Posted on 01/20/2016 5:55:07 PM PST by Helicondelta
Bloomberg's Mark Halperin said Trump could end the race after the New Hampshire primary. On Tuesday night, prior to Sarah Palin's endorsement of the Republican frontrunner, Halperin said on MSNBC that Trump is well poised to win Iowa, New Hampshire, South Carolina and then run the table.
"I think at this point, if you said, of all the people in the race, who's the one most likely to win both Iowa and New Hampshire, today you'd have to say it's Trump," Halperin commented.
(Excerpt) Read more at realclearpolitics.com ...
Uh, the Republican senators elect the leader.
You'd better find another job for Ted.
Thank you!
#20.
I was supporting Cruz but I’m solidly behind Trump now. I’ll still vote for either one and think both are great. That said I think Trump will run the board and I want him to. I want Washington DC to be afraid, to understand that something is coming their way that is going to mess with them like they’ve been messing with us. That’s transform them as they’ve been transforming America. America is rising again and all should be excited about it rather than distracted by the demeanor of the vessel of what is a bloodless revolution.
I know Trump has held various positions before getting into politics some which are not conservative however if one really looks at the man who like all of us is flawed there is a strength there below the bombast. Many who are born rich take it for granted. Trump never did this. His brother Fred died a drunk so there was no guarantee in riches. Trump wasn’t just a spoiled rich kid he didn’t just milk his Dad’s business and fortune he took it as a launching point and extended to heights even his father who started out poor in the Bronx the son of immigrants never imagined.
Trump may be a brash flawed man but he is far more accomplished than he is flawed and It is troubling that some Christians/Conservatives feel it is their job to judge this man as if God only blesses those who live in a box of pharisee like piety. The one thing I really like about Trump is that he presents himself warts and all. Sure he gets some things wrong but more importantly he fights for what he has come to believe. He also fights to win at a time when some conservatives behave as if fighting to win is beneath them.
No consultant in a back room tells Trump what to believe and its sad that some have become so accustomed to the teleprompted leader who reads stuff he never even wrote and probably doesn’t even believe that they recoil at anyone who doesn’t speak in the politically correct verses of the already damned. Those that mock Trump supporters and Trump prove themselves the ignorant ones. Trump has more accomplishment in his little finger than all the other candidates running and if these self styled experts had bothered to research Trump they would find it hard not to be impressed. The man is not a caricature or empty suit. Yes he gave money to Democrats but he also gave more than 600,000 to Republicans and his family were strong supporters of both Goldwater and Reagan. Even Reagan loved FDR at one time and was a Democrat.
Imagine for a moment if Christ behaved as many Trump detractors do. Its especially sad after many of the same supported a man in Romney who was also flawed and changed his mind and positions even though many excused those flaws because he projected an image and demeanor that also made it hard for him to fight back and so he lost. Now some of these actually say Trump is worse than Obama as if a successful business man who talks about fighting for the American worker, the American Veteran, and the American citizen is worse than a man who never spent a day building anything of note in the private sector and who clearly holds disdain for traditional America.
There are few times in life you get a chance to be a part of something historic and yet some as if suffering from a Stockholm syndrome behave as if the honor of Washington DC must be protected like it is a virgin bride rather than a pit filled with serpentine whores. I love Ted Cruz and many of the other candidates but you don’t send in the philosophers to argue with vipers. The time for gentle persuasion is over. Its time for a more nuclear option. I want a candidate who will not stand down and will not prostrate themselves but will fight to destroy the enemies of America within and without.
In each case he had a tipoff that a bad poll was coming. I think this comment today is from an inside source on the next poll.
Thanks!...I sure don’t remember them
This is silly talk IMO.
Trump has about 1/3 of the vote now and will have to get about half of the supporters of everyone else who drops out.
That’s quite a tall order.
Go to www.realclearpolitics.com and put in Republican nomination polls, then you can search by state. Pretty impressive site. They average the polls too.
Ohhhh! I like the sound of this!
Cruz needs to be in the mix as VP.
Unless Trump intends to name Palin.
No one in the clown car other then Cruz is acceptable as VP.
If Trump goes outside the field, all bets are off.
It's a shame that so many people dump on Trump because he "says outrageous things" and doesn't sound statesmanlike.
It's as if they would prefer another professional politician who only speaks with a teleprompter, with carefully chosen words written by somebody else and run through focus groups. Giving the exact same speech, word for word, in every city. I thought we were all tired of that phoniness.
Trump comes across the way he does because he is unrehearsed and speaks from the heart. He's brings a few notes to the podium but basicially ad libs each and every stump speech. I think it's amazing and I doubt that the "polished orators" of our day would be able to do that effectively. People aren't used to politicians just walking up to a podium and letting it rip. I think it's refreshing. Unfortunately others feel otherwise and cut him down for it.
Wow! Insightful and inspirational. Thank you for your articulate expression that spoke for many.
Thanks. I just don’t understand. People say they know Washington DC is broken yet they convince themselves it can’t possible work any other way and that only the same types that keep rolling everything forward toward a certain abyss are fit for office. Its insanity. Hopefully people will wake up and come around. All I know is I’m tired of the Hobson’s choice.
I’ve seen a number of people say they’d sit-out the election if Trump is the nominee; but haven’t seen any Cruz people say directly that they’d vote for Hillary. I can’t believe they’d do that.
-JT
Yes Cruz supporters will, I’ll vote the same way I did when Romney ran. I wrote in, I’ll write in again. At least I will know I didn’t vote for Obama from New York.
I didn’t know that, and I believe you’re quite right that coming from TRUMP, he’s probably got more than intuition behind his remark!
Excellent!
The last poll on Iowa I saw was the Register poll from Jan 13th showing Cruz leading by 3.
A lot has happened in the last week.
...and of note is that the same DMR poll a month earlier had Cruz up by 10.
I don’t see the upside to bashing Cruz supporters.
Cruz is the best in the field after Trump, he may be the VP pick.
Love Cruz, love Trump
Thank you!
I wrote that up as an endorsement.
http://www.rpvnetwork.org/profiles/blogs/i-m-ready-to-make-america-great-again?xg_source=activity
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