Posted on 02/21/2016 6:14:54 AM PST by Praxeologue
Right now, the clueless media, who are desperate for the continuation of the Trump-driven ratings boost they have received are gleefully reporting that the race is all but over, Trump has won, get ready for President Hillary.
The media does not understand conservatives in the least, and they never have. They have correctly calculated that mounting pretend attacks on Trump increases his standing with his own base of support, which works well to their advantage.
But their lack of understanding about conservative voters has led them to look at what Trump has accomplished in the primary thus far, and conclude that his trajectory will be more or less the same as John McCain's, or Mitt Romney's. They fail to understand that, while conservatives were not enthusiastic about either Romney or McCain, neither was anything even remotely as offensive to conservative sensibilities as Trump is.
Trump has got his 30-35% of the Republican party in the bag. They are not going to change their minds, no matter what. No matter how many times Trump stabs them in the back, no matter how many insane and ill-informed things he says, these people are his. However, the media grossly underestimates the extent to which the rest of the Republican party has come to bitterly hate Donald Trump, in a way they never did John McCain or Mitt Romney.
As I noted last night, John McCain's standing in the national polls went up 10% (per RCP average) between the day of the Iowa caucuses and the day of the South Carolina primary. Mitt Romney's went up 8.5%. Donald Trump's went down 1.5%. Donald Trump is not building momentum. He is bitterly opposed by a huge remaining contingent of Republicans.
And right now, including last night's delegates, he has less than 5% of the delegates he needs to win the nomination. Trump currently has 61 delegates, and he needs 1,237. I plan to fight him every day until the day he crosses that threshold, and maybe beyond. I know I'm not nearly the only one who feels that way.
This race isn't over, not by a long shot.
How many delegates does Florida have?
You are right. And Trump will not stop fighting.
What he utterly fails to focus upon is the competition. Trump has none. He will be nominated.
Cruz is very viable as soon as he is declared eligible.
Could very well be on the ticket as VP and POTUS in 2020.
Legal minds like Levin thinks he is eligible, but that would mean Obama was eligible if he was born in Kenya.
Likewise if Osama Bin Laden or the Blind sheik raped an America woman and had a son born in Pakistan who lived with the Taliban until he was 30, the son would be eligible to be President of the United States too when he turned 35 years old.
Just logic, dont worry though, judges dont give a rats ass about logic.
Makes Super Tuesday all the more important.
On the other hand, history being a guide, has any GOP candidate ever gotten 2nd in Iowa, first by a mile in NH, and first in SC? And then gone on to be seriously threatened with not winning?
And the others have less than one percent. Your point other than hoping Trump loses?
They had to print a few words to keep certain segments of the voting block interested in the included ads.
and how many “Reagan Democrats”.
The part they do not want to talk about!, I live in the Greater Los Angeles area of California and at least 30-40% of the people I know that are died in the wool Demonrats, LOVE TRUMP!!! And the reason is IMMIGRATION AND TRADE!!!
'sides, bern never was any good with numbers. he will never pick up on the shuffle.
Someone should tell Leon Wolf that there are 47 more states that have not yet had their primaries or caucuses.
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