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Face It: Trump's The True GOP Favorite Now
nydailynews.com ^ | December 20, 2015 | JONATHAN ALLEN

Posted on 12/20/2015 5:35:51 AM PST by Helicondelta

There's something the chattering classes along the Acela Corridor don't want to say about Donald Trump: He's the overwhelming favorite to win the Republican presidential nomination.

For the Republican Party's conservative - in more ways than one - establishment, it's as if admitting that will make it come true. So instead, they squabble over who the "real front-runner is, whether it's Marco Rubio or Ted Cruz. Perhaps, the parlor wisdom holds, a dark horse like Chris Christie can overtake the field at the New Hampshire turn.

For the first few months, the Trump deniers - loud on national television, insistent on Twitter and ever-present in the nation's leading print and digital outlets - could be called wishful thinkers. With the primaries just around the corner, as many otherwise smart political analysts keep waiting, aching, for conventional order to be restored, it's time to call them what they are: delusional.

Trump is leading national polls by more than 20 points in a field with more than a dozen candidates.

He's sitting on a double-digit lead in New Hampshire, holds a 20-point edge in South Carolina and runs 27 points ahead of his nearest competitor in Georgia. Though he's probably going to lose Iowa's first-in-the-nation caucus to Cruz, who's leading in the polls there, Trump could finish a strong second.

He's first or near it in Nevada, Florida, Massachusetts, North Carolina, Missouri and Ohio. He's in the lead in nearly every state that has been polled. All those leads have held up after a dozen predicted collapses.

To anyone looking honestly at the hard numbers, Trump's lead in the Republican primary looks a lot like Hillary Clinton's in the Democratic primary. And no one is debating who will "really win" on the Democratic side.

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TOPICS: Front Page News; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: 2016election; elections; hillary; immigration; republicans; trump; trumpwasright
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To: tflabo

That’s the media’s theme song, LOL!


121 posted on 12/20/2015 2:02:38 PM PST by CottonBall
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To: Paladin2

Like his middle of the road positions, deporting illegals and banning Muslims, LOL!


122 posted on 12/20/2015 2:04:11 PM PST by CottonBall
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To: Zenjitsuman
--Donald doesn't drink much or smoke.--

Much? Trump doesn't drink or smoke, at all, and never has.

123 posted on 12/20/2015 2:25:39 PM PST by JPG (What's the difference between the Rats and the GOPe? Nothing.)
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To: Menthops

I agree.


124 posted on 12/20/2015 5:04:10 PM PST by SaveFerris (Be a blessing to a stranger today for some have entertained angels unaware)
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To: ClearCase_guy

would love to see trump debate hillary and cruz debate sanders


125 posted on 12/20/2015 7:02:38 PM PST by ckilmer (q)
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To: Helicondelta

I believe Trump will get more of the black vote than Hillary!!!!


126 posted on 12/20/2015 7:10:01 PM PST by Kit cat (OBummer must go)
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To: Leto

The general public ONLY understands basic generalities, you give them details and their eyes glaze over!!!! Trump sounds far more forceful than Hildabeast!!!! Hillary is a worn out hag plain and simple!!!!!


127 posted on 12/20/2015 7:17:06 PM PST by Kit cat (OBummer must go)
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To: Helicondelta

I love it....Trump sells off Miss Universe, and they just had one of the biggest F-Ups, ever. Karma!


128 posted on 12/20/2015 7:18:24 PM PST by dfwgator
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To: Oceander

Do you live in a cave? Trump has won every debate by wide, wide margins. Your personal distaste for our next President shouldn’t be allowed to impair your perception of reality.


129 posted on 12/21/2015 4:09:24 AM PST by theoldmarine (Saved by grace through Faith)
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