[smoothsailing]

[pgkdan]

Coming off President Obama’s massive failures, most recently his hugely dangerous appeasement of Iran (and funding of the terrorist regime), Americans hunger for Trump’s common sense approach, especially when coupled with his incorruptibility: Trump doesn’t need donors (let alone a foundation to function as money generating, influence-peddling machine), and when he says politicians are forever hitting him up for money, I can tell you he’s not exaggerating.

Well stated.

[MNJohnnie]

The things that resonates about Trump is he has proven leadership skills and he brings an outsider view.

For the last 30 years we have elected career politicians to DC. Career politicians see everything in terms of politics. They look for a political answer to any problem. We need someone who will look at the problem, listen to his advisers, then say “this is the right thing to do” rather then “this is the politically correct thing to do”.

For a change we need to send someone to DC who has the leadership skills to surround himself with good people, the habit of listening to the advice of those experts instead of his political advisers, and the backbone to make the tough decisions. We need someone to go to DC and say “this, this and this is nonsense, we aren’t doing that any more no matter what the Donor class says”

A career politician, being part of the party machine, is not even going to see those issues in that light. Instead he is going to see the politics of the issue. It just how they are wired.

[Parley Baer]

Two polls out today showing Jeb at 4% and 3% respectively. Trump at 31% and 32%. Carson at 16% and 18%.

[kingu]

I don't live in any fantasy world. Trump's a blue dog Democrat, which unfortunately puts him to the right of most of the GOPe. And honestly, while his policy papers released so far are extremely encouraging, I certainly expect him to sign legislation I'll never agree with.

And I'm sure he'll be infected with the ‘bipartisan’ bug - shorthand for doing what liberals want.

But my focus has been and continues to be the thousands of appointed positions that the president can put into place. Putting people who actually work and aren't the cousin of the speaker of the house or the wife of the chair of the ways and means committee, etc. Four years of no nepotism will likely have more effect on government departments than anything else, and will have a decade at least of carry on effects.

Will he be a good president if he wins the nomination and the general? Compared to what? Obama? Bush? I think the bigger problem is an infested congress and activist courts. That's the one dark mark I have on Trump; I'm less confident in his court appointments. But considering the alternatives - Bush, Rubio - hard to see either of them actually beating Clinton.

But one thing I've not really seen mentioned at all is why there's not really, at least that has popped up, any coattail effect on this national distaste for career Washingtonians - I've not really heard of many maverick congressional or senatorial runs to capitalize on the number of people who will be going to the voting booths to vote for Trump, Carson or on the other side, Sanders.

Is it just too early?

[Logical me]

Trump has a mission and that is to restore America to the greatness we once had. He is determined to resurrect the economy which America has lost. His fearless attitude on what should happen to the illegals. And one of the strongest is restoring the military and veterans benifits. There is no doubt that leadership is one of his strongest abilities and his honesty in telling what things are is beyond any of the other candidates. Trump for President.

[McGruff]

[Duchess47]

Great article.

[TheRightGuy]

ring the bell and they will salivate