Donald Trump Campaign Rally in Hampton, New Hampshire

CSPAN ^ | 8/14/15 | CSPAN

[Guenevere]

I have been thinking this since I heard his opening salvo against illegals and announcing his Presidency

I am praying that God has sent this imperfect......but perfectly loveable .....alpha male to help turn our country around.

And I pray for Donald Trump and his safety.

[DaveA37]

I think Trump has hit the nerve of every politician running right now. He has taken over the lime light almost completely and I see very few articles and coverage of any other candidates. He definitely has a chance of becoming POTUS and if Jesse Ventura can get elected in Minnesota, Trump certain does out shine him. This is going to be an interesting year ahead of us, better start growing a lot of popcorn.

[grania]

When those people spoke about their real issues it was just incredible. The Veteran who was distraught that his son would get the same lousy VA care he has endured. The mother dealing with family members suffering from Alzeimer's. The somewhat frivolous kid asking about putting man on Mars etc.

It didn't look scripted at all. What I saw was truly anguished people who had nowhere to turn, pleading with Trump to turn things around.

After the talk, phone-ins were surprising. It was awesome! Republicans, Dems, and Independents ALL saying they support Trump.

[reviled downesdad]

I saw the speech and the Q&A. Thought he was a little disrespectful of the folks he was taking questions from. It’s not in his character - he’s not a nice guy like he says he is. You don’t win at business by being a nice guy.

[SamAdams76]

Everybody is waiting for Trump's eventual self-destruction. Eventually they say, Trump will say or do something so outrageous that all his supporters will abandon him and resign themselves to another inevitable Bush/Clinton matchup.

Many simply do not believe that a loud-mouthed, free-speaking, boisterous billionaire like Donald Trump can be a serious candidate for president. They are so conditioned by the candidates offered up in the past that they believe that you can only become president if you speak in carefully scripted soundbites, vetted by a team of handlers, and typed out for you on a teleprompter that follows you around the campaign trail.

Somebody as uncouth and plain spoken as Donald Trump cannot possibly be president they say.

Conventional wisdom continues to take a beating in this campaign. To everybody's surprise (and horror among many), Donald Trump actually rises in the polls with every "fatal campaign blunder" and draws ever larger crowds to his unscripted and unpredictable rallies. Today I believe, Donald Trump will be at the Iowa state fair giving kids a free helicopter ride.

Still there are many pundits who believe that this Trump episode is just a summertime fling and that come fall, people who support Trump are going to "come to their senses" and support an establishment candidate such as Bush or Rubio.

Many of us agree that Ross Perot is an unbalanced character and a bit of a crackpot. Yet when he ran third party in 1992, he received 20% of the vote. This was after his very bizarre summer behavior where he dropped from the race, got back in it, and accused the Bushes of trying to disrupt his daughter's wedding along with other odd behavior. Still, he got 20% of the vote because even back then, people were starved for a non establishment candidate.

Trump has more mass appeal than Ross Perot and the country is even more fed up with the Washington establishment this time around. He stands to get way more than 20% in a third party run. As Republican nominee, he could get closer to 60% of the vote and win in a landslide.

[Guenevere]

Then you didn’t watch the Q & A I did..
Trump WAS very respectful and kind.

[Georgia Girl 2]

Nic your life is going to get much much worse as Trump wins the first three primaries and then heads to Florida. LOL!

[Gene Eric]

I totally agree on face value. But I’m tempering my exceptions given the inevitable politics.