Posted on 02/04/2016 7:17:57 PM PST by GodGunsGuts
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Gathered below are 10 reasons Iowans deserted Trump in the caucus...
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It may or may not have meant a lot to him-— I don’t know-— But, I don’t see many Trump supporters abandoning him because he came in second in Iowa...
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Rubio> Will look like a middle school kid telling his sweet old grandma with years of experience she’s wrong.
Cruz> Will look like a lawyer giving a prolonged explanation of why the sweet old grandma’s life and work have not only been a waist of time but damaging to children.
Trump> Will look like a Gandpa scolding a mean old grandma, telling her get out of a mans business and go spend what little time you have left tending your grandbaby.
Think: Cruz and Rubio stand no chance against the Grandma Hildabeast. Only Grandpa Trump will be able stand toe to toe with her. He will be a Grandpa by then you know.
As Andre Agassi once said, “Losing hurts worse than winning feels good.”
I just think losing when he expected to win easily knocked him back on his heels.
Unfortunately, he was unable to control his rage afterwards, that’s what hurt him more than losing.
Trump was 11 points ahead in the CNN and Fox polls with only a few days to go and still managed to lose. That’s bad no matter how you spin it.
Did he really have a tantrum or is that what you want to imagine happened?
I don’t think your comments are off base, but I see it differently. I don’t think you skip states. It would seem to say some states aren’t worthy, and I wouldn’t want to send that message.
I’m not sure he couldn’t have won it either. He didn’t, but we don’t know what the last minute shenanigans resulted in.
He may have had it won in the morning. That’s not sour grapes. I’m just not positive he didn’t.
He needed to get his feet wet somewhere. Iowa was probably a good place to break in. You could be spot on for all I know.
Thanks for mention.
Where ya been? Trump has talked about the heroin problem in New Hampshire and why it is so important to close the borders.
(...and I don't even own a dog and a cat......)
Leni
Ok.. if what you say is true-— Cruz will be coming in first in the next bunch of elections....I guess we will see if you are right soon....
He had a tweet tantrum and then an on-air tantrum.
As Trump once said, “I don’t really need an 80 ft living room but I like to look at it.”
He doesn’t need the White House but thinks it would be nice.
Trump has the highest negatives in the entire history of Gallup polling. He cannot win in a general election.
I think 24% and 2nd place is amazing for Trump and though he may not win because he looks like he s losing it and doing so even marginally at this level can move polls +-8% overnight.
Iowa-New Hampshire-South Carolina is the giant hurtle that breaks campaigns. Somebodies campaign is breaking up, I just don’t know if its Trump or Cruz.
I’ll take expert Machiavellian over feigned temper tantrums and real belligerence, but if I sense too much Machiavelli I am not going to bite, I’ll just assume that I am being bull crapped on as well.
So I’m still for Trump but the gap is widening and reaching my limit and I don’t see any friendly faces on the other side that didn’t start out on my side to begin with. If Cruz goes overboard he s going to lose either now or in the General.
The main reason he lost is that he ran his campaign on the cheap. Cruz camped out in Iowa for the better part of a year, and established a top notch GOTV organization. Cruz should have actually won by a far bigger margin given the fact that he visited every county, and held probably hundreds of events over a prolonged period of time.
Very good points. Sarah shooting star I think.
To much work went into this article. There is one reason: Donald Trump.
Yes, we shall see what we shall see.
My daddy always used to say that.
Cruz will CRUSH Trump in the SEC elections March 1st.
I don’t call it childish whining to be outraged that such underhanded tricks as were pulled by the Cruz “team” against Carson would go unpunished. Want to wonder why the country is ANGY? It because nobody is held accountable any more. I was angry...still am, and Trump had every right to be.
NYC Values hit home, hard!
Flame away NYC FReepers, do not care.
Trump really does have high negatives. So many people out in what I call the real world totally despise him.
I think he may be the only Republican candidate who could possibly lose to the criminal witch and the aging socialist.
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