Clown Time Is Over as Trump Crumples

RealClearPolitics ^ | September 22, 2015 | Toby Harnden, Washington bureau chief of The Sunday Times.

[2ndDivisionVet]

Donald Trump is not going to be the leader of the free world. That was the reality check delivered to the reality TV star when he was subjected to a pounding in last week’s Republican debate at the Ronald Reagan presidential library.

A summer of bombast from the bumptious billionaire had led to his anti-immigration rhetoric and populist demagoguery lifting him to the top of all the Republican party polls. The debate in Simi Valley, however, brought him crashing back to earth.

By the time the dust had settled, Carly Fiorina, the former chief executive of Hewlett-Packard and the widely proclaimed victor of the debate, was in the lead in a Voter Gravity poll in New Hampshire, edging out Trump by four points.

The property magnate, who had looked deflated and remained uncharacteristically silent for almost 40 minutes at one point during the three-hour CNN debate, then stood accused of racism.

Trump was flummoxed when a questioner at a rally in Rochester, New Hampshire, called President Barack Obama a Muslim — and failed to correct or challenge him....

[Undecided 2012]

I live in Texas and can see LaRaza Ricky backing Bush too especially that he went against Cruz with Dewhirst.
I can actually see LaRaza Ricky running for Cruz’s seat when Cruz wins this thing

[Travis T. OJustice]

Sounds like a “Dewey Defeats Truman” kind of moment for the writer.

[major-pelham]

That had to be CW

[Maris Crane]

Real Clear Politics sucks. They take outlier polls and incorporate them so that they last forever and don’t give a clear picture...if polls can be believed at all.

Can’t figure out why they are so widely quoted.

[Peter ODonnell]

All women knew what Trump meant — horse-face.

So?

[fortheDeclaration]

They sure keep wishing don't they!

What they don't understand is that the only two candidates that are acceptable are Trump and Cruz.

Carson is a joke.

[fortheDeclaration]

Cruz isn't winning this.

He doesn't have the weight to run for President.

[pgkdan]

this is a joke!

[Califreak]

Oh well, looks like I’ll have to give up and vote for ¡Jeb!/.

[nascarnation]

Can’t figure out why they are so widely quoted.

Cable/sat tv and internet are hungry for news.

40 years ago there were 3 networks doing 30 minutes a day each and a few national newspapers.

Now there are basically unlimited minutes and pages to fill with info.

[Lumper20]

I agree. A number of forum articles today are really the kind that makes one wonder “who the hell reads this?” However, you never know.

[60Gunner]

What color is the sky in Toby’s world?

[Maris Crane]

My opinion is, that it is faulty information.

Now that I think of it, that’s about all we get anyway.

[Maris Crane]

My opinion is, that it is faulty information.

Now that I think of it, that’s about all we get anyway.

[Maris Crane]

Sorry for the double header.

[1Old Pro]

Terrible writing combined with lousy content.

[Lopeover]

Methinks you protest too much, Toby. Just a reminder, why we hate the you & the consultant class media & why we love Trump! ...“Democrats have opened our borders to all manner of horrific Third World violence, crime, and disease. The GOP has supported and endorsed this vile activity every single step of the way. Trump has tapped into the fury of the American people over the unrelenting anti-American NWO push of our paid employees in government. Trump could win this on this one issue alone. Americans are tired of being betrayed by their government on both sides of the aisle.”... On top of that now they (Democrats & establishment GOPe) are planning to accept illegal Moslem moochers & pedophiles from the Middle East! Only A few are real Syrian refugees. And oboobie says they don't have to assimilate. So STOP writing your miserable hit pieces on Trump because you are not influencing anyone. 👹

[Bringbackthedraft]

#45, that had to be one big watermelon.

[longtermmemmory]

look at the poll numbers.

Two establishment hacks quite and their votes go to jbush which puts him in the lead.

Fiorina gives 10% or so
Rubio gives a few more

[The Iceman Cometh]

Was listening to Rush, and this very very low informational gal gets up there, and cries about Trump pushing Walker out of the race and Rush being behind it.

I heard this gal who cried about Scott Walker being the only true conservative in the race.

She then said she like Fiorina. Her credibility went right in the toilet.