[2ndDivisionVet]

Comments?

[joesbucks]

No one has been the republican nominee without winning SC.

[Clyde5445]

I see you don’t respond to my comments. Yes I speak English now typing is a different matter all to gather.

[bigbob]

They say Trump has a ceiling.

I agree. It’s in the Oval Office.

[euram]

What happens when Trump again wipes the floor with his competitors in Nevada? From the polls I’ve seen, Trump is leading in 10 out of the 12 Super Tuesday states, and TX and AR where Cruz leads, the lead is only a 4 or 5 points. If he goes into Super Tuesday having had big wins in NH, SC, and NV the bandwagon effect could very well start kicking in. People may vote for the guy who is winning instead of the guys who always come in 2nd, 3rd, 4th or 5th.

[Cvengr]

If Trump decides to go Independent, these delegates might not be required to go his way.

[Rebelbase]

Trump isn’t a serious candidate.

[SamAdams76]

The only candidates that can stop Trump from the nomination now is Cruz and Rubio.

Cruz did not win a single county or delegate in SC tonight. His performance was an utter disaster. His much ballyhooed "ground game" got no traction whatsoever. This was a state heavy with the "evangelicals" that was to have been Cruz's to lose. Cruz underperformed badly. Huge disappointment.

Rubio may have won a county or two but will likely have zero delegates to show for it.

Trump will likely landslide Nevada Tuesday night and add another 30 delegates to his total.

Then we have Super Tuesday on March 1. Other than Texas, Trump should cruise. He could easily pick up 600 delegates that night - even if he doesn't win Texas.

Barring disaster, Trump will be our nominee and our next president. I don't believe there is any example where somebody won NH and SC and did not also win the nomination.

[Hostage]

Pure Brookings gobbledegook.

A thousand words to say a lot of nothing.

Is Trump assured of the nomination? Of course not.

Brookings primates need not blow strings upon strings of garbled polispeak to get that point across.

[moehoward]

"Comments?"

Will my laughter suffice ?

[Dalberg-Acton]

Denial is the first stage.

[ifinnegan]

Today’s primary belies this analysis.

Trump got 33% but in the proportional allocation gets at least 88% of the delegates.

[jospehm20]

GOPe has got to be getting worried about now.

[Georgia Girl 2]

Well of course SC does not mean Trump will be the nominee but it gives him a good head of steam going into NV on Tuesday where he’s going to win big and we all know it.

Then March 1st is the SEC. So Trump blows into the SEC with 3 wins under his belt and a possible endorsement from Jeff Sessions of Alabama. After the SEC its going to be hard to keep arguing that Trump is not going to win.

[Bigtigermike]

The thrust of this article is that many states have proportional delegates. If Rubio and Cruz hang in there and make it 3-person race for the long run then they may be able to make it tough for Trump to ‘clinch’ nomination. Then it goes go the convention and possible super delegates and the GOP Establishment using power play to pick most likely Rubio in the smoke fill rooms even though Trump would have a plurality of delegates. Right there is where chaos will reign. A most likely GOP Presidential win in 2016 will turn into a loss as conservative voters, even those that don’t like Trump will be outrage and refuse to vote or protest vehemently

[tumblindice]

“This is not a post to bash Donald Trump.”

When a man says, “It’s not the money, it’s the principle of the thing.” you can be damned sure it’s the money.

[Albion Wilde]

Make America Great Again

Ping!

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Selected Trump articles on FR, with links, from 12:00 AM to 3:30 PM EST, 2/9/16:

Free Republic Caucus 2016 02/21
Three-Quarters of SC Voters Support Trump's Temporary Muslim Ban [Breitbart]
S.C. Republican statistics [vanity thread - post links]
Trump wins in South Carolina GOP primary; Rubio leads Cruz in battle for second place [WaPo]
(ABC) ANALYSIS: Donald Trump Takes Ownership of Republican Party
Republican presidential debate coming to Utah
Obama: Donald Trump won't be president and shouldn't be given the nuclear codes [LA Times]
Ann Coulter Tweets: 'On Fox, Rove ACTUALLY JUST SAID, "If I were Trump, I'd be worried."'
SC exit poll: 75 percent agree with Trump's Muslim ban
Jeb Bush ends White House bid
CNN has called it for Trump
AP Calls SC for Trump
Counts coming in SC [NBC]
South Carolina Primary Results [Trump projected winner by NBC and Fox News]
EXIT POLL HINT: CNN CALLS RACE "CLOSE," SAYS TRUMP, CRUZ, RUBIO "IN CONTENTION" FOR TOP 3!
GOP campaigns trade allegations of dirty tricks in South Carolina
Legendary NY Republican rips party for not backing Trump [former NY GOP Chair Bill Powers]
Live South Carolina GOP Primary Exit Poll Analysis [ABC News]
After Mollycoddling Castro, Pope Francis Blunders In Attack on Trump [NY Sun]
South Carolina Republican Presidential Primary Poll 2/19/16 (Rubio closing in on Trump)
SO YOU DON'T LIKE TRUMP, EH? [Market Ticker]

[bigbob]

To the 10,000 volunteers in the BS “Secret Army”: “You’re Fired!”

To the thousands of annoying phone calls and BEG EMAILS - “Youre Fired!”

To Jeff Roe, the dirty trickster who screwed Ben Carson and put out the fraudulent voter violation mailing: “You’re Fired!”

To the man who couldn’t win ONE SINGLE COUNTY in a state he had declared to be critical, a state that was tailor-made for his style and message, a state full of evangelicals...Ted Cruz: “You’re Fired!”

So much for the vaunted Cruz GROUND GAME! All that ground game accomplished is ZERO delegates. Zip zero nada.

Go Trump! Super Tuesday Clean Sweep!

[DesertRhino]

If Trump goes in as the solid lead, and they play convention games to pick someone BESIDES the winner going in, there will be a revolt.
I know, I’ll be in it.

[Just mythoughts]

John Hudak??? Who reads Brookings? Well, I can understand some might need to go to Brookings to find out what the professional .itchers at National Review are going to regurgitate. I cannot wait to read what Beck, Levin and Rush are going to report on Monday.

I am reading that Trump took ALL, got it ALL 50 delegates in South Carolina... And I watched Rubio and Cruz talk and talk and talk as if they won something... I am in S H O C K!!!

[cowboyway]

"Make America Great Again" is the 2016 version of "Yes, We Can."

Because it makes the sheep feeeeeeeeeeeeeeel good.