Donald Trump: "I don't understand Iowa"

CBS News ^ | 10/25/2015 | REENA FLORES

[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."

[deport]

Which would explain Huckabee in 2012 and Carson now.

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I will be interesting to see how the caucuses go this time. Cruz supposedly has a campaign worker
in each of the counties. I guess it’s that workers chore to try and get caucus attendees to each
precinct meeting. I’m not sure what Carson has.

Trump I don’t know about regarding ground workers. But he may be planning on just issuing a call for
supporters to go and vote for him at the caucuses.

I know I’d be hard pressed to sit for a couple hours at some location listening to various
speakers extolling the virtue their candidate. I guess that is what Iowa is used to.

[randita]

You’ve got to remember that these are just simple farmers. These are people of the land. The common clay of the new West. You know... morons.

I must have been magically whisked away to...DU!

[TomGuy]

"I don't understand Iowa ..."

Neither do most politicians.

Iowa is -- fickle.

Excluding incumbents since the early 70s, it has voted for only 1 Republican contender who became president (IIRC). Last time, after the final vote count, Santorum won. In 2008, it was Huckabee.

Iowa isn't a very good predictor of who the Republican nominee might be.

[ASA Vet]

On the invasion by illegals, absolutely.

[Nifster]

Iowa is a wash any way....rarely goes for the real nominee

[Nifster]

let us not forget they picked HW in1980 over Reagan

[Nervous Tick]

If you want to understand Iowa, Mr. Trump, study up on these two terms:

Welfare
Ethanol

I pray for the day when that damned ethanol mandate is yanked out from under this state full of corporate welfare sows.

[TBP]

Apparently, Donald, Iowans have figured that out.

[Jim W N]

The illegal thing is a problem, of course, but is more of a symptom. I’m more concerned about fixing the disease which is the tyranny and borderline dictatorship of the mostly unconstitutional $4 trillion feds. The illegal thing is part of the unconstitutionality of the feds, in this case their unconstitutional INaction.

Who is the best guy to follow Trump to facilitate dismantling this beast, get them back into their constitutional cage, and make them defend our country like they’re supposed to?

[RedHeeler]

Good first question. Second question- How?

[erkelly]

My state (Nevada) is a caucus state. Before voting, if you wish, you may speak on behalf of your candidate but you do not have to. And voting is secret. Your neighbors will not know you voted for, unless you wish to tell them.

[montag813]

Iowans are idiots...easily fooled by fake religiosity, and in love with their illegal alien laborers. Trump needs to forget about it, let Carson win if that’s what will happen, and move on to win everything else. The idea that IA and NH have any major role at all is a joke, and their importance have long since faded away. Hillary won NH...lost nomination. McCain finished 4th in Iowa in 2008...meant nothing.

[Jim W N]

It's only one question.

Who is the best guy to follow Trump to facilitate dismantling this beast

The rest will automatically follow once the feds are back into their constitutional cage.

[RedHeeler]

I like your scenario Jim. Yet, damage to Our Constitutional fabric, by federal largesse, is beyond one President’s ability to recover- in two terms. We are well past, original means of resolution. Our government fully intends to hurt, by all means- the functioning citizenry, and take Our Country into corporatist slavery. Got it?

[MNJohnnie]

You aren’t for ethanol subsides Mr Trump, Carson is.

Iowa is a blue state most elections. Why the GOP starts there is a mystery.

In 1980 GHW Bush beat Reagan in Iowa. In 2008 Huckabee beat McCain.

It did neither of them any good.

[Jim W N]

You’re preaching to the choir my Friend.

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The Corrupt Federal Government
10/24/2015, 5:31:02 PM · 18 of 22
Jim 0216 to urbanpovertylawcenter

The precise language of the Tenth Amendment is “The powers not delegated to the United States by the Constitution nor prohibited by it to the States, are reserved to the States respectively, or to the people.”

There is no provision in the Constitution that directly binds individuals, except for 13th Amendment against individuals owning slaves. Other than the prohibition on owning slaves, the feds have NO Constitutional power over individuals. The Constitution is an issue between the states who ratified it and the federal government which the Constitution created and under which the feds are bound.

Meanwhile, the people exercise their political power upon their own state. That is our decentralized republican form of government.

It is the people THROUGH THEIR INDIVIDUAL STATES who now need to stand up against and nullify the unconstitutional acts of the feds which by definition are acts of tyranny.