Breaching boundaries on race, Donald J. Trump is voicing the bewilderment and anger of whites who feel disempowered and attracting students tired of watching their words.
Dozens of interviews suggest that the passions aroused by Mr. Trump take many forms, from earnest yet muddled rebellion to deeper bigotry.
I think his appeal is based more on class than race. He is appealing to working class voters who feel like they have been left behind. It is interesting that the Times would suggest that these people are bigots. I think many of them are rank and file labor union members who don't like trade deals. It is typical of liberals to call their political opponents bigots while ignoring the blatant religious bigotry that motivates radical Islamist.
Trump's push back against the forces of political correctness has been surprisingly popular. This is a rebellion against liberalism and the speech police that comes with it.
Liberals are the ones bewildered by the success of his appeal, as well as more traditional conservatives.
My personal view of Trump is that he tends to be an incoherent jerk. He too often confuses insult for logic and argument. He tends to alienate voters and potential supporters he needs. When meeting with reluctant Republicans he tends to call them "losers" rather than asking what he can do to help them win.
Washington Post: Some Democrats eye adding more justices to the Supreme Court to change its ideological bent The once-remote idea has gained the attention of liberals angered by the GOP push to remake the federal courts. Probably the easy way to defeat this court-packing scheme is for Trump to propose doing the same thing now. It would lead to Democrat denunciations and claims that it would be wrong, thereby blowing up any attempt by them in the unfortunate event of Democrats winning a presidential election.
Conn Carroll: A new survey of 368 midsize to large companies found that 29% of them are considering terminating their active employee health care plans when Obamacare is full implemented in 2014. Only 71% of employers surveyed said they did not expect to drop their health coverage, while 20% said they did not know and 9% said they were planning to exit. The latest survey, conducted by Towers Watson, echoes an ealier survey by McKinsey & Co. finding that 30% of private-sector employers were planning to drop their employee health insurance coverage by 2014. When the Congressional Budget Office crunched Obamacare's spending numbers, they estimated that only 7% of employees currently covered by employer-sponsored plans would lose their plans. ... This means the cost of the health care fiasco will be hundreds of billions more than estimated by the CBO and Congressional Democrat. It is also clear that Obama's pledge that you could keep your health care plan if you wanted t
James Robbins: ... Bin Laden suggests that President Bush should allow Zarqawi’s body to be returned to his family in Jordan, but this is a matter that is up to the Jordanian government, which so far has not shown much interest in facilitating a homecoming. Bin Laden mocks King Abdullah II, calling him a Coalition minion, and asking “w hat scares you about Abu Musab after he’s dead? You know that his funeral, if allowed to happen, would be a huge funeral showing the extent of sympathy with the mujahedin.” A large crowd would definitely turn out, though most people would be on hand to demonstrate their anger and disgust. Last November’s hotel bombings in Amman , masterminded by Zarqawi, are still fresh in people’s memory, and mentioning them to Jordanians has the same visceral impact as memory of the 9/11 attacks does here. Jordan has adopted a zero-tolerance policy towards those who choose to mourn the country’s least favorite son, and four opposition members of parliament who paid con
For Resentful Whites, Trump Delivers Words of Resistance
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