MMC
05-05-2016, 05:13 PM
Unless the #NeverTrump people have been hiding a mad scientist with a DeLorean in a warehouse somewhere and haven’t gotten around to telling anybody, Donald J. Trump is now the certain Republican nominee for president of the United States. True to form, having learned nothing from their yearlong string of overconfident and embarrassingly wrong predictions about voter behavior and preferences, the D.C. pundit class has already proclaimed him a general election loser.
Not so fast. For the handful (http://i2.cdn.turner.com/cnn/2016/images/05/04/rel6b.-.2016.general.pdf) of polls that have Trump losing by double digits, there’s one or two that foretell a much closer race. And if enough major chips fall the tangerine billionaire’s way, he may get his shot at repainting the White House metallic gold. Want to know if you should join Lena Dunham on a house-hunting trip (http://thehill.com/blogs/in-the-know/in-the-know/277611-lena-dunham-promises-to-move-to-canada-if-trump-is-president) in Canada? Here’s a month-by-month guide of the signs of a looming Trump victory.
MAY-JUNE
Sign #1: Bernie Sanders keeps winning primaries, while Trump eggs him on.
Sign #2: #NeverHillary Takes Off.
Sign #3: No other prominent Republican is accused of conspiring in the Kennedy assassination.
Sign #4: Trump hires campaign veterans.
Sign #5: The Third Party effort languishes.
JULY-AUGUST
Sign #6: Trump targets the Rust Belt.
Sign #7: Trump’s vice presidential pick is not a complete, mismanaged disaster.
Sign #8: Hillary Clinton stays the course.
Sign #9: FBI-email scandal grows, or the mainstream media takes Juanita Broaddrick seriously.
SEPTEMBER-OCTOBER
Sign #10: Trump overperforms in first debate with Clinton.
Sign #11: Polls show Michigan or Pennsylvania in play.
ELECTION WEEK
Sign #12: Someone (Ivanka?) changes Trump’s Twitter account password.
Read more: http://www.politico.com/magazine/story/2016/05/donald-trump-2016-signs-he-will-win-213870#ixzz47p1uYlbC
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What say ye?
Not so fast. For the handful (http://i2.cdn.turner.com/cnn/2016/images/05/04/rel6b.-.2016.general.pdf) of polls that have Trump losing by double digits, there’s one or two that foretell a much closer race. And if enough major chips fall the tangerine billionaire’s way, he may get his shot at repainting the White House metallic gold. Want to know if you should join Lena Dunham on a house-hunting trip (http://thehill.com/blogs/in-the-know/in-the-know/277611-lena-dunham-promises-to-move-to-canada-if-trump-is-president) in Canada? Here’s a month-by-month guide of the signs of a looming Trump victory.
MAY-JUNE
Sign #1: Bernie Sanders keeps winning primaries, while Trump eggs him on.
Sign #2: #NeverHillary Takes Off.
Sign #3: No other prominent Republican is accused of conspiring in the Kennedy assassination.
Sign #4: Trump hires campaign veterans.
Sign #5: The Third Party effort languishes.
JULY-AUGUST
Sign #6: Trump targets the Rust Belt.
Sign #7: Trump’s vice presidential pick is not a complete, mismanaged disaster.
Sign #8: Hillary Clinton stays the course.
Sign #9: FBI-email scandal grows, or the mainstream media takes Juanita Broaddrick seriously.
SEPTEMBER-OCTOBER
Sign #10: Trump overperforms in first debate with Clinton.
Sign #11: Polls show Michigan or Pennsylvania in play.
ELECTION WEEK
Sign #12: Someone (Ivanka?) changes Trump’s Twitter account password.
Read more: http://www.politico.com/magazine/story/2016/05/donald-trump-2016-signs-he-will-win-213870#ixzz47p1uYlbC
Follow us: @politico on Twitter (http://ec.tynt.com/b/rw?id=bKDyiUp9mr3OhNab7jrHcU&u=politico) | Politico on Facebook (http://ec.tynt.com/b/rf?id=bKDyiUp9mr3OhNab7jrHcU&u=Politico)
What say ye?