Re the Southern Baptist guy Trump is slamming on twitter in response to his criticism. Trump attacking him will ensure a lot more Southern Baptists see it. That isn't a centralized denomination. People go to their churches and don't see or hear of anything else from the denomination. Unless an idiot makes an issue of it.
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Trump brilliantly exploited every weakness in politics and media culture to secure the Republican nomination. He and his supporters inside and outside the media deserve a ton of credit for what they accomplished. And what they accomplished was winning the Republican nomination with a not-that-impressive plurality of the vote. In so doing, and thanks to running against a candidate who actually posed a threat to the establishment, entrenched lobbyist types and other D.C. top dogs signed on with Trump.
According to exit polls in various states, those not on the Trump Train include evangelicals who attend church most regularly. Other evangelicals seem to be fine with him. But for people who attend church the most regularly — and those would likely be the same evangelicals who know who Russell Moore is and who respect him — Trump’s antagonism was boneheaded.
“Among evangelicals, Trump has a net favorability rating of -38 percent, according to a recent survey by Barna Group,” Christianity Today reports. The Washington Post had a story this weekend headlined, “‘There’s nobody left’: Evangelicals feel abandoned by GOP after Trump’s ascent.”
Contrary to a popular myth, more evangelicals showed up to vote for Mitt Romney than John McCain, the two most recent Republican candidates for president. But the GOP candidate can hardly win by turning them — and their enthusiasm — away. What a missed opportunity to build bridges with the evangelical community still terrified by the prospect of a Hillary Clinton presidency.
What a missed opportunity to build bridges with the evangelical community still terrified by the prospect of a Hillary Clinton presidency.
Having said all that, Trump’s campaign strategy seems to be to reach out not to conservatives so much as liberals. He made news for reacting defensively to Speaker of the House Paul Ryan’s request for assurance he’d run as a principled conservative. The Washington Post has a story headlined “ How Donald Trump is running to the left of Hillary Clinton” that details all of the overtures Trump has made to liberals recently. Whether it’s on foreign policy, the economy, or opening restrooms to people of the opposite sex, Trump is running far outside the Republican Party and in some cases to the left of the Democratic frontrunner.
At the same time, Clinton is courting Republican voters who don’t find Trump acceptable. She’s defending Carly Fiorina from Trump’s sexist attacks on her. She’s reaching out to Republican donors. It’s a simple rule of politics to avoid pushing voters away while someone else is asking for their support. Does he even want to win?
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A nasty guy with no heart!” is, unfortunately, a much better description of Trump’s current persona ....
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http://thefederalist.com/2016/05/10/3-reasons-donald-trumps-attack-on-russell-moore-failed/ |
