Posted on 02/01/2016 3:07:17 PM PST by markomalley
A search shows that nobody's opened up a live thread for tonight's caucuses. So here goes.
Predictions? For both the GOP and Dem nominations?
Eyewitness Accounts? See any funny business going on?
I’m not a Cruz guy. I’m leaning Rubio but Ithe worst thing about him is the Gang of Eight. Cruz did the right thing by stopping it, and attempts to twist that into him actually supporting amnesty are just politics, not the truth.
Would be wonderful if the country is turning more conservative. But I sure don’t trust the switch-over voting.
And really prefer the paper ballots! Computer numbers can be more easily manipulated I think.
Right. At the last minute, a couple of polls came out claiming he was surging. Why? It worries me to think people will chicken out and vote establishment.
You’ll have a hard time selling it to me.
The guy is a great guy but this aint his thingy
Sanders speaking on CNN.
You know, I made this same point several times when Trump was leading the polls - that the total number of delegates would not be that different whomever won. But for some reason at that point, with Trump leading, the Trump supporters kept insisting that if Trump won it would be YUUUUGE because of the momentum the winner would get coming out of Iowa. So does that argument only apply if Trump is the winner?
Rubio's "surge" took the votes from Trump. What does that say about the DC establishment's candidate(s)?
Like I said enjoy this week with Ted, Trump’s 28 pt lead in NH is not going away. Or his lead in SC. :-)
He is regarded as having won the last debate and was the obvious go to for the more establishment voters. I was not surprised.
“It ain’t great right now”
America IS Great! No amount of the egomaniac LOSER calling it otherwise won’t make it so. Get on with the times. Join the winning team.
I thought Draft Dodger was a DIRTY WORD. Especially to Vietnam Veterans. My late husband got his, and then enlisted in the USAF for 4 yrs. So did many of my cousins who were Army, Navy, Marine and USAF. One still limps to this day from being shot in the knee.
Photos show Donald Trump in military uniform, with athletic teams before dodging the Vietnam draft with ‘bull-—t’ injury
http://www.nydailynews.com/news/politics/photos-show-trump-military-garb-dodging-draft-article-1.2298248
Questions linger about Trump’s draft deferments during Vietnam War
Donald Trump, draft dodger, goes after John McCain, war hero
http://www.latimes.com/opinion/readersreact/la-le-0721-tuesday-donald-trump-mccain-20150721-story.html
Donald Trump avoided Vietnam with deferments, records show
http://www.cbsnews.com/news/donald-trump-avoided-vietnam-with-deferments-records-show/
F Bomb Dropper
Products made in China
Donald Trump’s Own Secret: Vietnam Draft Records
http://abcnews.go.com/Politics/donald-trumps-vietnam-draft-records-secret-documents-deferments/story?id=13492639
2 S to 4 F deferment.
http://www.thesmokinggun.com/file/trump-draft-deferment
It’s a whole different world when you leave Iowa. It’s time now to go to the real America.
Nothing is wrong. The dems run their Caucus in an electoral college fashion.
I’m with you, NH next. I do worry about the media manipulating polls tomorrow. They’re masters of the game. Only reason they haven’t been able to up to now is that Trump’s numbers have been too big.
If Cruz & Rubio can pull enough to look legit we might be hit with another media campaign.
Ohh, Cruz just cut Hillary and Bern down sweetly.
Thanks. That’s a big difference between Republican numbers and Democrat delegates.
I have no idea what you are getting at.
Trump isn’t ‘winner’ at the moment. He lost. It’s going to cost him the ‘cult of personality’ vote. It’s going to hurt.
People will show up for his big show. No doubt about that. I would. I hear it’s a heck of a show. In the primary Cruz will get my vote.
If trump threw a party giving out food - I’d eat it. My primary vote is still going to Cruz.
Rubio’s performance is the only real momentum.
Cruz and Trump were already on track.
Rubio now pushes aside all the other GOPe candidates.
It’s a big win for Cruz. I’d be happy with Cruz as the nominee. Long way to go.
Enjoy the win!
Yup, and that's still true. Trump's rallies in Iowa were always smaller than anywhere else in the country, though still huge, considering Trump has more votes than Santorum or Romney did in 2012. Cruz barely won in Iowa and had to do it by telling Carson voters that Carson was dropping out, and lying to his supporters about Trump's healthcare positions with his caucus precinct captains, and even despite that still couldn't pull off a big win. Cruz is behind Trump so badly in New Hampshire that Cruz could absorb all the votes from the 2 people beneath him and still lose.
See you in New Hampshire, chumps!
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