Posted on 10/25/2015 2:45:53 PM PDT by BlackFemaleArmyColonel
As Ben Carson catches up to Donald Trump in Iowa in recent polls of the early contest state, Trump remains baffled at his Republican competitor's success.
"I don't understand Iowa because frankly, I just left and we had tremendous crowds and tremendous enthusiasm," Trump told CBS' "Face the Nation" early Sunday. "Frankly, even to be tied, I'm a little surprised."
He added that he was "very honored" to be lead in other key early-voting states like New Hampshire and South Carolina. But when it comes to Iowa, where he and Carson both lead the GOP field at 27 percent in a new CBS poll, he remains "surprised."
"I think that Iowa, you know, it has that same incredible feeling. We had a rally there the other day and it was so intense and there was so much love in the room," Trump continued. "So I'm actually surprised, very surprised that I'm even tied in Iowa."
Trump attributes Carson's rise in Iowa to the super PAC operations backing Ben Carson in the state, which he attacked as "running Iowa for him."
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Yes, I thank God as well that Reagan was able to prevail nationally in 1980 after getting upset in Iowa in 1980 by Bush. Yes, just goes to show that Iowa does not have a good track record of predicting the eventual GOP nominee.
“Oh my God, I am afraid to answer!”
LOL
Past winners
2012 - Rick Santorum (25%), Mitt Romney (25%), Ron Paul (21%), Newt Gingrich (13%), Rick Perry (10%), Michele Bachmann (5%), and Jon Huntsman (0.6%)[16]
2008 – Mike Huckabee (34%), Mitt Romney (25%), Fred Thompson (13%), John McCain (13%), Ron Paul (10%), Rudy Giuliani (4%), and Duncan Hunter (1%)
2004 – George W. Bush (unopposed)
2000 – George W. Bush (41%), Steve Forbes (31%), Alan Keyes (14%), Gary Bauer (9%), John McCain (5%), and Orrin Hatch (1%)
1996 – Bob Dole (26%), Pat Buchanan (23%), Lamar Alexander (18%), Steve Forbes (10%), Phil Gramm (9%), Alan Keyes (7%), Richard Lugar (4%), and Morry Taylor
Personally I prefer a candidate where there never were any doubts on whether he could or would do what's needed, Cruz. His only question was could he get there. History reports many positive surprises on that point. Old enough Freepers know Reagan was, at least equally hated by Rats and Rinos yet won two landslides. Cruz is trying to repeat his model. Let the pro win and lead. Let him plug in the energy of the talented amateurs where it fits better.
I’m for Trump and I don’t necessarily think the “traditional two party system is broken” although there’s certainly is nothing sacred about our having two parties. Nevertheless from day one and even before day one, there was a battle between those who distrusted central government power and those who wanted more central government power, which never-ending battle fuels the “two-party system.”
I don’t think the two-party thing is broken because the polarization between pro and con big government is probably stronger than ever. There are definitively two opposing forces here. The problem is a significant part of one side, the GOPe, has gone over to the other side.
Wow.
Neither do I........What makes them so special in the political spectrum?
Jefferson Sessions as Vice President
Department of State, (return INS.) – John Bolton
Department of Justice – Rep. Steve King
Department of Treasury, (includes former Homeland Security - Customs) – Carl Icahn (Offered and Accepted)
Department of War, (change the name back.) Include former VA function – Gen. James Mattis
Department of Interior, (includes the legitimate functions only of former Dept. of Transportation, Dept. of Homeland Security - Border Patrol, and Energy Departments) – Gov. Palin
Department of Labor and Commerce – Herman Cain
This proposed model has the President directly managing seven subordinates which is optimal.
Department of Homeland Security – ELIMINATE
Department of Education – ELIMINATE as proposed by The Donald, 9/23/25 at a Columbia, SC Town Hall with Sen. Tim Scott.
Department of Energy – ELIMINATE
Department of Health and Human Services – ELIMINATE
Department of Housing and Urban Development – ELIMINATE
Department of Veterans Affairs - ELIMINATE
Department of Agriculture – ELIMINATE
Department of Transportation - ELIMINATE
On Fox news Sunday, 10/18/15 Trump said he’d cut funding for EPA and Dept. of Ed.
In non-cabinet level jobs
Sheriff Clarke should be FBI Director
Michelle Bachman as IRS Commissioner under Secretary Carl Icahn in Treasury
Admiral James A. “Ace” Lyons as Undersecretary of War - Navy Branch.
LTC Allen West as Undersecretary of War – Army Branch.
Lynnette “Diamond” Hardaway and Rochelle “Silk” Richardson would be great as President Trumps Co-Press Secretaries.
Marsha Blackburn, Speaker of the House
Ted Cruz as Senate Majority Leader.
ROFLMAO Oh I know that feeling sooo well. I dunno, either, but I’d cut my tongue out before I’d ask.
Sounds like the Biblical account of what David did in dealing with the outlaw political establishment of the time.
Iowa equates with this Idiots Out Wandering Around. Does this help to understand Iowa.
Bingo.
Maybe I’ll send this to Mr. Trump. It is exactly what we need especially the ELIMINATION part.
In the long-term, WHY we eliminate these departments is just as important as the actual doing of it.
The “WHY” is simply because they are federal departments and activities not authorized by the Constitution. The long-term key to our political health and freedom is REINSTATING THE CONSTITUTION as the Supreme law of the land and renders unconstitutional federal acts null and void.
I frankly don’t understand Iowa either.
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Having grown up in the Midwest, my assessment is that Carson’s calm demeanor and religious narrative is very appealing to Christian conservative Iowans. Unfortunately for the country, we need a guy who will come out of the chute like a fire breathing bucking bronc, not a mild mannered, polite diplomat. This country just does not have the time to twaddle.
“Sounds like the Biblical account of what David did in dealing with the outlaw political establishment of the time”
Too Jewish!
No, too smart!
Love love love your cabinet picks
Iowans would flock into a Side Show at the State Fair to see a 2 Headed Dwarf, too. But it doesn’t mean they’d vote for it for President. The Trumpster has highly paid staff in his Camp who call Iowa their Home Base. If he doesn’t understand Iowa, it’s his own fault. He has someone who could explain it all, if he would only listen.
From Post #60: Trump may not get us to where we need to be, but he can, and I think will, start. If Trump has a good-to-great presidency, his VP has a good chance of being the subsequent president. I look for Trump’s VP to be the non-politically-motivated President who finishes what Trump starts and loves America and the Constitution so much that he dismantles the 80% unconstitutional portion for the $4 trillion federal government, which will take guts, courage, and a very thick asbestos suit as well as a lot of faith.
Do you think Jefferson Sessions is the guy to do this?
All of this whining about the Iowa caucuses come from people who don't really understand them. The January caucuses are precinct-level votes. Only people who live in the precinct and are party-registered can vote. The meetings are open to the public, as they should be.
After that comes the county convention, whose members are chosen at the precinct meetings. The actual state representatives to the national conventions aren't chosen until the state-wide convention of those chosen at the county conventions. That's why you often see the Iowa delegation to the national convention voting differently from the results of the precinct caucuses.
I think it's better than primary voting, particularly open primaries.
Its a scam. Obama flooded the caucuses with out of staters. It was widely known. And who cares if the delegates at the convention vote differently much later.
The scam is that someone “wins” a state.
Its a crooked system. And it’s also a scam that iowa always needs to be first. Its designed to assist the most liberal republican.
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