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I think that one reason he does so well is what I like to call the Trump Cycle, which seems to be:

1. He says something bold and controversial.

2. He inspires some sort of negative reaction from someone that really reveals more about the person having the reaction than Trump.

3. Trump calls the reacting party on it, thereby giving voice to some forbidden thought that we all are thinking and we know we’re not supposed to say.

4. The reacting party that thought they could just silence him with some small investment of time and emotion finds him/herself in a full blown psychological struggle with Trump, and its evident to everyone watching that they’ve got more than they bargained for, and they will likely loose.

5. There is a moment where everyone thinks Trump may get slapped down this time.

6. Trump ends up making the reacting party look stupid somehow.

7. Trump gains in the polls.

8. Rinse and repeat.

You called that one correctly. What everyone has to realize is that Trump PLANS it to be this way. Like the guy or not (and he’s easy not to like, I’ve been watching The Ego for the better part of 30 years), the guy is a brilliant businessman - even his failures work out pretty well for him.

I’ll be honest: I’m for Cruz. I thought that when Trump was considering a run that he was a clown, and wished that he wouldn’t run. Now, however, after quite a number of weeks of him goring every ox out there, I’m quite impressed. He is winning me over - not because he is a doctrinaire conservative, because he is anything but that, but because he has big brass ones and not only doesn’t care what others think of him, he relishes the combat. He is, in short, a winner by personality type and experience. He will, if nominated, win the Presidency. He will, if President, negotiate well for this country and assure that we end up on top. These things are CRITICALLY important.

The political class as a whole has failed for upwards of 50 years - failed to represent us, failed to protect our liberties, failed to guard the product of our labor, failed to protect our nation and vital interests, failed to keep its promises...heck, they have failed to even MEAN TO KEEP the promises. We need to take that dirty old carpet out of the house, hang it up on the clothesline and beat the living $hit out of it before bringing it back in - and Trump is already rolling it up and starting to bring it outside.

No one is perfect, not in life and not in politics. Trump certainly qualifies in both areas. But what he says, he means and usually does. He sees what is going on and is scared to death of continuing business as usual, knowing that a dramatic reversal is necessary to save this nation from decades of socialism/communism, if not actual destruction by the likes of Obama, the Clintons, the Bushes, and the rest of the political class. I’ll do as Reagan advised, take 70% of what I want in politics, be happy and run away with it. Trump will provide the 70%, and if he has Cruz at his side that number may be higher.

Just my $0.02.