Posted on 12/20/2015 5:35:51 AM PST by Helicondelta
There's something the chattering classes along the Acela Corridor don't want to say about Donald Trump: He's the overwhelming favorite to win the Republican presidential nomination.
For the Republican Party's conservative - in more ways than one - establishment, it's as if admitting that will make it come true. So instead, they squabble over who the "real front-runner is, whether it's Marco Rubio or Ted Cruz. Perhaps, the parlor wisdom holds, a dark horse like Chris Christie can overtake the field at the New Hampshire turn.
For the first few months, the Trump deniers - loud on national television, insistent on Twitter and ever-present in the nation's leading print and digital outlets - could be called wishful thinkers. With the primaries just around the corner, as many otherwise smart political analysts keep waiting, aching, for conventional order to be restored, it's time to call them what they are: delusional.
Trump is leading national polls by more than 20 points in a field with more than a dozen candidates.
He's sitting on a double-digit lead in New Hampshire, holds a 20-point edge in South Carolina and runs 27 points ahead of his nearest competitor in Georgia. Though he's probably going to lose Iowa's first-in-the-nation caucus to Cruz, who's leading in the polls there, Trump could finish a strong second.
He's first or near it in Nevada, Florida, Massachusetts, North Carolina, Missouri and Ohio. He's in the lead in nearly every state that has been polled. All those leads have held up after a dozen predicted collapses.
To anyone looking honestly at the hard numbers, Trump's lead in the Republican primary looks a lot like Hillary Clinton's in the Democratic primary. And no one is debating who will "really win" on the Democratic side.
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Trump debating Hillary will be amusing.
I think Trump will choose Cruz as VP. Although I don’t think Hillary will choose Sanders, she might.
It would be very amusing to see Cruz debate Bernie.
“... Donald Trump: He’s the overwhelming favorite to win the Republican presidential nomination.
For the Republican Party’s conservative — in more ways than one — establishment, it’s as if admitting that will make it come true....
...Trump is currently far better positioned to win the nomination than any other candidate. GOP leaders, and the pundits who repeat their arguments, can dance around that fact all they want. But they can no longer credibly deny it.
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The first statement about the Republican Party establishment being “conservative” is FALSE. But the 2nd part about Trump currently being well-positioned to win the nomination is TRUE.
He has lot of charm for the independent voter too.
‘Might as well face it we’re addicted to Trump’.....ehehehe
Or is that song all lawyered up in copyrights too?
It would be very amusing to see Cruz debate Bernie.
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As it would be to see Ted in an assigned role of “attack dog” against the carefully sheltered Hillary.
Charles Krauthammer bet $35 on Trump ........ that’s grudging realization
All of these polls showing Hillary beating Trump are Cr*p.
Trump wins the GOP nomination, then the GOP loses the general election. At least 8 more years of DNC fascism.
Despise the Hellary immensely but I must say she does fairly well on the debate stage.
Thank God for the makers, the producers, the construction workers and the garbage collectors. They provide much more tangible value to our nation than legions of writers, bloggers, journalistas.
Makers, producers, blue collar work-a-day citizens are content to toil in obscurity, taking satisfaction in the tasks they accomplish, the things they make and independence and freedom they enjoy, by virtue of a job well done.
The chattering class produce nothing and are only content when they can draw attention to themselves. They quickly learn that the attention they seek comes when they disrupt, disturb and create discontent.
I would like to see garbage collectors and construction workers be payed liked “journalists” and visa versa.
The DNC knows that Trump is the leading horse since they kept trashing him last night in their debate. Give them what they fear the most.
Not just now but from day one.
Trump debating Hillary will be amusing.
We’re living a nightmare from 1995. Hillary Clinton might really become POTUS.
The American people are a total disgrace.
Bread and Circus.
All of these polls showing Hillary beating Trump are Cr*p.
Well, I don’t see her winning. The economy is headed for the abyss and the Isis threat is not going away.
She will not have the same turnout among blacks and hispanics that Obama had.
I was reading a few stories on Yahoo News involving the election and in the comments sections there were many more against Hellary than for her-—sometimes by very wide margins. FWIW
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