LIVE SOUTH CAROLINA PRIMARY THREAD 2/20/16

2/20/16 | tatown

[tatown]

Game time.

[Neu Pragmatist]

That’s excellent news ... Trump will pull Florida as well ..the South has officially accepted Trump with this SC win ...this was a very important night for Trump ...Trump has effectively merged the South and North in common cause

[ObamahatesPACoal]

Trey Gowdy’s already on a plane with Hank Johnson & Luis Gutierrez to Guam.

[Will88]

They did that with New Hampshire and they probably based it on overwhelming exit polls.

The winner can logically be called this early, but to act as if the percentages separating the top 3 are solid enough to analyze who did better or worse than expected is ridiculous.

[Balding_Eagle]

To call it for Trump with 1 or 2% means that the exits showed substantial Trump support

YES

[PGalt]

As I said earlier when I campaigned at the polls today, about one in three voted for Trump based on their reaction to our Trump signs, giving either a thumbs up or telling us. Not a big sample, but 33% sounds about right to me.

Interesting. Thanks, kabar.

[JayGalt]

Washington Post
Votes % Del
Trump
7,557 34.4% —

Rubio
4,666 21.2% —

Cruz
4,653 21.2% —

Bush
2,150 9.8% —

Kasich
1,606 7.3% —

Carson
1,353 6.2% —

[pghoilman]

Dana Bash looks like she’s going to throw up.

[mylife]

I was in the VFW last night an Donny did not buy me a beer

[Yaelle]

But it’s so enjoyable watching Megyn having to swallow another Trump win.

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Heh heh heh

[GilGil]

Fox said that Trump spent $1.7 million in ads. Rubio $12 million and Cruz $15 million. Trump is a master. So combined they spent $27 million against Trump’s $1.7 million and they still cannot win. Trump is a total master.

[silverleaf]

Would Rubio support a Trump- Rubio ticket?

Seems like a winning combo to me

But it would be cool to see the Trumpster pick a stolid dull conservative vote cruncher like Scott Walker

Just to see Bill Kristol’s head implode

[monkapotamus]

[TomGuy]

http://www.decisiondeskhq.com/south-carolina-gop-primary/

calls it for

Trump at 30%,
Rubio at 22%,
Cruz at 22%,
Bush at 11%,
Kasich at 8%,
Carson at 6%.

[Dave W]

The exit polls show a 5 to 6% win for Trump.

[Dave W]

The exit polls show a 5 to 6% win for Trump.

[LS]

Rubio scares me more than Cruz. Ted and Trump are in the same boat, hated by the establishment. I do think Ted (because of lack of independent funding and lack of crossover appeal) is easier for the establishment to take out than Rubio.

I would have preferred a two-way Trump Cruz fight with the two making up at the end for a Trump/Cruz ticket. Actually, if Rubio “surges” enough, that might still happen.

[ruthles]

Rubio would have had to be deaf dumb and blind to not run a good campaign when he has the sc establishemnt and media rooting for him every second.

SOMEBODY TELL ME CRUZ WILL BE RUBIO. I CAN’T STAND RUBIO.

[odawg]

I lost all respect for Limbaugh this week. He will NEVER get back any credibility with me. I was one of his biggest fans. The fool doesn’t even know his own demographic.

[Hojczyk]

I probably would but it would be a big mistake by Trump

He would be better of taking Scott Walker

Reagans biggest mistake George Bush

[STARLIT]

CNN is really giving Trump a lot of praise. Even Wolf!