Jonathan Allen
Former Chief Political Correspondent
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It’s awful that Coulter’s perpetuating terrible stereotypes about Jewish people, and she should have apologized for it. But the biggest reason for conservatives to stop listening to her is she simply doesn’t grasp a fundamental piece of GOP politics.
The paradox there — Democratic officials swinging in line behind Clinton even as Sanders is showing strength in polling — speaks both to the skill Clinton’s demonstrated as an inside political player and the edge that gives her in the primary.
Many Democrats believe that the party was too pliant for the elder Bush brother in the wake of the terrorist assault, ceding important ground on both policy and politics.
Trump attacked Obama and the media and then said Obama has been terrible for Christians in the country — essentially reinforcing the idea that Obama is not Christian.
That’s a good place to be in a Republican primary.
Trump still has to clear the nuclear-temperament bar with many Republican primary voters — and with some of the candidates who have pledged to endorse him for president if he’s the nominee.
The point Clinton’s team is trying to make is that Republicans are bickering over issues that aren’t as important to people’s daily lives as the ones she’s talking about. That’s read meat for Democratic primary voters.
None of them could take down the bully of the presidential primary schoolyard alone, but they ganged up on Trump and got their licks in Wednesday night. It was the moment the Republican field turned on Trump.
There’s a lot to keep an eye on — including Jeb Bush’s energy level, Ben Carson’s moment in the spotlight, and Planned Parenthood versus the federal budget.
Trump has captured the essence of Reaganism: It’s about nostalgia — a future that feels a lot like an imagined utopian past.