BREAKING: Trump Just Got HUGE News

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[xzins]

In the wake of the Paris attacks, Donald Trump's poll numbers are surging. You don't get the real hugeness of that from this article. I have seen polls ranging from 36% to 51%. He is literally overwhelming the field here. No one comes close. The Beltway Boys keep thinking he's peaked and that people will grow up and choose a real leader like RINO extraordinaire Jeb Bush. That's not going to happen. Now they are saying he got a brief bump from the French massacre, but that it will hurt him in the long run. Au contraire, as Ann Coulter pointed out, the attack may have just ensured him the presidency. If more happen (and they will) and/or they happen in America (and they will), Trump could very well just march off with the nomination. He has already said he wants Ted Cruz as his VP. That ticket would win in a monumental landslide and usher back in the Reagan coalition.

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From The Hill:

Donald Trump has gained political strength since the Paris terrorist attacks last Friday, according to most of the polls released in the aftermath.

Trump's gains show him once again confounding Beltway wisdom, where the widespread view was that such a grave event would lead voters to look toward White House candidates who are purportedly more mature and sophisticated than the erstwhile star of “The Apprentice.”

Instead, it seems that Republican voters have found themselves drawn to Trump's emphatic rhetoric.

“You have voters who are saying loudly and clearly that they want a strong leader to run our country, and that leader is Mr. Trump,” the business mogul's campaign manager, Corey Lewandowski, told The Hill. “Some of the other candidates didn't have that vision. ... They have not had the foresight to predict these problems.”

Trump's approach, which tends to be vigorous in tone but light on specifics, draws plenty of criticism even within the GOP.

“Trump makes up for his shortcomings with his force of personality,” said one Republican strategist in New Hampshire who did not want to be identified but is not working for any of Trump's presidential rivals. “I don't think that, on the global stage, you beat [Russian President Vladimir] Putin by offering up your own Putin, in terms of macho charisma. It's far more involved than that.”

But many Republican voters seem to welcome Trump's bravado after last week's assault on French civilians that left 129 people dead. The Islamic State in Iraq and Syria (ISIS) claimed responsibility for the massacre.

In a WBUR poll of Republican voters in New Hampshire conducted just after the attacks, Trump's support had risen 4 points from a similar poll released at the start of this month, and he was ahead of his closet rival, retired surgeon Ben Carson, by a 2-1 margin.

A poll conducted by Florida Atlantic University also found Trump way ahead of his Republican competitors in the Sunshine State. He scored 36 percent support, exactly twice the level of backing secured by second-placed Sen. Marco Rubio (R-Fla.).

And Trump's strength isn't just showing up in state-level “horse race” polls.

A Reuters poll on Tuesday asked voters which of the candidates was best-suited to deal with the threat of terrorism. Among Republican voters, 36 percent opted for Trump. The next most popular response was “none,” at 17 percent. Rubio was again in second place in the survey among actual candidates, but he lagged Trump by 20 percentage points.

Voters' views may yet shift as they absorb the implications of the Paris atrocity. But for now, Trump's rhetoric seems to be striking a chord.

In an interview with Sean Hannity of Fox News Channel on Tuesday evening, the real estate mogul insisted that U.S. mosques would have to be closed in response to the threat of terrorism.

“You're going to have to do something,” he said. “Some bad things are happening and a lot of them are happening in the mosque and you're going to have to do something.”

In radio ads released Wednesday in Iowa, New Hampshire and South Carolina — which hold the first three contests in the presidential nomination process — Trump insists, “We must address Islamic terrorism and protect our country first. I will lead by example, as I always have, by vowing to defeat ISIS, stop illegal immigration and the Syrian refugee program, secure our border and bring real change to Washington.”

At a rally Monday night in Knoxville, Tenn., he earned big cheers when he insisted, regarding ISIS that, “I'm going to bomb the s— out of them.”

Even Trump skeptics acknowledge that this style has populist appeal at moments of public anxiety.

“It's true that his supporters see him as strong and they are not paying a lot of attention to the specifics of what he is saying,” said GOP strategist Matt Mackowiak. “I think people are fearful. They don't know what to believe but they certainly want a stronger response than [President] Obama has offered.”

But Mackowiak, who writes for The Hill's Contributors blog, also argued that Trump and Carson would slide as the Paris attack, and possible dangers to the United States, remain in the headlines.

“My sense is that it disadvantages Trump and Carson over the medium-to-long term. Trump — you see it at the debates — he's not even an inch deep” on foreign policy,” Mackowiak said.

The next Republican debate is almost a month away — scheduled for Dec. 15 in Nevada — and beyond that, there is only one more clash set to take place before the Iowa caucuses at the start of February.

That means Trump's rivals may need to find other ways to knock him off his perch. On Wednesday, former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush delivered a defense-focused speech at The Citadel in South Carolina.

Bush did not name Trump, but the reality TV star was clearly in his sights when he said that the Paris attacks “remind us ... that we are living in serious times that require serious leadership.”

But such claims will need to resonate more powerfully than they have thus far if Bush is to have any chance. In the WBUR New Hampshire poll, the former governor was mired at 7 percent support, less than one-third of Trump's 22 percent.

Little wonder, then, that Trump aides evince such confidence.

“If you look at the public polling as to who is strongest when it comes to defeating ISIS, Mr. Trump is the clear winner,” said Lewandowski. “These are not my assertions. These are what the polls say time and time again. People want a person who is strong leader.”

Americans love a bad boy... they love a successful businessman...... they love a strong leader... they love a patriot... and they love to be entertained. Trump has all of that and more. As to his foreign policy, these pundits keep saying he has a shallow policy. Not true. Trump has provided more concrete plans than any other candidate and he and Ted Cruz see eye to eye on just about everything. He knows exactly what he would do in the Middle East and beyond. Trump has surrounded himself with the best and brightest military minds out there. He's done that in every field, you just don't hear about it. So keep on wishing Trump away. He's not going anywhere and at this rate, he will win the nomination. It's worth it just to see the politicos come unglued. No other candidate is speaking so forcefully to what Americans are concerned with. Bush is apathetic and not a leader. Rubio is Bush lite. Carson is a nice guy, but not as president. Ted Cruz is perfect, but may wind up on a ticket with Trump. On the Left's side, you've got an old, corrupt Marxist and don't even get me started on commie Sanders. Huge news for Donald Trump is huge news for America.

[JustaCowgirl]

I understand that. I am a big Cruz fan, and I contributed to his campaign. But I will vote for Trump, and it’s certainly not because I dislike Cruz.

I believe Cruz has a very pivotal role to play in a Trump administration, and I think he and Trump already know what it is.

[DoughtyOne]

I hear ya. That woman is a terror.

After the events in Paris on 11/13, I will be adding
this to my posts for the next week. I'm certain our
turn is coming again soon. We stand united against
Islamic extremists.

Some music for reflection if the mood strikes you.
Courtesy of: Kartographer
beautiful [02:23]

An honorable mention also goes out to Lassana Bathily , a Muslim immigrant from Mali.
Mr. Bathily sheltered customers at the Jewish Deli and helped police by providing info
on the terrorists, and providing the location of survivors in the deli.
Courtesy of: Tijeras_Slim

[theoldmarine]

Where’s Geronl AKA Karl Rove?

[No_Doll_i]

If anyone will be at the Myrtle Beach event look for a black Free Republic jacket worn by a female with an eye patch. That will be me.

[theoldmarine]

Wrong. In politics and war when your competitor is down.... Finish him off. By the way I like Carson as an individual

[xzins]

Yep, that shit again.

Don’t feed the troll.

[libbylu]

Dream on.
Think his lack of PC bothered any overweight voters? His mouth will be his ruination. He is a whiny baby - WB.

[nikos1121]

I don’t think we could do better.

[IrishBrigade]

I suppose you wouldn’t vote for Trump if it was him against Hitlery. Never mind, I think I know the answer.

how’s that any different from freepers who wouldn’t vote for Romney against Obama...and who then complain about him for four years...?

[xzins]

You mean they are not copying his plan to take out ISIS’ oil and money?

[HiTech RedNeck]

The amazing thing in the world is not that so many Muslims have dissolved into jihadist madness, but that so few have.

This doesn’t say anything all that wonderful about the core set of Islamic beliefs, which offer a welcome mat to the worst kinds of jihadist madness. It DOES say something about the real, genuine, actual Holy Spirit of God, which is still at work (for the benefit of Christians and Jews in the world).

Stories like Mr. Bathily’s are not stories of Islam; they are stories of God triumphant.

If not even the Koran can stop God from blessing, then why should we fail to put our own confidence in Him, now, where there is yet time?

[mlizzy]

Trump can talk lavishly on and on, but without Christ at his back and the good St. Michael, the archangel, defending him in battle, he will get little, if anything, done for the Good. People are so gullible. It’s SAD.

[Jay Thomas]

And what goes with Crumpets?

Why TEA, of course!

[HiTech RedNeck]

People are, at least, getting used to what is Trump’s style. If Trump did something like that towards Dr. Carson, it would hardly be the first time Trump has blasted someone and then made up.

[HiTech RedNeck]

Christ is quite adequate; He calls the shots for the panoply of heaven, and that includes the archangel Michael, obviously.

Trump seems, perhaps, a weak believer. However, God can turn what is weak into what is strong, through circumstance and His personal support.

[nikos1121]

Oh, God, here we go. YOu sound like my ignorant brother. There is nothing I can say or do to convince him otherwise, and he won’t bother to listen or read anything on Trump.

I really don’t understand how people like yourself find anything satisfying on this forum. You are obviously out of touch with reality esp when you say the man is unstable etc.

[Leaning Right]

Conservatives have been saying for years, and real patriotic Americans know, AMERICANS LIKE STRONG LEADERSHIP.

Yep. From the speech at the beginning of the movie Patton: "Americans love a winner and will not tolerate a loser. Americans play to win all the time."

And that sure was true back in 1944. And it's still true today, if you just subtract out the lib's in New England and California.

[Duchess47]

Consider perhaps that Christ has got his back and St. Michael is defending him. His campaign has been phenomenal.

[xzins]

The media was using Carson to try to propel Bush/Rubio. You’ll see Trump attacking Bush/Rubio by keeping Carson down.

[Revelation 911]

your lips to Gods ears