Posted on 04/23/2016 5:20:04 AM PDT by Kaslin
Geez. When are these naval pondering analists going to stop plunging into the toilet?
I think the week after the Wisconsin race was worse than this past week. Trump has so far been able to weather the events.
More wishful thinking. The reality is, Trump will win all 5 primaries on Tuesday, and like a boulder rolling down hill, he’ll crush everything in his way after that.
Yeah, Trump is basically socially liberal and he has misled such as with his touchback amnesty plan.
But Cruz worked for the Iran deal, TPA, and amnesty-pleasing Gang of Eight provisions.
Neither is perfect. They are both the best we have, and the safest by far is to see Trump get in on a first ballot, rather than opening it up to a Cruz/GOPe latter ballot fight.
Oh, I also think that Trump is more electable than Cruz at this point, because he’ll put more states into play and, yes, his social “moderation” will turn off fewer of the swing and female voters needed in some purple states.
Yeah, Trump keeps having these “bad weeks” and marches toward the nomination.
I like Dave, and he’s been a big supporter of my books, but he’s so wrong on Trump. No, Trump did not have a “bad week.” The polling indicates he had a very, very good week and it was St. Ted who had a terrible week.
To the contrary, this was the best week of the campaign. Trump has established himself as the presumptive nominee after the much better than expected showing in NY and now he’s headed towards five primaries on Tuesday where he has double digit leads. His main challenger was in third place in NY and fading fast.
Maybe David Limbaugh should start engaging in honest journalism.
Nonsense sells, I guess.
Actually, we all thought Wisconsin was a bad week-—but it turns out it wasn’t. Trump has gained steadily in every major poll after Wisconsin. Cruz has fallen in every poll. The news of Colorado coming after Wisconsin overshadowed everything.
I think now that was a major turning point in the campaign. Ted could have come out and said “I agree with Donald that the outcome in Colorado was not optimal, and I have faith that a real election process would produce the same result. So, along with Donald, I call on the Colorado GOP to provide some means of allowing Coloradans to vote prior to the convention and the will of the voters be done.”
Now, would this happen? OF COURSE NOT. But it would have allowed St. Ted to get on the right side of the issue, without any real loss of delegates.
But nooooo. St. Ted had to greedily cling to his meaningless delegates and lose the issue.
My thoughts (as a Trump supporter):
Abortion for rape: Non-issue. If a woman is raped, she has the Supreme Court right to have an abortion (no different than any other way of conceiving). This issue certainly tells people where a person’s heart is, but it still will never have a policy impact.
Increased taxes on the rich: Depends on one’s definition of rich. Trump, at least in the past, was talking about taxing his multi-millionaire hedge-fund neighbors that are using carried interest to scam the system. While many here oppose increasing taxes on anyone, for any reason (even to make roads driveable), I personally have NO SYMPATHY for this bunch, as they gave us the 2008 crash and NOT ONE OF THEM has been held accountable. Now if Trump is moving down the pay scale with higher taxes, then I’ll start paying attention.
Bathroom Law: He blew it. But even so, if this election is handed to Hillary because of Trump’s position on the bathroom law, then we deserve the country that we get.
The TDS is strong with this guy. Cruz is cratering in all the polls (the last poll that had Cruz ahead anywhere was April 4 in WI) and is set to lose all the upcoming primaries. Even LIVs are coming to realize that a vote for Cruz is a vote for a contested convention, which the vast majority don’t want.
Trump says something stupid in response to a gotcha question, walks it back a few hours later with the correct answer, which also, incidentally, his opponent’s exact position, and that’s a bad week?
Cruz would kill for Trump’s “bad” week.
If this was a bad week for Trump, I’d hate to see St. Cruz after he had a good week. Total roadkill.
Seriously, the desperation is reaching a fever pitch. Next week should be fun....
Yes, lets elect Cruz because he can do what about the bathroom issue?
I honestly don’t think Trump’s plan is “touchback amnesty.” If I did, I wouldn’t support him. His “great big beautiful door” always has the phrase “legally” attached, and if you look at the process, once you’re out, you can’t come back in if you broke any laws.
Well, guess what? That eliminates all who were here illegally.
I think he knows this. I spent some time with Sen. Sessions two weeks ago. There is no doubt in his mind that Trump does not intend any “touchback amnesty.” Coming in “legally” reassures all those deported who have been fooled by the rhetoric that they are NOT here ILLEGALLY.
OK, now I feel like I’m reading the Onion. You people have nothing to do but worship Lying Ted all day long and post nonsense.
Fortunately, I have a life so I’ll check back on your nonsense later. Just wanted to remind you to take your meds.. You forgot again!!
It depends on what the meaning of "weathering" is, to mis-quote another liberal Democrat. The seeds of doubt are obviously planted, and they have more than six months to sprout before the general election.
I, for one, have no clue how Trump might govern as president. He has spoken many words that cause me concern. These include "45% import tariff", "expedite return of illegals", "raise taxes on the rich", "change platform on abortion", etc. Those words strike fear in the hearts of principled conservatives. Will he govern that way? Or, even worse, will his opponent use those words against him in the campaign, causing him to lose?
Dear David: I’m happy to read that you and Ted remain fixated on toilets. It’s one of many reasons for the Cruz Collapse.
There is a solution for your overwrought and ridiculously self important tale of woe.
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