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发帖数: 61690 | 1 Among the block walkers was John McGrath, a high school junior from
Arlington, who had already knocked on 70 doors for Trump that afternoon,
flipping five voters toward Trump from candidates such as Marco Rubio and
even Bernie Sanders, he told me. While he’s not old enough to vote in his
state’s primary on Tuesday—he will turn 18 just before the general
election in November—this isn’t McGrath’s first time going door-to-door
for a candidate. Back in 2014, he knocked on doors for Gov. Greg Abbott, who
endorsed Cruz last week. From a military family, McGrath liked what Trump
had to say about keeping the country safe. And after eight years of the
Obama administration, he said, he would never support a one-term senator.
McGrath handed me five Trump yard signs to carry, as he thumbed his phone
looking for his next possible convert. As we went from house to house, the
Trump RV circled the block like an ice cream truck, hawking not Klondikes or
Orange Dreams but a candidate who would, according to a 6-point platform
printed in red-lettering on the side, “Destroy ISIS” and “Protect the 2nd
amendment.” (At one point, I even saw a boy with a slack-jawed grin chase
after the vehicle.) And instead of blaring creepy music, signs on the RV
trumpeted the importance of voter turnout: “Vote Tuesday March 1.”
Not more than three houses in, McGrath won the block-walking lottery: An
undecided Republican voter opened the door, a kindly middle-aged woman who
didn’t immediately shoo him away. McGrath’s eyes widened.
“What’s your biggest issue?” he asked her.
“I’m not too sure if he’s the right man or not,” she said about Trump.
“I’m not too positive, and I’m a Republican. I’m just weighing the goods
and bads and stuff.”
“I do want to tell you, out of the top three guys that are left—Trump,
Rubio and Cruz—he’s the only one that’s actually been in charge of a lot
of money and a lot of people,” McGrath said, writing off Ohio Gov. John
Kasich and neurosurgeon Ben Carson, who will also appear on his state’s
ballot on Tuesday. “He has the executive experience to be the guy. Now, I
understand that maybe you don’t like his character, he’s created jobs.”
She hadn’t mentioned anything about not liking his character; it was an
unforced error. He and a fellow volunteer worked the woman for another few
minutes, but couldn’t get a commitment.
“The excitement is there,” McGrath said, as he headed to the next house.
“We just need to turn people out.”
Read more: http://www.politico.com/magazine/story/2016/02/donald-trump-texas-2016-ted-cruz-213689#ixzz41bW1QJ7D | T*********I
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