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Message: <blockquote data-quote="farmerbyron" data-source="post: 2836568" data-attributes="member: 4953">Trump is the establishment candidate at this point.<a href="http://www.redstate.com/2016/01/08/donald-trump-gop-establishments-candidate-iowa/" target="_blank">http://www.redstate.com/2016/01/08/donald-trump-gop-establishments-candidate-iowa/</a>The secondary reason is that their objection to Trump is not based on anything that Trump stands for to the extent we can presume to know what that may be but rather on aesthetics. Trump is in their social circle. They go to the same parties. They play golf together. They belong to the same clubs and are boards of the same philanthropies. Trump is quintessential establishment. What they dont like is his public (I say public because Ive never met Trump and certainly never been around him in a private setting) persona. They dont like his populism. They dont like his seeking the adoration of the mob rather than ruling the mob. But, push come to shove, he is one of them, they are convinced they can deal with him because he really doesnt have any guiding principles above self-interest. In other words, they are Trump but with better public manners.</blockquote>