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,
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I think Trump’s appearance was a great big THANK YOU to one of America’s greatest living political figures, Jefferson Beauregard “Jeff” Sessions III, for his essential help in crafting Trump’s immigration plan. Mobile is, after all, Sessions’ home town.
And...the blogger didn’t do anything but restate what local news agencies were saying about it....
Bingo!
The initial venue held 2,000. The second 14,000. Then they had to move to the football stadium!
Like you said, "Get over it LIBS!"
Ditto.
Thank you.
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