Posted on 04/04/2016 10:36:44 AM PDT by granada
Last week was the pivotal week in the American election race.
Not because of seven crazy days of Donald Trump's shenanigans – his continuing ugly row with Ted Cruz about their wives, the arrest of his campaign manage over an alleged assault, his refusal to back the eventual Republican nominee, and his extraordinary proposal that women who have illegal abortions should be punished (followed by a hasty, but unconvincing, u-turn).
In fact you probably missed the crucial signals hidden amid all that Republican noise.
Last week two pieces of data emerged which give us the clearest possible idea about where this crazy race is headed. And it is not good news for Mr Trump, or his two rivals for the Republican nomination.
First, Gallup's latest survey of Barack Obama's approval ratings showed him at his most popular level since 2013, with 53 per cent.
(Excerpt) Read more at telegraph.co.uk ...
Trump will crush Hillary, who can barely beat an old socialist.
They don’t care, she is one of them.
Trump will win NY and upset all of the apple carts. He has run from the beginning as a New Yorker (his rough attitude, take no prisoners approach), works in New York, and NY loves celebrities.
Then it will be over.
“Then it will be over.”
Uh, gee....which way?
Hillary is INCREDIBLY weak. I think either Trump or Cruz could beat her.
Then again Trump could get lots of that Bernie support.
The GOPe actually doesn't mind sabotaging Cruz or Trump and throwing the election to the Witch. Then they can continue their business-as-usual corruption and screwing the little guy.
“I think Republicans who don’t like their candidate are much more likely to hold their nose, show up to the polls, and vote for the candidate.”
i’m going to vote for the gop candidate with the most delegates going into the convention, no matter whose name is on the ballot.
I have three nieces voting for Bernie, they voted for Obama, they will not vote for Hillary.
The poll mentioned is a pretty good example of how polls can be contrued to meet what the “pollsters” want...
After the direction the country has gone the last 7 years, I find it inconceivable that 50%+ of the American people approve of Obama...
The left hated Reagan. They pulled every hate card against him. I’m sure he polled horribly. But yet he won.
So did the Country Club Republicans.
“Makes me sick that we couldn’t find better candidates”
The candidates are good. It’s the process that shrinks them.
I posted here months ago that Negatives in this cycle won't matter. I am waiting for one of the sultans of smart to steal that line and use it on their 6 pm political show.
I think they all lerk here and the sad part of it is they are stealing my stuff and won't even buy me a freakin' cold beer ;-).
More nonsense from the Euroweenies at the Telegraph. No, we don't need to pay any heed to their advice.
The question is does Soro's who is paying for these dupes benefit from it. I doubt it, he probably has bought Hilda lock-stock-&-barrel. He might fund them to make Cleveland a mess, not the DNC's convention. Just my 2 cents.
Of course they will!
HilLIARy has DOZENS of people showing up to see her, and they line up for MINUTES until they give up and leave when she is late.
“extraordinary proposal that women who have illegal abortions should be punished”
What’s extraordinary about it? If abortion is made illegal (after pigs grow wings), you have to do something to the perpetrators, or making it illegal is stupid.
No. I see flaws in all of them. In no particular order:
1.Perry was good,but his gaffe last time ruined him
2. Fiorina is a great debater but GOP isn’t a woman’s party when it comes to Presidential nominees.
3.Jeb has weight of W. on him plus the guy just isn’t charismatic. Can’t get any voter enthusiasm behind him.
4.Rubio has youth and energy but couldn’t direct it. Childish argument with Trump about penis size sank him.
5. Dr. Carson is honorably dumb about the world—and pyramids.
6. Kashich is so experienced that he doesn’t realize he has no charsima/tv presence.
7. Christie is a straight talker but doesn’t look the part of President. Too bad you can’t run for AG
8. Santorum still wearing yesteryear’s sweater. Good guy who just can’t inspire a lot of voters.
9. Mike Huckabee is another good conservative who’s yesterday’s news. Too identified with social issues.
10. Bobby Jindal. Good governor without a mandate to run for President. Who cared?
11. Rand Paul. Too identified with Daddy and libertarian views wore thin, especially on foreign affairs.
12. Scott Walker’s early hype died and he was very very smart to get out and wait for another shot.
13. George Pataki had no chance from get-go.
14.Jim Gilmore. Who?
15. Lindsay Graham. Biggest supporter was John McCain. Nuff said.
16. Ted Cruz. Nobody likes the smartest kid in the class. They always wind up in every org. as V-P behind some guy that has nothing but charisma.
17. The Donald. Only show biz types have one name recognition. Populist Demagogue who has blown a lot of good will by showing his childish side: “He did it first” while sending out early am. tweets that indicate some kind of pathology or some really good stuff that he’s smoking.
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