Next Q is going after governor Martinez. Why would Trump call out the popular governor of swing state who is head of the GOP governor's association? Lewandowski says Trump calls out problems in each state, and NM has a jobs problem.
ABC same question, Manafort has similar answer. I'm going to watch Manafort on ABC rather than Lewandowski.
Manafort says the media is trying to find issues where there aren't issues. goes through litany of press errors, ceiling, won't get nomination, etc.
Next Q on ABC is the debate with Sanders, why is Trump afraid of Sanders? Manafort says the question is why is Hillary afraid? Challenge is "why the flip flop?" Manafort says Hillary is the one who should be debating sanders, when the DEMs choose a nominee, Trump will debate the nominee.
Next Q to Manafort in on running mate. Manafort says qualifications are the touchstone, not sex or race. Is he asking candidates to turn over tax returns? Manafort says the running mate will be fully vetted, and he is not going to describe the process. "What did you mean by choosing a woman or Hispanic would be seen as pandering?" Manafort says if the only qualification was sex or race, that would be pandering. He wants somebody who is up to the job, Washington experience, able to work with Congress.
Next Q is bringing up Foster, and Clinton had committed rape. Is this the kind of campaign he will run? Trump didn't bring up rape, a woman did. Trouble follows the Clintons, and their history is relevant as to what the American people can expect. Hillary has said that she doesn't want to handle the economy, she's going to hand it to Bill, which puts Bill in the line of fire.
Last Q, somebody said they thought the campaign HQ had been bugged. Manafort doesn't know who brought that up. Manafort does not believe the HQ has been bugged.
Back to FoxNews, Manafort done ...
Lewandowski saying that he and Manafort get along fine. The bottom line is that the campaign is winning, got unbound delegates ahead of schedule by working together, The team is cohesive, small, efficient.
Last Q from Wallace, is there any bugging going on at HQ? LOL.
Someone reported last night that Hillary’s campaign is 10X as large as Trump’s. He had 70 people employed and she has 700.
Careful watching FNC’s panel this morning. Your TV may not survive the experience.
We don't get it here til 2:00 pm. My fav.is Manafort. I think he's the key to success. Lewndowski is OK but Paul Manfort will save the day,IMHO. One thing we have to remember:
Manafort says the media is trying to find issues where there aren't issues.
The regime has nothing to run on.
Trump can run on a variety of issues from open borders to the budget, the debt, Iraq,Iran,IRS,you name it he has so much he can run on it's a challenge just to pick a few.
What hillary had planned on running on is already being sabotaged.Hillary was going to be the "female candidate."Just like zero ran using the race card hill was going to use the female card. Problem is she has a hand in killing one of her x-boyfriends Vince foster. She can't quite explain how he got rug fibers from her place on his body while Foster shot himself twice any more than she can explain how or why she ran interference for bubba on his many rape episodes.
Women voters don't like murderers or rapists.
Killing off her vision of stealing the womens' vote simply because she is one is huge and we are well on our way to doing so.After that it will be all down hill for her unless she flunks the FBI primary than it's over real quick.
On ABC the question of reforming SS and how Trump differs from the GOP. The GOP wants to reform it and Trump says there will be no reduction in benefits period. I wish they would ask Hillary about what should be done with SS and Medicare.
There is no doubt that SS and Medicare need to be reformed. They are the biggest drivers of our debt and represent over $60 trillion in unufunded liabilities over a 75 year period. However, Trump has got it right. He says no reduction in SS benefits.
This may drive the GOP and Ryan wild, but what Trump has done is remove the issue from the campaign. The Dems have always relied on the Stupid Party to produce various plans to save SS and Medicare including privatization. They scare the public and the Dems act as the defenders of the entitlements. Trump has thrown that playbook in the trash.
There is no doubt that the GOP will include SS and Medicare reform in the platform. Ryan will be the one who will insist upon it despite the Dem attacks that showed him pushing granny over a cliff. Trump should continue to distance himself from this position.
Congress will have to address the issue and will have no choice. Any solution will have to be bipartisan similar to what Reagan and Tip O'Neil worked out on SS in 1983. Everyone knows this, which is why Trump should not propose any solutions and reforms leaving it up to Congress to work out. Obama had the Simpson-Bowles commission and that went no where. Obama exercised no leadership whatsoever.