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The Cruz/Trump wars are killing both candidates and moving Rubio up to prime Romney position. Here's the poll from PPP to be released tomorrow: Trump 25 Cruz 21 Rubio 21 Carson 11 Jebra 5 Kasich 5 Rand 5 Christie 3 Fiorina 3 Gilmore 1 Santorum 0 Rubio is calling on the party to 'consolidate' (guys behind me drop out and endorse me). The MSM is laughing about the Trump vs. Cruz war and encouraging it -- Karl Rove on Fox tonight telling Trump he was right; Trump did steal Iowa; go sue over it and keep imploding pursuing it. This...

I'm listening to Kudlow's Money Talk on the radio. Larry, the host is furious at Ted Cruz for making his remarks. This has become almost a Rorschach Test where everyone gives their own interpretation on exactly what Ted was saying. I know what he was referring to, the New York that would elect Bill de Blasio, had elected Bloomberg, and Hillary to office long before that. These people were elected in spite of their hard left leanings. Ted was speaking of people like Governor Andrew Cuomo, who said "Pro Gun Supporters have no place in the state of New York....

For weeks I have been wondering why no media reporter, GOP candidate, debate moderator, network political analyst or individual citizen has asked Mr. Trump a very simple and basic question. “Mr. Trump, if you are elected president, who will manage your businesses?” I do not think this is a trivial question. The job of president demands 100% mental dedication and cannot tolerate conflicts with personal business interests. Owning an on-going business is not the same as putting a stock portfolio in a blind trust. To be sure Mr. Trump does have many managers to run day-to-day operations. But, I see...

Did I hear Rush say that we should be willing to vote for Trump even with all of his baggage and left leaning positions and support for Democrats!? He said the RNC told us to support McCain and Romney (and I think he threw Bush in there) so we should have no trouble supporting Trump. That's some kind of rallying cry for conservatives. So would someone please tell me what Trump stands for (other than saying he'll build the fence and deport gang members), and why (other than you want to believe that he has changed) why anyone would trust...

If anyone saw Ted on Fox News with Megan K-He had the focus group laughing- He was only on for a minute. Imagine what he could have done with the whole response.

This week I went online and changed my voter registration from Republican to Unaffiliated. Didn't see the point and it felt good. Anyone else?

We have been seeing America go to the "dogs" for 6 years now and still some "brain dead" fools cling to the idea that they will stay home rather than vote for a "Pubbie" that they deem a RINO.

I am not an economist, but with all that is going on over there: high taxes, decrease in revenues, businesses leaving, low-skilled and poorly educated illegal immigrants sucking up the social services, etc...shouldn't we be seeing signs of collapse? I would have thought that something would have happened by now. I keep hearing all this talk about economic collapse not just for certain states, but for the entire country. Is that really going to happen with chaos reigning, or will it more likely be just be just a condition where everything is stagnant?

What did Lisa Jackson do? Looks like there is another scandal of the socialist party unfolding but I don't know the details of it. Does anyone know?

Chris Christie is a RINO. He supports illegal aliens He supports Obamacare He supports gun control While he cut spending, Christie relied on stimulus funding for his state His record on spending is not that stellar.

Reference: Herman Cain's comments re: the offensive, racial slur on the big rock at the Hunting Camp visited by the Perry family for decades. Now that the bruhaha over Herman Cain's comments (Perry showed insensitivity) have subsided somewhat, I'd like to make this observation: Many have accused Cain of "playing the race card". Well, granted, he jumped the gun and failed to avoid the "trap" set for him by the liberal media. He needs to apologize and move on. However..... IMO, Rick Perry played the race card big-time when, in the last Debate, he accused those of us who oppose...

As the current republican primary process unfolds, I find one parallel to be very interesting. The liberal media has smeared all candidates except one, Mitt Romney. They've gone out and manufactured fake out of context videos about "big black clouds", they've said things where blatantly false when they were blatantly true, and yet one candidate stands alone as unsmeared. He's not getting great press, don't misunderstand. But he's not the subject of the media war that we've come to all be familiar with. Why? The media absolutely love and adore Barack Obama, so it's not for lack of zeal. AND!...

<p>Just reported that in this debt deal is indeed a BIG TAX HIKE!</p>

I have always thought that the direction our country would be set by people yielding to practical solutions that work. The left has always wanted us to be socialists but at least willing to push for changes that did little or no damage to our countries economy or its military status. The right has been patient with the left. Like a parent trying to discipline a child, the right has restrained itself and just like a parent has given in too much and given too little discipline. However, I sense that we have reached a point of no return. The...

Yes it is amazing that Americans are ready to buy that pig because the Washington Whores put lipstick and a tootoo on the Medical commissions. Zero and his Medical Fascist had to back off (really?) the Care Commission. But how did they get around it? By putting it in Congresses hands. NO agencies and departments on the block. MILITARY and HEALTHCARE. The can claim it's only Medicare. But according to Obamacare Eveyone must be covered by the Obamacare T-4 Program. WHEN in the H will Americans get a CLUE?

We are told there is a time critical element to this whole process, though it seems that Tuesday may NOT be as hard and fast a deadline as we're led to believe. Has Boehner promised that he will keep the 72 hr rule..that a bill MUST be online for that time period before voting on it.

Per discussion this AM about the debt ceiling/tax cut proposals, several congresspeople say deal now involves making sure it would go past the 2012 elections and would mean one dollar cuts for each two dollars of debt ceiling increase, with immediate cuts being tiny. Looks like the Repubs are folding.

Listening to John Batchelor...Mitch McConnel asked OBAMA what are the cuts in this years budget..answer TWO BILLION....the rest of the 1.5 trillion is out years smoke and mirrors...that is why he came up with his plan..Why not send something to the senate..GOP is hopeless is guess..hope I'm wrong..

Maybe you know her as the “PDS” Princess, the splenetic sister of snark, a loyal correspondent or perhaps a really fun time waster. Whatever you call her, DeMille can forget getting his close-up, because the FReeper known as MaggieCarta is ready for her zot, Mr. Robinson… Ok, before I begin the Dictionary, I'd like to say, I've really enjoyed my time here on FR. Best wishes, and a Merry Christmas and a Happy 2011 to all. The dictionary begins below...

1) Nevada Sharon Angle or Dirty Harry 2) Delaware O'Donnell or Coons 3) California Carley or Boxer 4) NY Gov Paladino or Cuomo 5) Cal Gov Meg or Jerry 6) GOP House will net a) >70 b) 40 > but <70 c) <40 d) Less than zero 7) Surprise of the night?