[jjsheridan5]

I believe lifelong liberal Donald Trump has the ability to fool some people with his rhetoric when in reality, he is blathering blowhard.

I don't really blame you, and we will see. But I see no reason to think that he will do Rick Perry-bad in the "debates". Rick Perry was awful because he is an idiot. Trump may be a lot of things, but he is no idiot.

Either way, a friendly bet of nothing: Trump is doing even better in polling 2 weeks from now, than he is now. Because he has tapped a nerve that few can touch. As much as I like Cruz, he can't. But Trump can, and is doing so. Just don't forget, that while Reagan was conservative, the Reagan coalition was made up of a lot of people who are not ideological, and don't neatly fit into categories. Trump is winning them over.

[South40]

Rick Perry was awful because he is an idiot.

On that we can agree.

[entropy12]

I am convinced the main reason Trump has catapulted to the top is because of republican success in 2010 (house) & 2014 (senate). People are waking up to the fact that professional politicians are all talk to get votes, and then no follow through after elections. The professional politicians morph into puppets of their sugar daddy rich donors instead of the vast middle class who voted them in. Trump is resonating because he does NOT NEED SUGAR DADDY’s.

Pray America is waking.