Posted on 12/16/2015 4:22:24 PM PST by BlackFemaleArmyColonel
Donald Trump is officially leading the Republican primary campaign with a massive margin, which may be impossible for any candidate to overcome.
Now, it's official... Donald Trump's lead is even greater than former President Ronald Reagan in 1980!
As the Weekly Standard reports:
According to the two latest national polls, conducted as the furor over Trump's call for a temporary moratorium on Muslim migration reached a fever pitch, the real estate magnate leads the Republican field by either 23 or 27 points. Tuesday's Washington Post/ABC News poll has Trump with more than double the support of the second place finisher, Ted Cruz. Indeed, Trump's lead over his primary opponents, this late in the game, is larger than both Ronald Reagan's was in 1980, and George H. W Bush's was in 1988.
Via Gateway Pundit
As Jeffrey Lord, a former Reagan administration official who writes for the American Spectator noted, there are plenty of similarities between Trump and The Gipper:
Reagan became one of the party's most popular presidents and that popularity helped his vice president, former President George H.W. Bush, get elected, Lord said.
But Bush was an establishment candidate and that's why he lost to President Bill Clinton instead of getting a second term. That's why the campaigns of John McCain and Mitt Romney ultimately failed. It's also establishment thinking that created policies like No Child Left Behind, which is widely criticized, Lord said.
"That's why people like Donald Trump. He's an independent soul. He thinks outside the box," he said.
Plus, as we saw at the debate last night on CNN, no one can communicate a bold, conservative better than Donald Trump. Reagan was also noted for his brilliant communication skills, which he perfected as a Hollywood actor before entertaining public service.
(Excerpt) Read more at thepoliticalinsider.com ...
Go Trump Go!!!
This just proves Rush’s point... people are eager to hear about conservatism, that it can and will sell and does work, and we really should never turn our backs on it (I know, we here at FR haven’t, but I’m talking about the country as a whole).
Oh, I don’t know. Looks like he has peaked. One more little misstep and it is over. He might as well quit the race now.
:)
winning without voting .... gee this is something new
Bush lost because of Perot and the media’s lying about the recovery. Didn’t like him much, but he handled the war brilliantly and was at 80 percent approval afterwards.
Years later Perot said he was scared for he and his family’s lives from constant threats from dangerous people.
Good.
final insult, he outsourced a load of workers later on.
YUGE !!!!!
It’s nice to be backing a true patriot and a winner again.
:)))
Bush is going to zoom from 4.4% to 64% overnight and win the day for the GOP. Woo hoo! Happy days and open borders forever. It’s going to be great learning Spanish and Arabic from our kids.
If Trump makes any more missteps he’ll win by a landslide!
Trump speaks common sense, and the Washington DC political elites and their willing co-whores in the liberal lamestream media go absolutely batshit crazy.
Gotta say, I absolutely love it. I hope & pray it lasts all the way to Nov. 8th, 2016.
Political Correctness = Domestic Terrorism
The wheels are coming off after Jeb’s slam last night..../s
That’ll be the day. Jeb is a pathetic loser.
Now if we can just get him interested in jelly beans.
lol!
Well, that's the first time I've had to wipe diet coke off of this monitor! ROFL!!!
“As Jeffrey Lord, a former Reagan administration official who writes for the American Spectator noted, there are plenty of similarities between Trump and The Gipper:”
I love that statement. Hehehehe
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