Posted on 12/02/2016 12:11:52 PM PST by LS
As many of you know, I started working on a Trump book last summer when something told me that he would win the primary, easily. It picked up speed last November when I became convinced he would win the presidency . . . easily.
My original manuscript was very historical in nature, putting Trump in the context of other candidates across our history. Along the way, however, I became a participant, partly because I knew Trump's campaign manager and partly because many of you here were active in doing research into state party registrations, then later, absentee voting, and so on. By September, I was actively providing Team Trump with raw data every morning.
This gave me a theme that I didn't think anyone else had, namely I thought Trump was going to win and I thought it was in the numbers. But other than a few pockets of data here and there, I didn't have campaign "inside" info. I wasn't on the press plane, wasn't at the rallies.
After some back and forth, Regnery decided to publish the book, but to combine my work with Breitbart's Joel Pollock, who was on the campaign plane and in the press pool. This will be edited, woven together, and the e-book will be out in January, probably by Inauguration Day and probably under the title "How Trump Won." A hardcover version will follow.
It will only go up to election day. But watching the recounts and the handwringing by "concern trolls" here, I wanted to include this update. This is strictly MY understanding of state laws and the U.S. Constitution, but I think most of you share it. If, however, someone has different info, please let me know.
* The recounts really don't matter. There are never more than a handful of votes flipped. In WI after 1 day, Trump really has about 400 MORE votes than before, as an input error in one of the precincts failed to include a digit in its original transmission, while the recount so far has "found" one additional Cankles vote.
* It is my understanding, based on the precedent of the U.S. Civil War, when several Southern states were declared "in rebellion" and therefore did not send electors to the electoral college (although Louisiana did!), the winner is determined by a majority of those states who send delegates. The only time in peacetime that a delegation did not participate was 1789 when New York's delegation was late arriving.
* Therefore, it would not matter if one state (WI) or all three (WI, MI, PA) don't send delegates, Trump would still win a majority of those who did.
* It is further my understanding REGARDLESS, any or all of the state legislatures of WI, PA, MI can at any time select/appoint/name the electors to attend the EC. They do not have to wait for a recount. All three are controlled by Republicans.
* MI's AG has filed suit to stop the recount, the election board split 2-2, so the AG has appealed to the state Supreme Court. (Does anyone know if it is majority R or D?)
* On the "faithless electors": You have heard scare-mongering stories of electors who won't vote for Trump: These are from STATES CANKLES WON. It makes no difference. In most states, it's a crime not to vote for the winner, and in all states electors are the creme de la creme of rabid Trump supporters. Highly unlikely any of them will flip. But again, the state legislature---as I understand it---sends in the electoral delegation and would have final say. Please correct me if I'm wrong on this. The last time there was a "faithless elector" was in 2004, and it was a Dem who wouldn't vote for Kerry and voted for Silky Pony. You have to go back to 1976 to find just ONE "faithless" GOP elector who refused to vote for Ford because he pardoned Richard E. Nixon.
* I lived in OH and didn't know that in 2004 OH's count was protested and there was a recount and the House had to vote on Ohio's delegation.
* IF IT GOES to the House, the House selects Trump. The Senate votes on a veep. It's inconceivable that the GOP Senate would choose anyone but Pence.
In other words, for all the concern trolls, nothing will change. Trump is going to be president.
Now for the final concern troll mantra, "Trump will be delegitimized." No. There is only one person who can "delegitimize" Trump and that's Donald Trump. He WILL NOT PERMIT HIMSELF to be distracted by the drive-bys. He doesn't care what they say about him.
No candidate in history, save perhaps Lincoln, has had such a view of the media. They simply cannot threaten, cajole, or scare him. Think of McConnell, Boehner, McCain, Ryan---how these guys are so terrified of the media. Trump doesn't care. They still don't get him. This victory tour is a prime example---who else does this? Bush certainly never did, and I don't recall Reagan ever doing so.
So, long and short: President Trump will be sworn in, on time, on schedule. He won't be "delegitimized." America will be great again, and we will have a book documenting it out in January!
It struck me today at how strong a statement the victory tour is. Straight out of Trump’s playbook.
Which means unprecedented.
It’s fantastic.
MISC has a GOP majority.
An order halting the recount would probably get appealed to the SCOTUS.
But this is not Bush vs Gore. Trump’s win was decisive.
Recount games won’t change the outcome.
Thank you so much for posting this. All of your threads...thanks so much.
On the list, please, for a signed copy!
Can’t wait!!!!
Great news, LS!
Bush v gore would have flipped Florida, and thus the EC vote, as it was a close election
I wonder if scotus would even take this up, if it got that far?
306-232 is pretty decisive.
This past year has certainly separated the ‘men from the boys’. Thank you for your work.
“Recount games won’t change the outcome.”
They will promote and prolong the rioting Big Media has little interest in reporting.
Win-win for the racist bigot Fraud and his “legacy”.
Trump is repeating all his promises.
He hasn’t changed a thing.
LOL, read it and weep #NeverTrumpers...
We have the Trump effect, and you have the dumped effect.
2008 I understood. It was coming off of 8 years of George W. and the country wanted a change, and with Obama being the first black president people wanted that to happen.
But 2012, I thought for sure Romney would win, and after that disappointment I wasn’t sure a Republican “could” win again. So every time I started to get positive about 2016, I reminded myself of 2012 and how some of the polls gave us a chance, and we lost again. So I didn’t get my hopes up.
But I sure am glad we won. Thank God.
We have the Trump effect, and you have the dumped effect.
Actual LOL
Thank you for this!!!
“:^)
1) Who Archie tell Meathead that he wrote in for President?
2) Who did he really write in?
Don’t remember
1) Richard E. Nixon
2) Ronald Ree-gun
If you have a ping list to notify people when your book becomes available, please put me on it!
LS, 5 - 2 Republican Majority on the MI Supreme Court, just looked it up.
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