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Why is Trump holding a mega-rally in Alabama tonight?
Hot Air ^ | August 21, 2015 | ALLAHPUNDIT

Posted on 08/21/2015 3:19:09 PM PDT by Hojczyk

Here is the Trump political logic: “Alabama is extremely critical,” a close associate of Trump’s told me (actually, we agreed I’d call him “a close associate of Mr. Trump”). “You have Iowa’s caucus on February 1st, New Hampshire on the 9th, and South Carolina on the 27th

.” The race, this associate explained, would not be wrapped up by then. According to this political calculus, the crucial moment arrives three days later, on March 1st, with the “SEC primary”—the belt of Southern states that encompass the Southeastern Athletic Conference—when Alabama, Texas, Georgia, Arkansas and several others hold their primaries.

Trump is currently leading the polls in many of these states. A new Texas poll has him in first place, beating actual Texans Ted Cruz and Rick Perry. He’s dominating the field in Alabama, as well, doubling the support of second-place finisher Jeb Bush, from neighboring Florida. (Trump is winning in Florida, too, according to a new Quinnipiac University poll, which, although it is an SEC state, doesn’t hold its primary until March 15th).

If Trump sweeps the early states, or even just wins Iowa and South Carolina, these advisers believe he could effectively lock down the Republican nomination by sweeping the SEC primary on March 1st. “He feels he wins the nomination on 1 March w/ a sweep of the populist anti-establishment South,” another adviser emailed. “That’s when Trump’s ‘nationalism’ coupled with Sessions’ ‘populism’ comes to full fruition.”

It’s not an “Alabama rally,” it’s a “southern rally.” Alabama’s being chosen, writes Green, because it’s Jeff Sessions’s home state, another way for Trump to signal his commitment to border-hawkishness. Usually it’s Florida that enjoys the prestige of being fourth out of the four key early-state primaries,

(Excerpt) Read more at hotair.com ...


TOPICS: Politics/Elections; US: Alabama; US: Florida; US: Iowa; US: New Hampshire; US: New York; US: South Carolina; US: Texas
KEYWORDS: 2016election; al2016; alabama; election2016; florida; iowa; jebbush; jeffsessions; laddpeebles; laddpeeblesstadium; marcorubio; mobile; newhampshire; newyork; rally; redstates; rickperry; southcarolina; tedcruz; texas; trump; trump2016
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To: Signalman

http://www.fox10tv.com/category/291730/livestreaming-on-fox10

Live, on right now.


41 posted on 08/21/2015 4:23:23 PM PDT by Balding_Eagle (The Great Wall of Trump ---- 100% sealing of the border. Coming soon.)
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To: BenLurkin

They cannot process it - Roll Tide! War damn Eagle!


42 posted on 08/21/2015 4:23:58 PM PDT by quantumman
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To: Hojczyk

I certainly hope he comes out of this evening’s performance with with a whopper of a sound bite attributed to his speech. . .one that alludes to the sad state of affairs in this country.


43 posted on 08/21/2015 4:26:35 PM PDT by Maudeen (A Sinner Saved by Grace)
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To: smoothsailing

44 posted on 08/21/2015 4:36:12 PM PDT by JPG (What's the difference between the Rats and the GOPe? Nothing.)
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To: humblegunner

Why is Hot Air excerpted? I post it all the time and don’t do that unless AP or someone like that helped.


45 posted on 08/21/2015 4:44:33 PM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet (TED CRUZ. You can help: https://donate.tedcruz.org/c/FBTX0095/)
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To: Balding_Eagle

Thanks for the link. I went right to it. I’m excited. I got my sister on the phone and I didn’t realize I could do the full screen thing.


46 posted on 08/21/2015 4:53:55 PM PDT by Maudeen (A Sinner Saved by Grace)
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To: Hojczyk

Well, he’s gotta be somewhere.


47 posted on 08/21/2015 4:54:24 PM PDT by Reynoldo
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To: Maudeen

Thanks for your thanks.

My connection broke, and I didn’t think to try a fresh link until I read your post to me.

These are exciting times to be alive, and a member of FR.


48 posted on 08/21/2015 4:57:20 PM PDT by Balding_Eagle (The Great Wall of Trump ---- 100% sealing of the border. Coming soon.)
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To: Balding_Eagle

Tacky music after a wonderful prayer. The person in charge of the music needs to be “FIRED”


49 posted on 08/21/2015 5:09:05 PM PDT by Maudeen (A Sinner Saved by Grace)
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To: Maudeen

ok. . .WE HAVE A BETTER SONG NOW


50 posted on 08/21/2015 5:13:48 PM PDT by Maudeen (A Sinner Saved by Grace)
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To: Maudeen

Yeah, not my kind of listening.


51 posted on 08/21/2015 5:15:05 PM PDT by Balding_Eagle (The Great Wall of Trump ---- 100% sealing of the border. Coming soon.)
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To: Maudeen

Mine just broke again.

Try this one if yours does too

http://www.c-span.org/video/?327751-1/donald-trump-campaign-rally-mobile-alabama


52 posted on 08/21/2015 5:22:52 PM PDT by Balding_Eagle (The Great Wall of Trump ---- 100% sealing of the border. Coming soon.)
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To: Balding_Eagle

Live here —

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VbymBINm6t8


53 posted on 08/21/2015 5:31:33 PM PDT by 4Liberty (Prejudice and generalizations. That's how Collectivists roll......)
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To: 4Liberty

Thx


54 posted on 08/21/2015 5:33:38 PM PDT by Balding_Eagle (The Great Wall of Trump ---- 100% sealing of the border. Coming soon.)
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To: MotorCityBuck

“Will it be telecast live on any or the networks?”

It’s on FNC right now!


55 posted on 08/21/2015 5:51:32 PM PDT by vette6387
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To: DoughtyOne

Right now Trump/Cruz hold over 40% of the polling support of the Republican voters. If this olds those two can wrap up the nomination right now. Forget the primaries.


56 posted on 08/21/2015 5:51:58 PM PDT by GilGil
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To: All

Because if he wanted to speak in Alabama, he had to do it now, because SEC football stars in a few weeks and the Tide and the Tigers will be playing and no one will pay any attention after that happens.


57 posted on 08/21/2015 6:04:54 PM PDT by Conan the Librarian (The Best in Life is to crush my enemies, see them driven before me, and the Dewey Decimal System)
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To: Hojczyk; All

CNN, FOX News, and even MSNBC carried Trump’s speech tonight in AL. How many times has that ever happened in a “Primary Season”? He is not having to spend any of his Billions.... the media is falling all over themselves giving him free air time.


58 posted on 08/21/2015 6:18:16 PM PDT by Din Maker (GOP Gov. Susana Martinez of NM for VP)
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To: GilGil

Sounds good, but they’ll have to go through the motions.

Carly isn’t going to concede. Hey, we wouldn’t either.


59 posted on 08/21/2015 6:36:05 PM PDT by DoughtyOne (It's beginning to look like "Morning in America" again. Comment on YouTube under Trump Free Ride.)
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To: quantumman
They cannot process it - Roll Tide! War damn Eagle!


60 posted on 08/21/2015 6:41:16 PM PDT by smoothsailing
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