - praise for the opponent he promised to jail.” MomentsTrumpVictoryPraiseOpponentsJailKinder Author:George Stephanopoulos