by MIKE FLYNN, 25 Jan 2016

“The election is not about ideology, not about issues, it’s about insurgency,” noted Democrat pollster Pat Caddell told Breitbart News Network editor-in-chief Alexander Marlow.

Appearing on the Sunday edition of Breitbart’s radio show on Sirius XM 125 the Patriot Channel, Caddell gave his take on the state of the Presidential race.

With voting set to begin with the Iowa caucuses next week, Caddell’s take is a must-listen for those closely following the nomination contest in both parties. A veteran of Presidential campaigns stretching over four decades, Caddell has had a front-row seat at many political defining moments in recent history.

For Caddell, the 2016 election is about voters revolting against Washington and the political classes that have dominated government and policy in recent years. “The system is on the verge of coming apart,” Caddell noted. “The politicians in Washington aren’t going to be able to put the genie back in the bottle.”

Most Republican campaigns have been left flat-footed in response, according to Caddell. He places the blame squarely on Republican party consultants, coming out of DC and the Republican National Committee, misunderstanding the mood of voters.

“They have less feel for the electorate than the man in the moon,” Caddell observed.

Caddell noted that the only two Republican candidates who have not hired or surrounded themselves with national Republican consultants are Donald Trump and Sen. Ted Cruz. Scott Walker, he said, surrounded himself with consultants out of Washington and out of the RNC and they immediately destroyed his candidacy.

The remaining candidates, he said, have listened to their consultants and have relied on out-dated messaging and strategies and have spent millions of dollars to no appreciable effect.

“Mike Murphy has spent millions taking Jeb Bush from 17 percent [in the polls] to 4 percent,” Caddell said.

The same sclerosis is plaguing Sen. Marco Rubio’s campaign, according to Caddell. Although Rubio has done very well in the debates, Caddell said his campaign “doesn’t move.” He attributes this to the fact that Rubio’s campaign is “run by the Romney people.”

for more:
http://www.breitbart.com/big-government/...y-not-ideology/

Quote: algernonpj wrote in post #3

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I would rephrase to: The insurgency is all about ideology: the ideology that the government ought to be run for the elite collectivists and the ideology that the US ought to be run for the benefit of the citizenry.

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