Posted on 02/10/2016 6:14:21 AM PST by jimbo123
Donald Trump stormed back into the national spotlight by winning the New Hampshire primary Tuesday and Democrat Bernie Sanders avenged his narrow Iowa loss to Hillary Clinton.
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"You've all reset the race," Bush declared to his well-organized supporters. "This campaign is not dead. We're going to South Carolina." As he began to speak in Manchester, television networks switched to Trump's victory address, denying Bush his moment.
Still, Bush earned new life and scored a psychological victory over Florida rival Marco Rubio, who finished fifth, his claim of momentum stunted after a poor debate performance Saturday in which he robotically repeated the same talking points, looking unsettled amid a brutal attack from Gov. Chris Christie of New Jersey.
(Excerpt) Read more at tampabay.com ...
But the Establishment types falling out hate both Trump & Cruz.
Actually I hoping for Rubio to come on strong in South Carolina but for different reasons than you. I still believe he is the best General Election candidate we have. Jeb is a no, no no.
Strong night???? LOL. They really need to put articles like this on a parody page.
He might as well have none. What does three delegates buy you? Not even a ringside seat at the convention.
I thought it odd at the time. Was Trump viewing him as a VP pick? Did he just want to stay out of it since Christie had crippled Rubio, but Trump's hands were clean?
Now I think he just wants Rubio in the race to torment Bush and keep the votes split, and Trump will finish him off when he's ready.
Looking at how the race in NH shook out, Realistically, Trump couldn't have hoped for more. A resounding victory outperforming the polls, a weak national candidate coming in a distant but clear 2nd. Cruz getting almost no recognition for a good performance (which I think he deserves... I wouldn't have bet on third for Cruz in NH). Bush the new "anointed RINO" trying to sell a 4th place, 11% share as "victory." Rubio severely damaged, but strong enough to continue to drain the establishment coffers.
Really, everything worked perfectly in NH from a Trump perspective.
This will become a 3-way race:
Trump
Cruz
Bush
Bush will be in because of Rubios crash-and-burn, Krispy Kremes inability to do anything but debate, and all other candidates sinking back down into the quicksand, most especially Kasich who is nowhereman with plenty of nothing going forward.
Trump at the moment is only vulnerable to Trump's own mouth. At some point, it may get him in trouble... and it is startling that it hasn't already (bleeding from places, they're rapists, can kill someone, pu**y, if Ivanka weren't my daughter perhaps I'd be dating her, constant fixation on women's appearance, etc). I'm starting to be surprised at what he can say in public and nobody bats an eye. NOT terribly presidential in my eyes, but I'm old-fashioned. I believe in respecting the office.
I’m not so sure. Kind of depends on how Rubio bounces back after last night. If he bounces back in SC, I will concede that you are right and he is a better candidate then I think.
Tampa Bay Times endorsed Jeb
I understand it is a pro-yeb piece by a pro-yeb POS outfit, but the fact remains, where are the GOPe voters going to go, with no Rubio?
I love Cruz, but he was polling around 11 and he got 11.7. Nothing special yesterday. :(
Jeb spent 60 million to come in 4th while Cruz spent 1/2 million to come in 3rd. No way Jeb!
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We will see indeed. I do think his odds did get longer for sure. It will be interesting.
Really funny, and so true. Bush really should have read this sooner. His political instincts are not very good. He should have listened to his Mother the first time.
Since when is coming in fourth place a strong showing?
So, it’s come to this, Jeb taking advice from a guy who was polling at less than 1 percent, and wasn’t much better in his home state. Jeb would be better off dragging out mommy, than listening to Graham.
Now he goes south where they do.
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