Posted on 01/24/2016 4:32:39 AM PST by GonzoII
The Iowa caucuses are 10 days from Friday. And Donald Trump, the larger-than-life real estate reality star, is -- still -- the front-runner for the Republican presidential nomination. Not only has Trump not disappeared or imploded -- as everyone everywhere predicted he would -- he appears to be getting stronger in both early-state and national polling as actual votes draw closer.At this point, Trump's path to putting the nomination away quickly is far easier than the one Hillary Clinton must travel to capture the Democratic nomination. That doesn't mean Trump is a sure thing just yet, but he has, without question, the best chance of any Republican running to claim the party's top prize.
Below, my latest rankings of the six men who have a realistic-to-semi-realistic chance of winning the GOP nomination. If your preferred candidate's name isn't on the list, it's because they, well, aren't going to win.
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A decisive double digit win by Trump in Iowa would be nice.
But any win at all will be followed by N.H. where Trump has a yuge lead.
It’s going to be the death nail in a lot of campaigns.
You’re a good man Luircin.
Yes I’m older than you and I have a different response to Trump’s behavior and his late-game conversion, but I share your desire to see PC and the establishment laid low. I just prefer a return to Constitutional principles rather than the full Nietzschean Uberman blowout; I never expected Zarathustra to speak with a New York accent. Remember, the founding patriach of conservatism himself made his name by criticizing an anti-establishment revolution that got out of hand.
I really don’t get the entire social media thing but I recognize that it is immensely powerful, and influential in ways we don’t yet understand. I’m afraid that influence is largely negative but there’s a lot of generational bias in my perspective. Whether Trump has a fortuitous gift for using it, or he’s got it figured out on purpose, I certainly admit that he’s using it effectively.
Perhaps Trump is just the man for the time. But if so my natural bent for anachronism will become even more pronounced. Under no circumstances will I vote for a Democrat, but I live in TX so Trump as the Republican Presidential nominee wouldn’t miss my vote either way.
Did I notice in another post that you spend a lot of time preaching and teaching The Word, and visiting those who might need encouragement? I’m sometimes involved in the same kinds of ministry activities. You keep up the good work, and I promise I won’t despise your youth. (But now that I think of it, that great demolisher of his own PC establishment Paul didn’t take his first missionary journey until **years** after the Damascus road .......)
What did I misquote? Here’s the tape:
He was quoting what an editorial had said about him. He was mot making the claim himself
I could find no evidence that Trump was only responding to an editorial claiming that he could shoot someone so I assumed he made that up all on his own. You accused me of twisting things to make myself sound good so please cite that editorial so I can apologize.
Listen to his words. “They say that my supporters”
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