The Real Shape of the Race

The Weekly Standard ^ | February 15, 2016 | Stephen F. Hayes

[AllAmericanGirl44]

Agreed. I feel a flood of Trump ‘hatoraid’ coming on today. Same posters taking turns tossing up thread after thread of the same old garbage.

Too bad the real world is moving on and things are heating up fast.

I find it fascinating that Trump so well in Iowa in light of the endless onslaught thrown at him for 6+ months.

[caww]

That so called onslaught Trump actually seeks and creates....he’s not the least bit concerned about bad press as long as the camera’s and interviews are in his face along with his followers....from episode to episode. That’s what entertainers do and are.......

[txhurl]

bttt

[Mamzelle]

And what have you done, Steve, that I’d give a flip what you have to say?

[Mamzelle]

Doesn’t it frost you that they think nobody can speak both English and Spanish but Elites?

[Georgia Girl 2]

Know this Stephen Hayes is a total GOPe tool. He is angling for Rubio.

[DoughtyOne]

I like your sailing metaphor.

[DoughtyOne]

His success refutes your perception.

[DoughtyOne]

I agree.

[MIA_eccl1212]

What frosts me is the blind support for a guy who doesn’t use his real name, wasn’t born in the USA, and up until two years ago (or less) was a citizen of another nation. He won’t even stand up and fire the guys in his own campaign who promulgated a lie about Carson quitting in a naked attempt to subvert and allocate his supporters the day of the caucus for their man Rafael.

[zerosix]

We both hope to achieve the same things - toss out these awful trade agreements that reward other countries at the expense of our greatest workers in the world; get the freeloaders out of our country once and for all no matter who they are, if they're here, they're breaking our laws and fire any government worker who signs up the same people for government benefits; and begin the difficult process of closing shutting down government agencies that steal our rights and liberties.

This process will (1) take time and determination, and (2) require no "deals" with Congress, no crossing the aisle and working with "our friends!"

If anyone is interested to keeping "good relations" or "working together" means simply, screwing the taxpayers!

Another item I'm demanding is ridding the U.S. of Obamacare, ridding us of any and all of Obama's executive orders that are totally illegal and toss out Obama's non-treaty treaties, charge Congress with attacking all so-called "laws" that are clearly illegal and do not pass Constitutinal muster!

I think our only disagreement is who's best equipped to make this happen.

I'm happy to count on Ted to do it as he just wiped out his closest competition in "Ethanol Iowa" with a popular Governor stumping against him (the Gov's son is employed by the Ethanol industry) and also against Trump who promised to not Ethanol subsidies but double the take by the lobbyists and the industry!

I'm all about eliminating ALL subsidies and as Ted says, all this is, is the government winners and losers!

Bob Dole had nothing kind at a all to say about Ted, in fact, Dole, my once upon a time Senator was made a multimillionaire because of Ethanol subsidies lobbiest kickbacks!

I know Ted will take the mean names, slings and arrows, he's been doing it since he hit DC!

Donald, not so much!

[zerosix]

I have and they describe him accurately!

[DoughtyOne]

Yes, but two Corinthians. Damn it, TWO CORINTHIANS!!!

What the H is wrong with you?

TWO CORINTHIANS!!!!

/s

[Baldwin77]

Cruz’s 500% increase in H1B visas is a deal breaker for me.

We’ll see if Trump lets them back in. I say he won’t.

[Cincinatus' Wife]

There are reasons a conservative voter might prefer Cruz to Rubio. Cruz has demonstrated a willingness to challenge the calcified structures of the establishment and to continue doing so despite scorn heaped on him not only from the New York Times but also from fellow Republicans. It's a necessary quality for a president who would serve as a disrupter of the broken status quo in Washington. Rubio may have it, and in his advocacy of entitlement reform we've seen hints of it. But with Cruz, we know.

[AllAmericanGirl44]

Miss caww, you are most certainly entitled to view things the way that makes sense to you.

I haven’t the time or energy to go round and round with you, your mind is made up and so is mine.

Thanks

[Jim Noble]

It’s time to hoist the black flag and start slitting throats.

GO TRUMP!

[Georgia Girl 2]

Marco Rubio is a little popinjay who has zero credentials to be President. We might as well elect somebody’s 13 year old Nephew. He can’t even hack it in the Senate. He has quit his job but still takes the paycheck. The only legislation of any import the guy has been associated with is the Gang of Eight amnesty. He’s a nothing burger, and needs to go back into private law practice where he will do well.

With Cruz you get a fairly known quantity. He’s a typical politician but if he gets the chance and his donors don’t squawk about it he will stand up once in awhile. If Cruz got elected things would become somewhat better but the illegals wouldn’t be deported and his tax plan is a disaster for small business. I don’t think the Congress would pass it anyway. But if I had to choose between Rubio and Cruz I take Cruz all day long.

Since I don’t have to choose I take Donald J. Trump. :-)