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On January 16th, the Trump campaign put out a facebook post with "How to Caucus Iowa," a 90 second instruction video on the basics of caucusing. Within 24 hours, it received about 30,000 views. In the last couple of weeks, it's been spreading virally through Trump supporters sharing on social media and has now received over 190,000 views. For what it is worth, Trump can probably handily win Iowa if it reaches his 50,000 caucus turnout goal. I mention this because the Trump campaign criticism is that it is not doing a traditional ground game of thousands of volunteers knocking...

It's hard not to see Trump skipping the debate last night as a masterstroke. He avoided what would have been a political assassination attempt by FOX News. He ended up humiliating Roger Ailes and Bill O'Reilly who were begging him to show up. You owe me 17 milkshakes! Roger Ailes frantically calling Ivanka and Melania to change Trump's mind! Trump got a few jokes at his expense but nobody really laid a glove on him and the entire debate was focused on his agenda....bombing the hell out of ISIS, muslims, immigration, security, etc. He had the last laugh as FOX...

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I've seen reports that Donald Trump isn't raising money for Wounded Warriors, but for his own foundation. I'm sure he's not stupid enough not to make sure that every cent he raises doesn't go to disabled veterans. And while I really don't like a lot of things about Trump's campaign or past issues, frankly, it makes sense to have control over the donations so they don't go to the sort of waste typical of many charities. But it turns out that Donald Trump's foundation isn't legally a private charity; it's a public non-profit organization. A "510(c)3," in the parlance of...

Has anyone else encountered known democRat acquaintances who try to encourage you to vote for Jeb Bush in the primaries? I have had three such encounters from people who admit that they are going to vote for Hillary Clinton. This baffled me at first, but after being questioned by the third, it occurred to me that these people want to relive the "glory" of their triumph to beat "Bush" and relive the 90's with the clintoon's. And my response to the last person who approached me and will be my response from now on will be, "Read My Lips. NO...

One can't help but notice that there is a strong contingent of what can only be described as people who hate the idea of Donald Trump being President. It's descended into outright personal hatred by some. But wow...ever since he announced that he wouldn't be doing the debate it's gone up to a whole new level. My question is...why?? The main insult of detractors now seems to be "Oooh...Trump can't handle questions from a girl how's he going to handle (FILL IN THE BLANK DESPOT)?" Or Trump is afraid of Cruz. Or Trump is afraid to debate. Now if these...

Is Trump already turning to the general election? Based on the CNN commentators all thinking it was a smart move, seems like Trump is going after independents and Democrats (union members and blacks who support him). CNN also bashing Fox for the personal attack (allegedly from Ailes). Fox is on all-out Trump war mode with Megyn and even Hannity piling on.

Insanity is doing the same thing over and over yet expecting a different result. I'm not insane, hence I won't be voting for Cruz (R - Wall Street) in the primaries under any circumstances whatsoever.

Trump was able to keep this film from coming to light when it was filmed 25 years ago. It's not hard to see why he wanted it kept under wraps. It shows what an unprincipled, dishonest, cruel, opportunistic individual he is. This film will require an investment of your time (1 hour 20 minutes). That doesn't seem like an unreasonable amount of time to investigate someone who aspires to be the president of the United States. I even recommend that you view it twice (a few days apart) so that you will pick up on some of the things you...

Mr Trump, I applaud the way you played this with Fox, they were and are out to set you up, as well as is the rest of the Media, Establishment,Hollywood,Goat ^&%$#@*< ... and so on. Maybe today would be the perfect day to Put a Final End to ALL OF IT, considering yourself and Ted Cruz are the only viable candidates, according to ALL POLLING. Get together and Announce the Primaries are OVER because the two of you are running as a TEAM, with Ted Cruz as VP Pick, the game literally is OVER

Ronald Reagan had nearly defeated incumbent President Gerald Ford, and had the Republican establishment had to vote heavily for Ford to outweigh the elected delegates in order to nominate Ford. Reagan adopted a strategy of avoiding the establishment events altogether, not just the Iowa debate. And he went on to lose Iowa. And he plummeted in the polls in Massacusetts and South Carolina. In New Hampshire, Reagan shifted tactics. He realized he needed to debate... and defeat... Bush. The Nashua Telegraph agreed to sponsor a debate between Bush and Reagan. Careful not to violate RNC rules, Reagan instead offered to...

Trump has been boasting of late about how great his relationship with Nancy Pelosi is. Apparently, he still thinks she's "the best," as he wrote in his fawning love letter to her in 2007, when Pelosi took over the House and set about sabotaging the U.S. economy. Maybe some FReepers are (to my surprise) of the notion that if you have to have to negotiate with liberals, so be it. But why does Trump think he will have to? After all, the Republicans hold a solid majority of the House of Representatives, and there's no hint of a tide turning...

Trump just announced he is not doing the debate this week. Seems that along with not liking Megyn Kelly, Fox just issued some email that insulted him. Some message about Putin and him. He said he will likely not change his mind.

And I wonder, too, if it was brought up at last night's "Democratic town hall." Any word from any prominent Democrats, like Barack Obama, too, or Harry Reid or Nancy Pelosi? How about Cecile Richards? Pelosi did say this: QUOTE: Pelosi told CNN's Jake Tapper in an interview that aired Sunday on "State of the Union" that she did not accept that the videos -- which have rocked the social conservative movement this summer -- were accurate. She said she was concerned by the undercover filming by the Center for Medical Progress, which produced the edited clips. "I think they...

When it comes to immigration reform, Senator Ted Cruz has made it abundantly clear what he opposes: giving citizenship to people who broke the law to come here. What has not been as evident is what he supports: legal status for millions of people here already, while making it easier for immigrants to come here through the front door. "I have said many times that I want to see common-sense immigration reform pass," he said. "I think most Americans want to see the problem fixed."

Late today a Texas grand jury found no case against PP for selling baby parts; they did indite the producers of the video for unlawfully viewing a government form. Megyn Kelly of Fox news was the source for me. Background is that pro life Gov.of Texas appointed the prosecutor, in the case, to find if an indictment of PP could be found AGAINST them for selling baby parts. Instead the Producers were indicted! This cannot happen by accident. Even if a grand jury would not find an intictment against PP, a separate action would have to be prosecuted by the...

"I can see why THEY gave you this question," says the kid. The version on CNN now cuts out the flub. Scripted questions shared with the candidates ahead of time. So much for the 'town hall'!

Who did you vote for in the.......???? 2008 Republican Primary? 2012 Republican Primary? 2016 Republican Primary? BE HONEST In case you forgot who ran: 2008: McCain, Giuliani, Hunter, Huckabee, Paul, Romney, Keyes, Thompson 2012: Romney, Gingrich, Santorum, Paul, Perry, Bachmann, Huntsman 2016: Obvious

A happy confident campaign does not release 3 negative ads (1 Cruz 2 Super PAC) when they are comfortable in the lead, especially when they were agreeing with everything Donald Trump said for months like a lap dog.