[mac_truck]

I was listening to liberal describe a family trip to the Midwest he had just returned from, which included a stop in Kokomo Indiana. He impression was that it was a prosperous city but he couldn't figure out what supported all the retail stores and steak houses. Then he passed the big Chrysler transmission plant with its huge parking lots for their employees and he said he suddenly figured out why the city was doing so well.

I waited for him to finish before saying...yeah that's exactly why Donald Trump wants to stop companies from moving to Mexico.

His vexed expression was priceless.

According to this author Indiana is shaping up to be a primary battleground state, but I think Trump will win it.

[digger48]

Chrysler had invested a lot of money in the are before the downturn in ‘08. Even without a bailout, that infrastucture would have been gobbled up by somebody.

I live near there. Yes, the restaurants and store are busy. One thing you can count on, a lot the union people spend most of what they make.

About 15 years ago, Chrysler announced that they were cutting overtime. Within 4 weeks, there were 500 bankruptcy filings because the workers were borrowing money as if that overtime income was going to last forever.

[Cobra64]

I was listening to liberal describe a family trip to the Midwest he had just returned from, which included a stop in Kokomo Indiana. He impression was that it was a prosperous city but he couldn't figure out what supported all the retail stores and steak houses. Then he passed the big Chrysler transmission plant with its huge parking lots for their employees and he said he suddenly figured out why the city was doing so well. I waited for him to finish before saying...yeah that's exactly why Donald Trump wants to stop companies from moving to Mexico. His vexed expression was priceless. According to this author Indiana is shaping up to be a primary battleground state, but I think Trump will win it.

Yes, all the international business tycoons and pundits around here who have never signed the front of a paycheck or ever run a business, much less operated one overseas, profess to be the resident experts in international trade, currency devaluation, labor unions, contracts, taxes and relations with foreign diplomats.

They say, "Trump can't bring back manufacturing to the United States! The cheap Chinese crap we buy at Wal*Mart is more important than American jobs!"

[JediJones]

Indiana is a much redder, more Republican state than all the states surrounding it...an oasis of conservative common sense. Red, non-Southern states so far have ALL been Cruz country.

[JediJones]

Since we don’t live in a communist country, we’re not allowed to “stop” people from moving out. It’s called freedom.

[JediJones]

Also, Trump’s support in the 4 surrounding states to Indiana was 38, 36, 35 and 35%. Rubio’s votes combined with Cruz’ were enough to beat Trump in 2 of those, and come within 2.3% in the 3rd. The 4th state was Ohio, an outlier where Trump lost due to consolidation of the non-Trump vote on Kasich.

Indiana is going to Cruz.