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The befuddled “experts” can’t figure out why Donald Trump is doing so well in the polls. They KNOW he is wrong on everything; they KNOW he is a clown, a buffoon, a snake oil salesman, take your pick. Using THEIR old rules of politics they have declared Trump’s campaign dead so often it’s hard to keep track of them. The bottom line is that Trump is not going anywhere. He did not fade by Labor Day or Halloween or Thanksgiving. He won’t fade and they know it so they have fallen back on trying to trick people with their lie...

New Hampshire GOP chairwoman Jennifer Horn has abandoned all pretext of impartiality by launching an aggressive attack against Donald Trump. In an interview with the Boston Globe Horn says: "Shallow campaigns that depend on bombast and divisive rhetoric do not succeed in New Hampshire, and I don’t expect that they will now." She went on to say that establishment candidates like Jeb Bush, Chris Christie and Marco Rubio are "underestimated" and will almost certainly perform better than most. This despite their disappointing poll numbers, both nationally and in her state: "People are probably underestimating [New Jersey Governor] Chris Christie. And,...

Like almost all established political prognosticators, Larry Sabato is befuddled by the meteoric rise of Donald Trump to the top of the Republican Party’s presidential primary field. That Trump, who is not a politician, can merely get into the arena, do a few deep knee bends and pummel one professional politician after another seems to have him stupefied. Although he has not commented on the victory of Matt Bevin in Kentucky yet, that race has to have had him tied in knots as well. Sabato called Bevin, who won with 14 points more than the polls Sabato relies on, a...

Ben Carson has fallen into a “moral” trap on the question of offering citizenship to illegal aliens who are here working in jobs that could be filled by American workers. In his campaign material Carson asks, “Is it moral for us, for example, to take advantage of cheap labor from illegal immigrants while denying them citizenship? I’m sure you can tell from the way I phrased the question that I believe we have taken the moral low road on this issue. Some segments of our economy would virtually collapse without these undocumented workers–we all know that–yet we continue to harass...

When does the gang at Fox News start saying Matt Bevin’s huge upset in Kentucky was due to “Carson-mania?” After all, don’t they all believe Ben Carson has grabbed up all the excitement on today’s political stage? How about some of the columnists who are shilling so hard for Carson? Where are their joyful shouts that “Bevin won because of Carson-mania?” Democrats can apparently recognize and acknowledge scary poll numbers better than the Republican establishment and the Donald Trump hating media. With their noses rubbed in the dirt they have had to acknowledge the truth. The latest Reuters poll of...

It's hard to overstate how important those GOP gains — and the consolidation of them we've seen in the last few years — are to the relative fates of the two parties. While the story at the national level suggests a Republican Party that is growing increasingly white, old and out of step with the country on social issues, the narrative at the local level is very different. Republicans are prospering at the state level in ways that suggest that the party's messaging is far from broken. There are other, more pragmatic effects of the GOP dominance in governor's races...

What happened yesterday was not the end of the RNC’s poisonous hold on the Republican Party, but it was certainly the beginning of the end. This revolution is beginning to look like the first one. It was around this time in 1781 when reality came crashing in on British Commander Lord Charles Cornwallis at Yorktown Virginia. He was beaten and embarrassed by American patriots he considered rabble and was forced to watch his world being turned upside down. Yesterday, just 160 miles away in Alexandria Virginia, RNC Chairman Reince Priebus, another enemy who considers America’s patriots rabble, was forced to...

Could the new national poll showing Ben Carson ahead of Donald Trump by 4 points be just an invisible new suit of clothes? In Iowa, Carson is rushing past Trump in some new polls; not all but some. Iowa is a unique state and lately its caucus voters have not been predictive of who will be the eventual Republican nominee. These polls may or may not be accurate reflections of what is happening because another poll shows the candidates tied. Those who want to destroy Trump so the Uniparty can continue business as usual in Washington would love see national...

In 2009 many of us made our way to Washington to let the political establishment know we were “mad as hell and not going to take it anymore.” We knew we wanted change and knew we weren’t going to get that change sitting at home complaining. Naturally our enemies made light of our efforts and lied about our numbers. This made both wings of the Uniparty feel good about what was happening. They sniffed and said, “They’re just a bunch of retired seniors looking for some excitement. They don’t understand how government works. They will get tired and go away.”...

Hard lessons about Big Business, the Chamber of Commerce, their undue influence in the Republican Party have been a hard one for me to accept, and yet too many people are content to shout ''Establishment" without really identifying the core problems This has been the hardest lesson for me to learn. I never thought that being pro-business could compromise one’s fight for liberty and limited government. Yet I have learned to accept what Scott Rasmussen argued after the disappointing 2012 President Elections: too many people still see the Republicans Party as pro Big Business. There is much truth to this...

Since at least this past March when coachisright.com first predicted her campaign would end in her indictment, things have gone from bad to worse for Hillary Clinton’s presidential campaign. Her lack-luster campaign announcement was followed by another equally pathetic attempt to stir up supporters. A book tour flop topped off by a virtually secret, Friday night re-re-re-announcement have all drawn flies at best. Empty seats at BIG rallies even on college campuses have become the rule rather than the exception. Mrs. Clinton’s smug and demonstrably false “explanations” of having done nothing wrong by using her private email accounts for governmental...

Among his supporters one constant reaction to Donald Trump’s campaign is “He says what I’m thinking.” The things Trump’s supporters think are the same things he says in overwhelming proportions. They know they would say the same things if given a platform, because they already do when they speak to friends, family and co-workers. When Trump is attacked by the Republican establishment and the media, his supporters take the attacks personally. Knowing what to say in a political campaign is not a mystery; and listening to Trump say what needs saying has millions of people emotionally attached to his campaign....

It’s easy to be wrong when predicting the future of politics and politicians. But in March of 2014, Kevin “Coach” Collins was spot on in predicting the downfall of John Boehner and the end of his days as House Speaker. That Coach is Right piece is posted below. “Could this be the end of Boehner’s Speakership?” By Kevin “Coach” Collins March 26th, 2014 John Boehner is often a difficult man to figure out. Sometimes he seems to want to lead the fight to restore America’s greatness; but other times he seems hell bent on destroying what is left of America...

After years of being frustrated by a spineless, weepy sell-out, conservatives are hardly looking forward to replacing House Speaker John Boehner with House Speaker John Boehner. Heading into the 2014 election, Republican Majority Leader Eric Cantor was looked upon as the sure thing replacement for Speaker Boehner who, according to an aide, was quietly hoping to step down. But Congressman Cantor became ex-Congressman Cantor after a stunning primary loss to Tea Party favorite, Dave Brat. Current Majority Leader Kevin McCarthy is the sole remaining member of the Republican Party triumvirate which had been vaulted to power in the historic, electoral...

What a jerk. Over and over John Boehner pleaded with his listeners to approve of his stance. “My job is to preserve the Institution.” Preserve the Institution? That is the role of the Speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives? An oxymoron in and of itself. He just told us in spades what is wrong with this miserable, U.S. Congress. They care more about THEIR institution than they care about us, their bosses. In other words, Boehner is admitting he dropped the ball, big time. His Institution Preservation Society is not a society that cares about their elected duty, their...

As a recently published piece by Thomas Sowell has demonstrated, there is never any shortage of smug, “I’m smarter than you” people in academia. The basic assumption these people bring to every issue is that since the person on the other side of an argument doesn’t agree with them it is the opponent who is ill-informed. The idea that the reverse might be true (and often), rarely penetrates their thinking. The Republican establishment is trying mightily to dissuade rank and file Republicans from nominating Donald Trump to be the Party standard bearer. So far nothing has worked and to the...

“Sorry Doctor Carson, but this is just not working; NEXT!” Last night’s debate showed that Doctor Carson will have to sit down because the Wile E. Coyotes at the Republican National Committee now have a new hound to try to hunt down Donald Trump. The GOPe is swooning over the fact that “Carly Fiorina held her own!” Only in the Beltway could such an observation be made with a straight face. In each of the polls available at this writing, at least 55% of respondents say Trump won and Fiorina is “right behind him” with about 16% of the votes....

So as we all start another day in Paradise, and as we lick our wounds from yet another defeat by our House and Senate Republican majority, over the dastardly Iran deal, who is worse, John Boehner, or the House Republicans that keep him on as Speaker? A poster on a great thread about “The Donald Trump Show” is revealing some pathetic details about the tan man and where his fealty really lies. “In June, 1995, Boehner distributed campaign contributions from tobacco industry lobbyists ON THE HOUSE FLOOR (emp. added) as House members were weighing how to vote on tobacco subsidies....

The leftist apologist wing of the GOPe has tried everything they can to “help” us “unwashed masses” see the light about how terrible Donald Trump is and so far nothing has worked. Nevertheless, these Beltway Wile E Coyotes won’t stop until they have their collective noses rubbed in a Trump victory. The latest “enlightened” pronouncement, designed to help us lesser beings rid ourselves of support for Trump, has been penned by Robert Tracinski, a guy no one outside of the RNC headquarters in Washington has ever heard of. Reading it developed into an eye exercise because as it droned on...

Donald Trump is playing Rope – A – Dope with the media and they can’t do a thing about it. Hugh Hewitt’s recent interview of Trump brought us more insight into how much the Republican front-runner enjoys slapping around the media fools who think they can be the king killer, hero the Left is hungry for. The game is afoot and the media just doesn’t know what to do. Their egos make them believe THEY are the longed for hero but their basic lack of credibility precludes their getting anywhere near the prize. When Hewitt asked Trump questions about the...