[chuckee]

I doubt whether Trump is a true conservative. But I think of Trump as a convenient battering ram. There is something in it for everyone. He wants the self promotion and publicity. I want someone to knock the guy in the oval office around. Works for me.Just so long as when he gets tired of running he drops out for good and does not hang around as an independent to siphon votes away from the Republican general election candidate. Kind of like hockey. You do not want your goon squad on the ice while you are trying to score.

[LostInBayport]

I want someone to knock the guy in the oval office around. Works for me.Just so long as when he gets tired of running he drops out for good and does not hang around as an independent to siphon votes away from the Republican general election candidate.

I agree. I'm hoping the byproduct of Trump's theatrics is that the folks vying for the Republican nomination realize that we want someone who will not cower before the media and the P.C. gestapo, and will not shy away from harsh, uncensored criticism of Obama. In more old-fashioned words, someone willing to tell it like it is. This is the lesson to be learned here, and aside from perhaps Palin, Cain or Bachmann I don't see many willing students.

If we enter the race with a candidate who lives by "The Accepted Topics of Discussion about Obama and How to Express Them" as authored by the liberal media we are giving the advantage to the left and our nation is finished.