“When we get in there with Putin, we need people that don’t sweat, let me tell you. No, it’s true. Got to have people that don’t sweat,” Trump said. “Can you imagine Putin sitting there and waiting for the meeting and this guy walks in and he’s like a wreck. No, you got to have Trump walk into that meeting folks, we’ll do very nicely. We’re going to do very nicely.”
Guy really doesn't give a fuck.
What a crazy cycle. At this point if he goes down, who knows if the GOP can even hold onto his supporters. They might be so pissed that they stay at home.
What a time to be alive.
Guy really doesn't give a fuck.
What a crazy cycle. At this point if he goes down, who knows if the GOP can even hold onto his supporters. They might be so pissed that they stay at home.
What a time to be alive.
I said months ago Trump will keep flapping his gums until he goes too far. I guarantee you I'm not the only undecided voter who has eliminated him the past few days. Look at him wearing "The Parrot Yapper" from the Vitterd Collection.
Looks like your intuition may be correct.
Trump's support appears to be collapsing in South Carolina after that debate.
BULLSHIT, but what else is new from Casper, whose whole existence is BULLSHIT, and only operates on wishes and feelings, not facts. In surveys only encompassing the days after the debate, Trumps support was as strong as ever, over 15%+. In this particular aspect of the CNN survey, there is an 8% Margin of error. Trumps truth telling about W and 911 and Iraq didn't make any difference, even with the wingnuts he attracts. He's gonna win SC easily, his support there isn't "collapsing" like the idiot above alleges. Again, what else is new?Looks like your intuition may be correct.
Trump's support appears to be collapsing in South Carolina after that debate.
Latest SC Poll gives Trump 18 pt lead, 7 poll in last 3 days have given Trump leads from 14 to 22 pt leads
SC Presidential Primary Survey
Conducted 2/15
1700+ Respondents
Likely Republican Presidential Primary Voters
Margin of Error: +/- 2.4
Response Rate: 4.74%
Confidence: 95%
Response Distribution: 50%
3 way log jam for 2nd; Bush, Cruz & Rubio at 15 to 16 pt range BEST POLL FOR BUSH YET
Self Identified Conservative Republicans-
TRUMP- 27%
CRUZ- 20%
RUBIO- 18%
Bush-18%
CARSON-7%
KASICH-5%
Self Identified Moderate Republicans-
TRUMP- 32%
BUSH- 20%
KASICH- 18%
RUBIO-17%
CARSON-6%
CRUZ-4%
Self Identified Independents
TRUMP- 50%
CRUZ- 14%
KASICH- 10%
Bush-8%
RUBIO-8%
CARSON-5%
| South Carolina Republican Presidential Primary | SC House GOP | Trump 34, Cruz 16, Rubio 15, Bush 15, Kasich 8, Carson 7 | Trump +18 |
Conducted 2/15
1700+ Respondents
Likely Republican Presidential Primary Voters
Margin of Error: +/- 2.4
Response Rate: 4.74%
Confidence: 95%
Response Distribution: 50%
3 way log jam for 2nd; Bush, Cruz & Rubio at 15 to 16 pt range BEST POLL FOR BUSH YET
Self Identified Conservative Republicans-
TRUMP- 27%
CRUZ- 20%
RUBIO- 18%
Bush-18%
CARSON-7%
KASICH-5%
Self Identified Moderate Republicans-
TRUMP- 32%
BUSH- 20%
KASICH- 18%
RUBIO-17%
CARSON-6%
CRUZ-4%
Self Identified Independents
TRUMP- 50%
CRUZ- 14%
KASICH- 10%
Bush-8%
RUBIO-8%
CARSON-5%
[h=1]Obama doubts Trump will win the White House because it's a 'serious job' – not 'a talk show or a reality show' – but The Donald fires back and tells campaign crowd the president has done 'such a lousy job!'[/h]
By FRANCESCA CHAMBERS, WHITE HOUSE CORRESPONDENT FOR DAILYMAIL.COM and DAVID MARTOSKO, US POLITICAL EDITOR FOR DAILYMAIL.COM IN BEAUFORT, S.C.
PUBLISHED: 00:13, 17 February 2016 | UPDATED: 01:46, 17 February 2016
President Barack Obama said during a Tuesday press conference that he doubts Donald Trump will succeed him in the White House because 'I have a lot of faith in the American people, and I think they recognize that being president is a serious job.'
Trump fired back hours later in coastal South Carolina, telling an overflow crowd that Obama 'has done such a bad job! He has set us back so far. And for him to say that actually is a great compliment.'
Obama told reporters in California that he would 'leave it to you to speculate how this whole race is gonna go. I continue to believe that Mr. Trump will not be president.'
'It's not hosting a talk show, or a reality show, it's not promotion, it's not marketing – it's hard,' he said of the U.S. presidency. 'And a lot of people count on us getting it right.'
'And it's not a matter of pandering and doing whatever will get you in the news on a given day.'
+8
President Barack Obama still doesn't think Donald Trump will win the White House because it's a 'serious job' and he has 'faith' the American people will chose someone with the right qualifications
+8
Trump fired back hours after Obama's press conference, saying the president has done 'such a lousy job'
Obama assessed both the Democratic and Republican ends of the race in response to questions posed to him at a California press conference at the conclusion of the first-ever Association of Southeast Asian Nations conference on U.S. soil.
Trump was on stage in a Beaufort, South Carolina high school auditorium fielding questions from Van Hipp, a former chairman of the state GOP.
South Carolina's statewide Republican presidential primary election is set for Saturday, and the billionaire first-time candidate is leading the field by a mile.
'He has done such a lousy job as president,' Trump said, to roaring applause.
'You look at our budgets, you look at our spending. We can't beat ISIS. Obamacare is terrible – we're going to terminate it. We're going to absolutely terminate and replace it.'
'I mean, you look at everything,' Trump said. 'Our borders are like Swiss cheese.'
He said during his ride to the high school a television network had called him for a reaction to Obama's harsh words. As he re-told the story, he put his response the way he would if he were talking to the man whose job he wants.
'You're lucky I didn't run last time when Romney ran,' he said, 'because you would have been a one-term president.'
Democrats have been fighting over who is the rightful heir to Obama's legacy in the White House - the president's former secretary of state Hillary Clinton or progressive champion and U.S. Senator Bernie Sanders.
Clinton accused Sanders of being disloyal to Obama last week after he said during an MSNBC interview that Obama had tried but failed to close the 'presidential leadership' gap.
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+8
Trump was in Beaufort, South Carolina campaigning in advance of Saturday's statewide Republican presidential primary
+8
BYE: Obama assessed both the Democratic and Republican ends of the race in response to questions posed to him at a California press conference at the conclusion of the first-ever Association of Southeast Asian Nations conference on U.S. soil
+8
LEFT OUT: Jacob Duncan and his little sister Annabelle, both of Bluffton, South Carolina, hung out under an oak tree before the start of Trump's rally, two of nearly a thousand people who couldn't get in after the Beaufort fire marshal shut the doors of the local high school
'I think he has made the effort,' Sanders said. 'But I think what we need, when I talk about a political revolution, is bringing millions and millions of people into the political process in a way that does not exist right now.'
At a Democratic debate that evening hosted by PBS Clinton brought up the remarks and said that 'I expect from Republicans. I do not expect it from someone running for the Democratic nomination to succeed President Obama.'
'Madame secretary, that is a low blow,' Sanders replied. 'I have worked with President Obama for the last 7 years.'
As the argument grew terse Sanders shouted at her, 'One of us ran against Barack Obama, I was not that candidate.'
The subject of the back and forth declined today to pick a side - but indicated that he could make his opinion known before the end of the Democratic primary process.
'That's the great thing about primaries, is everybody's trying to differentiate themselves, when in fact Bernie and Hillary on a lot of stuff and disagree pretty much across the board with everything the Republicans stand for,' he said.
The president said he wants to let his party's voters 'have their say for awhile, and lets see how this thing plays out.'
'I know Hillary better than I know Bernie because she served in my administration and she was an outstanding secretary of state, and I suspect that on certain issues, she agrees with me more than Bernie does.
'On the other hand, there may be a couple issues where Bernie agrees with me more,' he said. 'I don't know. I haven't studied their positions that closely.'
Obama said that what he 'can say unequivocally' is, 'I am no unhappy that I am not on the ballot.'
+8
PRESIDENTIAL LEADERSHIP GAP: Bernie Sanders criticized Barack Obama's leadership in an MSNBC interview last week and suggested he'd do a better job in the Oval Office than the current president
+8
At the Democratic debate that evening, Hillary Clinton pointed out it's not the first time Sanders has savaged the president and said, that 'I expect from Republicans. I do not expect it from someone running for the Democratic nomination to succeed President Obama'
Obama was also asked for his take on the Republicans running to replace him and whether he still believes, as he said last month in an interview on the Today show with Matt Lauer, that Trump won't be the one.
Since then, Trump has continued to lead the GOP race, coming in second in Iowa, first in New Hampshire and every single national poll.
The president wrote off his popularity as a primary fad that will never take hold in a general election.
'During primaries people vent and they express themselves, and it seems like entertainment, and oftentimes its reported just like entertainment,' he said, but as you get closer, reality has a way of intruding.
'And these are the folks who I have faith in, because they are ultimately going to say, whoever is standing where I'm standing right now, has the nuclear codes with them, and can order 21-year-olds into a fire fight....the american people are pretty sensible, and I think they'll make a sensible choice in the end.'
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+8
Trump laid into Obama and said the president would have lost his re-election bud in 2012 if he had been a candidate back then
Obama said he doesn't understand why other Republicans running are not being scrutinized as heavily for their proposals as Trump given that there are other running on'anti-Muslim' and 'anti-immigrant' platforms.
'I don't think it's restricted by the way to Mr. Trump,' he said. 'I find it interesting that everybody's focused on Trump, primarily because he says in more interesting ways.'
But it's what the other candidates stand for, as well, Obama said.
'So he may up the ante in anti-Muslim sentiment, but if you look at what the other Republican candidates have said, that's pretty troubling, too.'
Obama pinpointed U.S. Senator Marco Rubio of Florida, a sponsor of the failed Gang of 8 Senate bill to reform the immigration system.
'You've got a candidate who sponsored a bill that I supported...and he's running away from it as fast as he can,' Obama said, referring to Rubio's position now that comprehensive reform is a no-go until the border is secure.
Of all the candidates, Obama said, 'They're all denying climate change.'
'I think that's troubling to the international community,' the U.S. leader said.
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- 'I continue to believe that Mr. Trump will not be president,' Obama said today during a press conference at the end of his California trip
- Presidency is 'not hosting a talk show, or a reality show, it's not promotion, it's not marketing – it's hard'
- Trump fired back a few hours later, saying Obama 'has done such a lousy job as president!'
- Said his message for Obama is: 'You're lucky I didn't run last time when Romney ran, because you would have been a one-term president'
- Obama assessed both the Democratic and Republican ends of the race and responded to a question about whether Bernie Sanders is disloyal
By FRANCESCA CHAMBERS, WHITE HOUSE CORRESPONDENT FOR DAILYMAIL.COM and DAVID MARTOSKO, US POLITICAL EDITOR FOR DAILYMAIL.COM IN BEAUFORT, S.C.
PUBLISHED: 00:13, 17 February 2016 | UPDATED: 01:46, 17 February 2016
President Barack Obama said during a Tuesday press conference that he doubts Donald Trump will succeed him in the White House because 'I have a lot of faith in the American people, and I think they recognize that being president is a serious job.'
Trump fired back hours later in coastal South Carolina, telling an overflow crowd that Obama 'has done such a bad job! He has set us back so far. And for him to say that actually is a great compliment.'
Obama told reporters in California that he would 'leave it to you to speculate how this whole race is gonna go. I continue to believe that Mr. Trump will not be president.'
'It's not hosting a talk show, or a reality show, it's not promotion, it's not marketing – it's hard,' he said of the U.S. presidency. 'And a lot of people count on us getting it right.'
'And it's not a matter of pandering and doing whatever will get you in the news on a given day.'
+8
President Barack Obama still doesn't think Donald Trump will win the White House because it's a 'serious job' and he has 'faith' the American people will chose someone with the right qualifications
+8
Trump fired back hours after Obama's press conference, saying the president has done 'such a lousy job'
Obama assessed both the Democratic and Republican ends of the race in response to questions posed to him at a California press conference at the conclusion of the first-ever Association of Southeast Asian Nations conference on U.S. soil.
Trump was on stage in a Beaufort, South Carolina high school auditorium fielding questions from Van Hipp, a former chairman of the state GOP.
South Carolina's statewide Republican presidential primary election is set for Saturday, and the billionaire first-time candidate is leading the field by a mile.
'He has done such a lousy job as president,' Trump said, to roaring applause.
'You look at our budgets, you look at our spending. We can't beat ISIS. Obamacare is terrible – we're going to terminate it. We're going to absolutely terminate and replace it.'
'I mean, you look at everything,' Trump said. 'Our borders are like Swiss cheese.'
He said during his ride to the high school a television network had called him for a reaction to Obama's harsh words. As he re-told the story, he put his response the way he would if he were talking to the man whose job he wants.
'You're lucky I didn't run last time when Romney ran,' he said, 'because you would have been a one-term president.'
Democrats have been fighting over who is the rightful heir to Obama's legacy in the White House - the president's former secretary of state Hillary Clinton or progressive champion and U.S. Senator Bernie Sanders.
Clinton accused Sanders of being disloyal to Obama last week after he said during an MSNBC interview that Obama had tried but failed to close the 'presidential leadership' gap.
.
+8
Trump was in Beaufort, South Carolina campaigning in advance of Saturday's statewide Republican presidential primary
+8
BYE: Obama assessed both the Democratic and Republican ends of the race in response to questions posed to him at a California press conference at the conclusion of the first-ever Association of Southeast Asian Nations conference on U.S. soil
+8
LEFT OUT: Jacob Duncan and his little sister Annabelle, both of Bluffton, South Carolina, hung out under an oak tree before the start of Trump's rally, two of nearly a thousand people who couldn't get in after the Beaufort fire marshal shut the doors of the local high school
'I think he has made the effort,' Sanders said. 'But I think what we need, when I talk about a political revolution, is bringing millions and millions of people into the political process in a way that does not exist right now.'
At a Democratic debate that evening hosted by PBS Clinton brought up the remarks and said that 'I expect from Republicans. I do not expect it from someone running for the Democratic nomination to succeed President Obama.'
'Madame secretary, that is a low blow,' Sanders replied. 'I have worked with President Obama for the last 7 years.'
As the argument grew terse Sanders shouted at her, 'One of us ran against Barack Obama, I was not that candidate.'
The subject of the back and forth declined today to pick a side - but indicated that he could make his opinion known before the end of the Democratic primary process.
'That's the great thing about primaries, is everybody's trying to differentiate themselves, when in fact Bernie and Hillary on a lot of stuff and disagree pretty much across the board with everything the Republicans stand for,' he said.
The president said he wants to let his party's voters 'have their say for awhile, and lets see how this thing plays out.'
'I know Hillary better than I know Bernie because she served in my administration and she was an outstanding secretary of state, and I suspect that on certain issues, she agrees with me more than Bernie does.
'On the other hand, there may be a couple issues where Bernie agrees with me more,' he said. 'I don't know. I haven't studied their positions that closely.'
Obama said that what he 'can say unequivocally' is, 'I am no unhappy that I am not on the ballot.'
+8
PRESIDENTIAL LEADERSHIP GAP: Bernie Sanders criticized Barack Obama's leadership in an MSNBC interview last week and suggested he'd do a better job in the Oval Office than the current president
+8
At the Democratic debate that evening, Hillary Clinton pointed out it's not the first time Sanders has savaged the president and said, that 'I expect from Republicans. I do not expect it from someone running for the Democratic nomination to succeed President Obama'
Obama was also asked for his take on the Republicans running to replace him and whether he still believes, as he said last month in an interview on the Today show with Matt Lauer, that Trump won't be the one.
Since then, Trump has continued to lead the GOP race, coming in second in Iowa, first in New Hampshire and every single national poll.
The president wrote off his popularity as a primary fad that will never take hold in a general election.
'During primaries people vent and they express themselves, and it seems like entertainment, and oftentimes its reported just like entertainment,' he said, but as you get closer, reality has a way of intruding.
'And these are the folks who I have faith in, because they are ultimately going to say, whoever is standing where I'm standing right now, has the nuclear codes with them, and can order 21-year-olds into a fire fight....the american people are pretty sensible, and I think they'll make a sensible choice in the end.'
.
+8
Trump laid into Obama and said the president would have lost his re-election bud in 2012 if he had been a candidate back then
Obama said he doesn't understand why other Republicans running are not being scrutinized as heavily for their proposals as Trump given that there are other running on'anti-Muslim' and 'anti-immigrant' platforms.
'I don't think it's restricted by the way to Mr. Trump,' he said. 'I find it interesting that everybody's focused on Trump, primarily because he says in more interesting ways.'
But it's what the other candidates stand for, as well, Obama said.
'So he may up the ante in anti-Muslim sentiment, but if you look at what the other Republican candidates have said, that's pretty troubling, too.'
Obama pinpointed U.S. Senator Marco Rubio of Florida, a sponsor of the failed Gang of 8 Senate bill to reform the immigration system.
'You've got a candidate who sponsored a bill that I supported...and he's running away from it as fast as he can,' Obama said, referring to Rubio's position now that comprehensive reform is a no-go until the border is secure.
Of all the candidates, Obama said, 'They're all denying climate change.'
'I think that's troubling to the international community,' the U.S. leader said.
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"Last thing Obama wants is a strong president following his shambles of an office."
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"Says the ISIS appeaser in Chief."
"Hey, if you got elected, Barry, why can't Mr. Trump"
"Because I have faith in the American people that I know that Trump will win!"
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"Good grief how could you possibly have faith that the American people will choose someone with the right qualifications after they elected you president twice"
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"What is BO talking about? Never would very many people look to him for advice. Horrible president."
"Obama, single handedly doubled the American taxpayers debt more than EVERY SINGLE OTHER president combined. usdebtclock. org"
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LOL, yeah, a demanding job that requires credentials greater than "community organizer"! What an idiot."
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"Yeah, we need another career politician! I'd much rather someone who has worked for a living than someone who has made a career of lying and reading teleprompters...."
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We get it Donnie. To you and your ilk, "they" all look alike.
Donald Trump repeatedly referred to retired neurosurgeon Ben Carson as “Obama.” | Getty
Trump confuses Barack Obama for Ben Carson
By BEN SCHRECKINGER
02/16/16 07:22 PM EST
Donald Trump can’t keep his Midwesterners straight.
At a campaign stop in South Carolina on Tuesday, Trump repeatedly referred to retired neuosurgeon Ben Carson as “Obama.”
Story Continued Below
“What Ted Cruz did to Obama, where he said that Obama had quit the race and take our votes,” Trump began to say before being corrected by his audience.
In fact, he was referring to an incident in which members of Cruz’s campaign spread reports suggesting that Carson was dropping out of the race on the day of the Iowa caucuses. People in the crowd started yelling that it was Carson.
“Right? Is that right?” asked Trump shrugging, before realizing his mistake.
“I’m sorry. Carson. Carson. He said that – Obama. Obama should’ve quit the race,” Trump said, catching himself.
Trump’s dig at President Obama prompted laughter and applause from the crowd. “Wouldn’t that have been nice,” Trump said.
Obama hails from Chicago and his mother was from Kansas. Carson was born in Detroit. Both men are African-American.
Read more: http://www.politico.com/story/2016/...k-obama-ben-carson-gaffe-219352#ixzz40Q4LH800
Donald Trump repeatedly referred to retired neurosurgeon Ben Carson as “Obama.” | Getty
Trump confuses Barack Obama for Ben Carson
By BEN SCHRECKINGER
02/16/16 07:22 PM EST
Donald Trump can’t keep his Midwesterners straight.
At a campaign stop in South Carolina on Tuesday, Trump repeatedly referred to retired neuosurgeon Ben Carson as “Obama.”
Story Continued Below
“What Ted Cruz did to Obama, where he said that Obama had quit the race and take our votes,” Trump began to say before being corrected by his audience.
In fact, he was referring to an incident in which members of Cruz’s campaign spread reports suggesting that Carson was dropping out of the race on the day of the Iowa caucuses. People in the crowd started yelling that it was Carson.
“Right? Is that right?” asked Trump shrugging, before realizing his mistake.
“I’m sorry. Carson. Carson. He said that – Obama. Obama should’ve quit the race,” Trump said, catching himself.
Trump’s dig at President Obama prompted laughter and applause from the crowd. “Wouldn’t that have been nice,” Trump said.
Obama hails from Chicago and his mother was from Kansas. Carson was born in Detroit. Both men are African-American.
Read more: http://www.politico.com/story/2016/...k-obama-ben-carson-gaffe-219352#ixzz40Q4LH800
Trump's Truth Telling about W, 911, and the Iraq War disaster continue to have no negative effect on his poll numbers among South Carolina R's:
Polling Data
| PollP | Date | Sample | MoE | Trump | Cruz | Rubio | Bush | Kasich | Carson | Spread |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| RCP Average | 2/10 - 2/16 | -- | -- | 35.0 | 17.5 | 15.8 | 10.3 | 9.0 | 5.8 | Trump +17.5 |
| SC House GOP | 2/15 - 2/15 | 1700 LV | 2.4 | 34 | 16 | 15 | 15 | 8 | 7 | Trump +18 |
| ARG | 2/14 - 2/16 | 400 LV | 5.0 | 33 | 14 | 16 | 9 | 14 | 3 | Trump +17 |
| PPP (D) | 2/14 - 2/15 | 897 LV | 3.3 | 35 | 18 | 18 | 7 | 10 | 7 | Trump +17 |
| CNN/ORC | 2/10 - 2/15 | 404 LV | 5.0 | 38 | 22 | 14 | 10 | 4 | 6 | Trump +16 |
Donald J. Trump
Wow! A great new CNN poll just released. THANK YOU for your support, America! I am self funding my campaign, and want to work for you- to MAKE AMERICA GREAT AGAIN!
Donald J. Trump
17 mins
GOOD MORNING! Put me to work for America- and I assure you that WE will MAKE AMERICA SAFE & GREAT AGAIN!
Donald Trump has scored his highest numbers in a Quinnipiac University poll released Wednesday
that found him with a 2-1 lead among Republican voters nationwide, with 39 percent.
He’s followed by Sen. Marco Rubio of Florida with 19 percent and Sen. Ted Cruz of Texas with 18 percent.
Ohio Gov. John Kasich has 6 percent with former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush and Dr. Ben Carson at 4 percent each.
Nine percent are undecided.
This compares to the results of a Feb. 5 survey by the independent, Hamden, Conn.-based Quinnipiac
University poll, showing Trump with 31 percent, Cruz with 22 percent and Rubio with 19 percent.
that found him with a 2-1 lead among Republican voters nationwide, with 39 percent.
He’s followed by Sen. Marco Rubio of Florida with 19 percent and Sen. Ted Cruz of Texas with 18 percent.
Ohio Gov. John Kasich has 6 percent with former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush and Dr. Ben Carson at 4 percent each.
Nine percent are undecided.
This compares to the results of a Feb. 5 survey by the independent, Hamden, Conn.-based Quinnipiac
University poll, showing Trump with 31 percent, Cruz with 22 percent and Rubio with 19 percent.
Donald Trump was supposed to be dead and buried by now.
Here are seven times the political class leaped to write the Trump campaign's obituary, only to be proved wrong.
Trashing George W. Bush in South Carolina
Two polls released out of South Carolina on Tuesday found Trump with a strong double-digit lead over the field.
“They’re rapists”
At his launch speech in June, Trump warned about illegal immigrants crossing the Southern border. They’re “bringing crime, they’re rapists,” and “some, I assume, are good people,” Trump said. Less than a month later, Trump would seize his first lead in the RealClearPolitics average of national polls.
Saint McCain
“He’s not a war hero,” Trump said in July. “He’s a war hero because he was captured. I like people that weren’t captured.” Less than a month later, Trump would open up a two-to-one lead over the next closes GOP contender in the national polls.
Trump versus Fox News and Megyn Kelly
Trump has found other outlets to get his message out, leaving his rivals and critics to marvel and complain at his media mastery.
No Muslims
But it hasn’t damaged Trump yet, and it instantly put him to the right of the rest of the GOP field on immigration and the terror threat.
No forgiveness
At a forum in Iowa over the summer, Trump said he doesn’t ask God for forgiveness – an act that’s one of the core tenets of Christianity. He now holds a double-digit lead ahead of the South Carolina primary – another state with a strong contingent of evangelicals.
Commander in chief test
The Nov. 13 terror attacks in Paris, which left more than 100 dead, and the subsequent terror attack San Bernardino, Calif., the worst on U.S. soil since 9/11, were supposed to boost the contingent of GOP candidates with foreign policy experience. Donald Trump said he would “bomb the shit out of ISIS” and his polling numbers went up.
So much for the political pundits.
http://thehill.com/blogs/ballot-box...imes-pundits-predicted-donald-trumps-downfall
Here are seven times the political class leaped to write the Trump campaign's obituary, only to be proved wrong.
Trashing George W. Bush in South Carolina
Two polls released out of South Carolina on Tuesday found Trump with a strong double-digit lead over the field.
“They’re rapists”
At his launch speech in June, Trump warned about illegal immigrants crossing the Southern border. They’re “bringing crime, they’re rapists,” and “some, I assume, are good people,” Trump said. Less than a month later, Trump would seize his first lead in the RealClearPolitics average of national polls.
Saint McCain
“He’s not a war hero,” Trump said in July. “He’s a war hero because he was captured. I like people that weren’t captured.” Less than a month later, Trump would open up a two-to-one lead over the next closes GOP contender in the national polls.
Trump versus Fox News and Megyn Kelly
Trump has found other outlets to get his message out, leaving his rivals and critics to marvel and complain at his media mastery.
No Muslims
But it hasn’t damaged Trump yet, and it instantly put him to the right of the rest of the GOP field on immigration and the terror threat.
No forgiveness
At a forum in Iowa over the summer, Trump said he doesn’t ask God for forgiveness – an act that’s one of the core tenets of Christianity. He now holds a double-digit lead ahead of the South Carolina primary – another state with a strong contingent of evangelicals.
Commander in chief test
The Nov. 13 terror attacks in Paris, which left more than 100 dead, and the subsequent terror attack San Bernardino, Calif., the worst on U.S. soil since 9/11, were supposed to boost the contingent of GOP candidates with foreign policy experience. Donald Trump said he would “bomb the shit out of ISIS” and his polling numbers went up.
So much for the political pundits.
http://thehill.com/blogs/ballot-box...imes-pundits-predicted-donald-trumps-downfall
Next stop Nevada after Trump runs roughshod through South Carolina
The title of this thread 'Hilarious Trump Lovers' ought to be
'Hilarious Trump Rivals'
| Nevada Caucus - Republican Winner | |||||||
| Tue 2/23 | 871 Donald Trump wins Nevada Caucus | -750 | |||||
| 3:00PM | 872 Field wins Nevada Caucus | +450 |
| BOOKMAKER REPUBLICAN NEVADA CAUCUS WINNER | ||||
| JEB BUSH | Odds +8000 | 2k USD No Parlay/Buy | ||
| DONALD TRUMP | -1001 | | ||
| MARCO RUBIO | +900 | | ||
| BEN CARSON | +8000 | | ||
| JOHN KASICH | +8000 | | ||
| TED CRUZ | +900 | |
The title of this thread 'Hilarious Trump Lovers' ought to be
'Hilarious Trump Rivals'
This election is a lot more fluid than you want to believe.
Cruz has a MASSIVE grassroots army I have never witnessed before in every state and more money than all the candidates and the RNC combined. Trump lost more than a 1/4 of his support on election day in Iowa, so you better hope he's up YUGE in SC, and I'm not convinced he is.
When the dust settles, Ted Cruz will be the nominee.
