Trump has managed to find a base so stupid that he can say and do anything and they’ll keep right on supporting him.
If you think 1 person has cornered the market on stupid, talk to Bernie Sanders, ask him how he feels about being cheated by his own people.
😉 (a wink in jest)
Joking or not, it’s not a valid comparison. Sanders “base” were not thrilled when he was doing things like endorsing Hillary. Trump’s base would just keep cheering him no matter what.
Just to make sure, are you insinuating Trump’s base would still cheer him if he endorsed Hillary? I thought most of his campaign was run on the fact that he wasn’t Hillary.
I think it’s certainly arguable. There are multiple parallels between the '08 and '16 primaries. One of course is that the Democratic primary was truly settled by Super Tuesday, but the losing candidate kept going on all the way to the end because of the size and devotion of their following. The other, less frequently discussed factor was that once it was clear Clinton was faltering in 08, her campaign staked quite a lot on aiming for the same, er, let’s say “demographic appeal”, that Trump’s campaign later capitalized on–disaffected white working class voters in the south and upper midwest. They both ran on a “not Obama” platform in that sense, and it wouldn’t take much for an '08 Hillary voter in that demographic to jump to a '16 Trump voter–or jump back, especially if Trump dropped out due to losing to a candidate perceived as a racial minority.