Subject: Re: Beltway Insiders
From: "Hunter Biden" <[email-masked]>
To: "Alexander S. Mackler" <[email-masked]>
Cc: "Eric Schwerin" <[email-masked]>
Date: Sat, 8 Aug 2015 11:16:13 -0400

What's more important to Ailes- MK or ratings. Who gets more ratings for a political debate - MK or Donald Trump?

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> On Aug 8, 2015, at 11:13 AM, Alexander S. Mackler <[email-masked]> wrote:
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> Amazing. Though even I think the comments about Megyn Kelly may be the beginning of the end for Trump. Can't go after Ailes' princess. 
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> ASM
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>> On Aug 8, 2015, at 9:22 AM, Eric Schwerin <[email-masked]> wrote:
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>> If this doesn't prove that Beltway insiders don't know what they are talking about and have no understanding of the GOP base I don't know what does. 
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>> Republicans Think Carson Did the Best
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>> August 8, 2015By Taegan Goddard7 Comments
>> A new Gravis Marketing poll finds more Republicans thought Ben Carson did the best at the first GOP debate this week with 22% saying he won, followed by Donald Trump at 19%, Marco Rubio at 13%, Jeb Bush at 10%, Mike Huckabee at 9%, John Kasich at 8%, Ted Cruz at 7%, Scott Walker at 7%, Rand Paul at 3% and Chris Christie at 2%.
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>> THE POLITICO CAUCUS
>> GOP insiders: Donald Trump is biggest loser
>> Insiders thought it was a rough debate night for the billionaire businessman and rated Jeb Bush and Marco Rubio as the winners.
>> By KATIE GLUECK 8/7/15 4:36 AM EDT
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>> POLITICO Illustration / AP Photo
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>> Donald Trump’s first presidential debate was a disaster.
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>> That’s the assessment of Republican insiders in this week’s POLITICO Caucus, our weekly bipartisan survey of the top strategists, activists and operatives in Iowa and New Hampshire. They offered their reactions immediately after watching Thursday’s 9 p.m. prime-time debate in Cleveland.
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>> Story Continued Below
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>> Forty-four percent called the controversial real estate mogul the biggest loser of the evening, critiquing everything from his refusal to rule out a third party run, to perceived misogynistic comments to his acceptance of single-payer health care in other countries.
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>> “Trump is an egomaniacal thug and everyone who never watched The Apprentice now knows that, too,” an Iowa Republican charged.
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>> “What was his worst response: third party, chauvinism, single-payer, or bankruptcies?” railed a New Hampshire Republican, who like all participants was granted anonymity in order to speak freely. “His limited number of supporters can’t look the other way on this stuff forever.”
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>> “Trump came across as peevish in his refusal to support the victor of the primary process,” said another New Hampshire Republican. “As a Republican I was proud of all the candidates on the platform with the exception of Trump.”
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>> ALSO ON POLITICO
>> The GOP debate: 7 takeaways
>> GLENN THRUSH
>> Trump, who went into the debate as the highest-polling candidate in the field, has dominated headlines for weeks, sucking up oxygen from other candidates and forcing fellow presidential hopefuls to take positions on some of his more controversial statements concerning issues such as illegal immigration.
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>> Democrats have reveled at the unsettling effect Trump has had on the GOP field, and sought to equate his views with those of the Republican Party. So it was perhaps not surprising that more than a third of the Democrats who are POLITICO Caucus participants named him as the winner of the debate, noting that he was the center of attention in every respect— given his rank in the polls, he even stood at the center podium.
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>> “This was supposed to be the debate where the Trump was pushed out, instead he got more air time, more often got the last line, and was the most entertaining person on stage,” gloated a New Hampshire Democrat, who like all participants responded through an online survey. “Tomorrow he will be the candidate every American is talking about. And years from now the 2016 election will be remembered as the start of Hillary Clinton’s first term and that time Donald Trump owned the GOP debates.”
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>> Among Republican insiders, Trump’s refusal to rule out a third-party candidacy left a bad impression, raising questions about his commitment to the party and its conservative principles.
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>> “Not committing to support the eventual nominee should send chills through the GOP,” an Iowa Republican warned.
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>> “He proved many folks’ worries that he’s all about himself and not the conservative cause when he didn’t close the door on a 3rd party run,” said another Iowa Republican.
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>> For some Democrats, the distaste was too much to bear, even if many separately thought his rise in the polls might benefit Hillary Clinton.
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>> ALSO ON POLITICO
>> Dems get their 'food fight'
>> GABRIEL DEBENEDETTI
>> “Finally they put Donald Trump into context and his ignorance became glaringly apparent…frankly I had to run out of the room every time he opened his mouth,” a New Hampshire Democrat said.
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>> Read more: http://www.politico.com/story/2015/08/politico-caucus-republican-debate-donald-trump-biggest-loser-121146.html#ixzz3iEI88IzS
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>> Eric D. Schwerin
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