Anyone reading the stuff posted by Dick Morris and others about the shake up at FOX, with Murdoch expecting his people to prop up Rubio? This fully explains what I saw the night before the Iowa with Luntz’ focus group that was totally in the tank for Rubio.
It resulted in a poorly written post by the next morning that called out Iowans for being superficial and cowardly.
I was right. It takes courage to lead. Trump has the courage.
Sounds like your Ailes out of the picture. YOu have BOR and Kelly Megyn at odds, and you have a definite slant toward’s Rubio’s campaign.
This is good, because the longer these turkey’s stay in, the more likely Trump will win.
Those focus groups are hand picked for the desired result/”magic effect.” Funny thing about people, quite a few will pull for the person they think is going to win. I mean, that is the ONLY criteria that controls their choice. Some will have a mild sense of anxiety, wanting Cruz but believing Trump will win - still, they will pull for who they think will win! People are very strange and wonderful creatures.
I’m not so sure that it will be a close race. The last poll in late January has Trump leading by 16 points, with Cruz the distant 2nd. Granted, this was prior to Cruz’s victory in IA, and Trump’s lopsided victory in NH. However, a FL poll out yesterday, taken after IA, showed that Cruz got next to no bounce out of IA, and Trump retains a double digit lead in FL.
It should also be noted that in NH the Real Clear Politics average for Trump was 31, and he won by 35, he over-performed the polling. This may also be a factor in SC, as it is a primary and not a caucus, and doesn’t require the same type of ground game.
Given the massive size of Trump’s win in NH, the momentum is clearly on his side.
Yesterday, Cruz held a rally of 200 people, and Trump rallied about 5,000.
I saw the focus group also. I have been saying that the crass language does not play well in the South. It keeps a lot of people who like his ideas and want to support him from supporting him. They do not like a President behaving that way in public.
I support Trump and while his crassness bothers me it is not a defining issue. For others it is one of several things they weigh before supporting anyone. Also, I believe more in that focus group plan to vote for Trump than admitted it today. Halperen asked the question just after showing the swearing. They people there, all religious conservatives, did not want to let their friends see them in public supporting that language.