Posted on 08/25/2015 3:14:05 AM PDT by HomerBohn
The Republican Party elite dismissed Donald Trump as a joke candidate from the onset of his campaign, but average Americans are convinced that the billionaire businessman is the contender most likely to take the GOP nomination.
That’s according to a poll from Rasmussen, which found an astonishing 57 percent of likely Republican voters believe that Trump will win the party’s nomination. Just two months ago, only 27 percent of Republican voters felt Trump had a shot.
But it isn’t just Republicans who believe Trump has an edge over his fellow candidates. Forty-nine percent of all voters say that Trump will be the Republican choice, up from 23 percent.
The wealthy celebrity businessman continues to lead the Republican primary field, polling at 22 percent in the latest Real Clear Politics average. Following Trump are Florida Gov. Jeb Bush at 10 percent and retired neurosurgeon Ben Carson at 9 percent. Tied for fourth, with 7 percent each, are Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker, Sen. Marco Rubio of Florida and Sen. Ted Cruz of Texas.
According to a recent report in USA Today, Trump’s campaign team is currently working to “consolidate the leads he enjoys in Republican polls; then turn out enough supporters to win early state contests; then ride a wave of new and energized anti-establishment voters to the Republican Party presidential nomination and beyond.”
From the newspaper:
Whatever happens in the next six months or so, the New York-based billionaire has put his political stamp on the summer of 2015, and Republican opponents will have to deal with him one way or another, sooner or later. At this point, Trump has convinced a large cadre of volunteers that he can go all the way by stressing issues like immigration and trade and attracting potential voters who have sat out previous elections because they dislike traditional politicians.
Trump on Friday planned a massive rally in Alabama, an event seen largely as a move to secure support across the Deep South.
OK.. can I say something first?..
America, until the immaculated queer mulatto showed up, had two major agendas: the business of making money; the call of the missionaries.
With this Communist, the missionaries are being shouted down by a very small minority, and it has become sinful to make money.
Does this seem backward to you?
Stump for Trump, a la WeBeSisters.com!!
Don’t vote for him then. I’m sure America will be ok with that :)
Grits.
A simple corn recipe loved by the rich and poor, old and young, black and white.
Gods gift to the south.
A sign that he loves us and that we occupy a special place in his heart.
President Doofus? But Obama gave him the ‘green light’ yesterday. It was all over Drudge.
Trump is doing what he needs to do at this point. What is YOUR GUY doing?
Trying to derail the democrats subversion’s of law in whatever way he can IN THE SENATE.. daily..
You know... serving the people.. Standing by his word to the ones that elected him..
Trump is RINO you know.. are YOU a RINO?..
Rinos love big taxers and democrats love whoever will make the federal givernment BIGGER..
TRUMP will do both..
And what ‘candidate’ would you prefer to continue to status quo of a nation reduced to pitiful status?
Bush III?
Stop calling people names and start demanding that YOUR GUY stand up and get noticed.
Ah... you mean SHUT UP... gotsya..
NO!..
Don’t vote for him then. I’m sure America will be ok with that :)
10/4 I can do that..
Gee, Hosepipe, your response to this post would make one believe you are a high school sophomore. Grammar, spelling, etc. puts you in the category of a low information, low IQ potential voter.
Place that hosepipe over your mouth and breath deeply.
Cruz will make a great supreme court justice. When it comes do actually doing something he never gets it done. I can think of any accomplishments he has but he does speak like a conservative.
>>Ah... you mean SHUT UP... gotsya.. NO!..
No. That’s not what I said. Tell us why YOUR GUY is worth listening to instead why you don’t like someone else’s favorite.
>>Trump is RINO you know.. are YOU a RINO?..
You don’t know what a RINO is. You think you do, but you live in a fantasy world that hasn’t existed for 20 years.
First, and most important: the REPUBLICAN party is and has been the party of Progressive-Lite for 50 years. Reagan was an anomaly in the party becuase he listened to the conservatives and that was the only time that THE PARTY ever listened to us. After Reagan, they made damned sure that they ever had to listen to us again.
One way of doing that was to insure that the Dems went far Left so as to give us no choice (the lesser of two evils strategy).
So, since the REPUBLICAN PARTY is Progressive, then yes, I am a RINO becuase I am a Conservative. You are not a RINO becuase you still believe that the Progressive-Lite party is better than the full power Progressive party. Wake up. It’s not 1986 anymore.
Grits,toast and dippy eggs. Yum!
GO TRUMP!
Trump may be the only way to break the stranglehold of The Cheap Labor Express on the GOP.
Without any representation, the citizens have been forced to pay for the invasion and colonization of their country and they are pissed about it.
With no voting record to defend.
I prefer a biscuit over toast.
But grits accessorise easily.
Oh, grape or strawberry jam. None of that sugary jelly.
Preserves are even better.
Bottom Feeders. The Trumpettes did not put them there, they did it all by themselves.
Grits refers to a ground-corn food of Native American origin that is common in the Southern United States and eaten mainly at breakfast. Modern grits are commonly made of alkali-treated corn known as hominy.
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