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Home Front: Politix
Five reasons why campaign cash is rolling in for Trump and even Goldman Sachs is forecasting victory
2019-04-16
[American Thinker] Here's something to give the Trump-hating left some heartburn, from Axios:
The Trump campaign told the AP on Sunday that it raised more than $30 million in the first quarter of 2019, bringing its total cash on hand to $40.8 million.

Why it matters: The AP notes that this is "an unprecedented war chest for an incumbent president this early in a campaign," especially with the Republican National Committee also raising $45.8 million in the first quarter ‐ bringing the pro-Trump effort's total cash on hand to $82 million. 99% of donations were $200 or less, with an average contribution of $34.26.

Massive money amounts. Tiny dollar increments. For every $100 check, there were probably a dozen $5 checks based on an average like that. It spells massive grassroots support. The deplorables are roused.

Axios thinks it's because President Trump started his fundraising early. I am sure it was an advantage, and good leaders always plan ahead.

But more likely, other factors, far more painful for leftists to accept, are at work:

One, the Trump economy is spectacular. After being ignored and patronized for decades by Republican and Democratic presidents alike, workers are now in charge of the job market under President Trump's policies and leadership, seeing an array of jobs before their eyes. Not only do they now have jobs after a long, long drought, but they have their choice of jobs. The jobless numbers are at record lows, and it extends well into the disadvantaged groups in the job market, who always see less ‐ blacks, Hispanics, women, handicapped people, ex-convicts. They're all seeing record-low unemployment. That's empowerment unlike anything a welfare "program" can hand out. It's also reason enough to re-elect anyone. Free-market economics works every time you try it.

Two, the Democratic clown car of candidates keeps driving ever more crazily. The now twenty-some Democrats seeking to unseat Trump are all offering extravagant new government programs as a substitute for jobs, in an amazing array of virtue-signaling flavors. They're all selling the same socialism, yet the only contest between them is to see who can be more socialist. They're also running on identity politics, with Democratic leaders blatantly manipulating these cookie-cutter socialists in a bid to present just the right black-woman-gay-Latino-Asian combination for the Trump-toppling vote. Already Democratic voters themselves seem to be resisting that cynical packaging, because the top Democratic candidates, according to the polls, are all white males ‐ Bernie Sanders, Beto O'Rourke, undeclared Joe Biden, and Pete Buttigieg. Something is falling flat for the puppetmasters.
Posted by:Besoeker

#5  ..from what I see, it looks like a family business. At least in their favor, they appear to be competent. I think we may have found our Vespasian.
Posted by: Procopius2k   2019-04-16 18:07  

#4  I am on Trump's email list. He has a hyper active fund raising effort. But the emails don't just ask for money, they ade full of news about issues, places to go online that are Trump friendly sites, congressmen to call about this or about that, surveys about decisions Trump made.

These emails are aggressive in not supporting the pubs or the dims. They are a means of building a new hyper-active Trump political organization.
Posted by: Ebbavirt Clunk4147   2019-04-16 14:02  

#3  Now it has its own Teevee show!

With very poor acting.
Posted by: Besoeker   2019-04-16 10:59  

#2  The Dems keep digging - searching for the Oak Island treasure. I remember reading about that 40-50 years ago. Now it has its own Teevee show!
Posted by: Bobby   2019-04-16 08:58  

#1  Much of what Goldman Sachs says (or does, just ask the Greeks) is a contrarian signal.
Posted by: Clem   2019-04-16 07:03  

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