Posted on 04/04/2016 10:36:44 AM PDT by granada
Last week was the pivotal week in the American election race.
Not because of seven crazy days of Donald Trump's shenanigans – his continuing ugly row with Ted Cruz about their wives, the arrest of his campaign manage over an alleged assault, his refusal to back the eventual Republican nominee, and his extraordinary proposal that women who have illegal abortions should be punished (followed by a hasty, but unconvincing, u-turn).
In fact you probably missed the crucial signals hidden amid all that Republican noise.
Last week two pieces of data emerged which give us the clearest possible idea about where this crazy race is headed. And it is not good news for Mr Trump, or his two rivals for the Republican nomination.
First, Gallup's latest survey of Barack Obama's approval ratings showed him at his most popular level since 2013, with 53 per cent.
(Excerpt) Read more at telegraph.co.uk ...
Don’t bet on it.
Once Hillary cinches the nomination, the riots from the Bern-Outs will begin.
I see overturned cars, looting and burning.
No one with a right mind is going to want to be part of that nonsense.
What this doesn’t point out is that Hillary’s negatives are almost as high as Trumps. I think Republicans who don’t like their candidate are much more likely to hold their nose, show up to the polls, and vote for the candidate.
It doesn't matter if Donald Trump beats Ted Cruz, or if Ted Cruz beats Donald Trump, or if the nomination is handed to someone else. Whoever it is will end up as the standard-bearer of the party of Judas.
When will conservatives tire of the betrayal?
The republican party is determined to lose by undermining those leading.
I have never heard so much vehemence on “conservative” radio towards the republican candidates.
And how would that inhibit leftists in any way?
Whatever popularity the Current Occupant may have is irrelevant. Herself, the presumed front-runner among the Democrats, is not particularly popular in her own right, and has nowhere near the popularity within her particular demographic (white females) that the Current Occupant had (and has) within his particular demographic (Americans of African descent).
And without the overwhelming popularity within the given demographics, there is a vanishing probability of electoral success.
Fraud, however, is always a backstop option.
Apparently the movers and shakers are counting on being able to move relatively undetected in their nefarious machinations.
It doesn’t matter if Donald Trump beats Ted Cruz: the Democrats are going to win
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It doesn’t matter if Donald beats Ted - or Ted beats Donald - or none of the above.
The GOP-e will find a way to muck it all up and whoever is the nominee - will lose to the Democrats.
-—And how would that inhibit leftists in any way?
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Well... you got me there I reckon. I hadn’t thought that completely through did I?
The headline is misleading, it uses the word win. Win implies competition. American DC establishment politics is criminally preordained thus there is no competition.
What, other than getting another byline, and thus trying to justify a salary, is the purpose of articles like this? Do we not vote because some pundit/journalist (from the UK no less) has said its already decided? Should we just avoid the cost of an election?
Very tired of it.
They would have to stop smoking weed long enough to un-mello.
“A glance through the numbers since the end of the Second World War shows that in six open seat elections (ie without an incumbent) the three candidates who followed presidents with approval ratings below 50 per cent all lost.”
What that hell does that mean?
The mud fight among the 17 children of Republican candidates is probably the worst exhibit of non-Presidential stature ever seen in modern politics.
Makes me sick that we couldn’t find better candidates.
Actually, Hillary’s crushing landslide win in November is going to be good for Conservatism.
There is absolutely no way a Republican will win the Presidency for a LONG, LONG time.
All Hillary has to do is to remind the American people how the last time they entrusted the White House to a Republican a fiasco war and the worst financial meltdown since 1929 was the result. Likewise she can remind the people that the last time a Clinton was in the White House peace and prosperity was the result.
The GOPe is going to be destroyed beyond repair. It will be ugly.
who are the D’s gonna win with?
Hillary the Liar (who has more baggage than American Airlines)
or
Bernie the Red?
(Actually, I think Bernie could win...at least he has lots of people enthused to vote for him, whereas Hillary has almost zero support in the D party membership)
Where Buchanan, Perot, and Wallace failed, Trump and possibly Sanders may succeed in ending the two party duopoly that has dominated American politics since the beginning of the republic.
I am not certain Hillary will win. Obama is spiteful enough to spike her nomination and throw their convention to a floor fight.
The Bitch waddles into the WH in 2017 and there will be Hell to pay. Our Stupid Party has outdone itself.
That very well could be, but I think Obama is a stooge as well. Someone is controlling his strings. He’s not smart enough to tie his shoes.
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