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Originally Posted by peter12
Unfortunately, semantics games matter in politics. Trump's strategy is as stated above, to expose the hypocrisies and failings of the Republic coalition strategy. Social science exclusively uses the past to make projections. In this case, the electoral coalition that elected Reagan and came out of the Goldwater disaster no longer exists. This is why platform is not nearly as important as you, or CroFlames are making it out to be. In fact, I can't really think of any platform that would be effective for a Republican candidate at this stage in the game. None of them are virtuous enough to create one that is believable.
Sanders so-called platform is just a re-appeal of the FDR legacy of the party.
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I agree with you about Sanders attempting to garner a similar appeal to FDRs legacy, but I don't know how you can write that Trump is attempting to, "expose the hypocrisies and failings of the Republic coalition strategy" with a straight face.
He's a bullwark for the GOPs serious candidates to spare them the lightning rod attention they would otherwise be receiving from the media were Trump not in the running.
Trump gets media exposure and financial gain from this exercise, in exchange, the American Media doesn't get an opportunity to run down the serious candidates the GOP is hoping to groom and field.