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.
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“spiteful enough to spike her nomination and throw their convention to a floor fight.”
The ticket is Biden/Warren, they were chosen six months ago. Not only are the Obamas + Valerie Jarrett “spiteful”, they hate the Clintons, especially The Big He, and they will indict and humiliate her in such a way as to cause maximal pain.
“What this doesn’t point out is that Hillary’s negatives are almost as high as Trumps.”
Let’s look under the hood here: Hillary enjoys 24/7 protection and fawning by big media. The Donald endures 24/7 of the most intense negative vitriol ever seen.
And their ‘negatives’ are roughly the same.
Looks to me like there’s another story to tell.
Its absolutely demeaning and embarrassing. I think whatever product we put out there is going to be too far damaged. If the Democrats ran anyone OTHER than Hillary, it would be a slam-dunk for them.
Agree completely.
Whoever the GOP sends Trump, Cruz, other is going to lose a huge block of voters who want to stick by their man. The party is wasting its turnout advantage.
As soon as the GOP announces a candidate the dems will unite. They’ll use fear tactics claiming Trump wants to end abortion or Cruz wants to invade Syria or Ryan wants to kill social security and the Bern supporters will all line up.
The Dem ticket is Biden/Warren, they figured that out six months ago.
And, I agree, they are going to be very hard to beat.
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