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.
Quite a stretch and oversimplification but you run with it if it tickles you to do so.
Why would they do that? They paved that road.
Florida has 99 WTA delegates
I hear that taking a drink of water will stop the hiccups.
Trump unleashed one tweet about Bill Clinton being a sexual predator and the Clintonistas yanked him from the campaign trail immediately .
What did DC Ted say about the Trump tweet
He was going to go there !,,
Seriously, Ted is a fellow DC insider just like the rest.
Trump already destroyed there so called secret weapon Bill And will wipe out Comrade Hillary in short order.
But Hillary cheating this primary season is making her implode anyways.
so we can be distracted fighting with each other while they dissolve the nation under our feet.
Diversity
Multi-Culturalism
Divide
Conquer
Tyranny
Enough is enough.
THAT!
The thing about Trump that the political “experts” (and some others) don’t seem to realize is that Trump is not a conservative...He is not a liberal...He is not a republican...He is not a democrat...He is not a politician...
He is a man who has seen what is happening to America and has the capacity to try and change the country back like it was...
He seems to care about how this country fares...Not only because he wants America to be great, but as America falls, so does the businesses that he has built for years...
good point
Besides Florida, there are a few more "winner take all" states: Illinois, Missouri, Ohio, Virgin Islands, Arizona, Wisconsin, Delaware, Maryland, Indiana, Nebraska, California, Montana, New Jersey, and South Dakota.
Under GOP Rule 40 (designed to crown Jeb, even if Jeb only had a plurality), a nominee must have gotten a majority of delegates in at least 8 states.
Trump may find himself being the ONLY candidate ALLOWED to be nominated.
Try to go over to Red State and post something not supporting Cruz or Rubio and you WILL be deleted and banned. Totally in the tank for the GOPe.
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Like Mark Davis, Rush should no longer use Erick Erickson for a fill in host! I would be happy if Rush used the other two Marks...Steyn or Belling.
You posted the SAME EXACT POST in multiple threads. How about rewording your responses instead of cutting and pasting. Make a little effort, dude.
“Hillary wonât win against trump, but Iâm pretty sure America wonât win with Trump. Trump is Hillary lite!”
Oh, absolutely. Did you read that on redstate? Or maybe Mark Levin told you?
I’ve often heard Hillary rail on about building a wall between the U.S. and Mexico. And, as we all know, she’s pro-life and pro-second amendment. And - who could deny it? - she’s well known for her opposition to political correctness and has come to realize that Obamacare is a disaster and must be repealed.
/s
Like I said, judges don’t care about logic.
There are now lawsuits questioning eligibility of Cruz to be on the ballot in 4 states.
I guarantee you the outcome will be based on who the defendant is (Cruz most likely loses, Obama definitely would win) and the political affiliation of the judges , and not the merits of the case.
It is in the interests of the nation that this is resolved, so as to possibly give Cruz a way to be on a Trump ticket.
There really arent any good candidates for VP other than Cruz.
They need to be careful with these lawsuits as Obama has set a precedent already and Cruz is clearly eligible. It really could backfire on the left.
When Trump wins the presidency, this guy will say something like Trump was lucky winning but managing the presidency won’t work for him.
When Trump wins a second term this guy will say he won because people could be bought by the wall and a great economy and so on.
The point is Trump can never win with these geniuses.
Tentative schedule for 2016 is as follows: |
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Date |
State/ |
Calculated |
Type |
Cumulative |
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territory |
delegates |
Total |
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1237 to Win |
Cumulative |
Cumulative |
Cumulative |
Cumulative |
Cumulative |
State |
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Trump |
Trump |
Cruz |
Cruz |
Rubio |
Rubio |
Kasich |
Kasich |
Other |
Other |
Total |
TBD |
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February 1, 2016 |
Iowa |
30 |
Closed caucus |
30 |
7 |
7 |
8 |
8 |
7 |
7 |
1 |
1 |
7 |
7 |
30 |
0 |
February 9, 2016 |
New Hampshire |
23 |
Modified primary |
53 |
10 |
17 |
3 |
11 |
3 |
10 |
4 |
5 |
3 |
10 |
23 |
0 |
February 20, 2016 |
South Carolina |
50 |
Open primary |
103 |
44 |
61 |
11 |
10 |
5 |
10 |
44 |
6 |
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February 23, 2016 |
Nevada |
30 |
Closed caucus |
133 |
61 |
11 |
10 |
5 |
10 |
0 |
30 |
Sorry about that. I was trying to post from my tablet and it wasn't responding.
LOL but I guess it did drive home the point.
Salem talk radio spent all week absolutely trashing Trump. As did Red State, Rush, Levin, and to a lesser stealthier degree Hannity.
They have no influence. None.
The joke's on you. You made mine.
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