Official 2016 GOP thread: Is it really going to be Donald Trump?? (2 Viewers)

[TripItUp]

Why is everybody not attacking Trump?

 

[TripItUp]

By the way, the bear market is perfect timing for the Republicans. The recent soundbites from Hillary and Obama regarding how great everything is, does not help the Dems if this bear market continues and jobs are effected.

Probably hurts Bernie less than Hillary, but definitely not good for Hill dawg.

This is the elephant in the room for the general.

 

[SIDA!]

http://mediamatters.org/video/2016/02/07/on-meet-the-press-hugh-hewitt-claims-rubio-won/208424

On Meet The Press, Hugh Hewitt Claims Rubio "Won All Of That Debate" Except For Christie Conflict

HUGH HEWITT: Donald Trump won Tuesday night because he did not lose Saturday night, and I think John Kasich pole vaulted over Marco Rubio into second place by being winsome and completely affable and very New Hampshire, but I'm a contrarian on Rubio, he won all of that debate except those three minutes. That will push him back, but he had a terrific second half. And I think he'll get the bronze come Tuesday night.

So, basically, Rubio will win again by placing third. Thanks, Hugh.

 

[SIDA!]

By the way, the bear market is perfect timing for the Republicans. The recent soundbites from Hillary and Obama regarding how great everything is, does not help the Dems if this bear market continues and jobs are effected.

Probably hurts Bernie less than Hillary, but definitely not good for Hill dawg.

This is the elephant in the room for the general.

And another terrorist attack...

 

[Righetti]

http://mediamatters.org/video/2016/02/07/on-meet-the-press-hugh-hewitt-claims-rubio-won/208424

On Meet The Press, Hugh Hewitt Claims Rubio "Won All Of That Debate" Except For Christie Conflict

HUGH HEWITT: Donald Trump won Tuesday night because he did not lose Saturday night, and I think John Kasich pole vaulted over Marco Rubio into second place by being winsome and completely affable and very New Hampshire, but I'm a contrarian on Rubio, he won all of that debate except those three minutes. That will push him back, but he had a terrific second half. And I think he'll get the bronze come Tuesday night.

the best thing that could happened to Kasich is that if he were to do well in NH, he would likely start to poll higher and move from the far side of the stage to closer to the middle and get more questions sent him way..

it may also expose his nervous tics, constant shaking and mental-patient haircut but that comes with the territory

 

[whoknew]

By the way, the bear market is perfect timing for the Republicans. The recent soundbites from Hillary and Obama regarding how great everything is, does not help the Dems if this bear market continues and jobs are effected.

Probably hurts Bernie less than Hillary, but definitely not good for Hill dawg.

This is the elephant in the room for the general.

Didn't unemployment just drop below 5% for the first time in forever?

 

[Rirruto]

Maybe but Christie doesn't bring anything to a ticket as a VP except attack dog. He so thoroughly made fun of the idea of being Romney's VP that it is going to come back to bite him, he won't carry New Jersey either. I don't know if he would be a good VP choice.

Cruz can't pick him because that team would never work. Trump couldn't either. If Kasich gets the nom he needs someone from the south (Rubio is perfect at this point, although I still like Suzanna Martinez for the VP slot more than anyone. If Rubio gets the nom he would be foolish not to pick Kasich as that would be a formidable team and look a lot similar to Obama Biden with the VP bringing a ton of experience to the ticket and is also someone that knows how to work with Congress. Christie doesn't do that for Rubio, and I'm not sure Rubio could control Christie - which is another problem with him as a VP for anyone.

Christie makes more sense as Attorney General.

 

[whoknew]

Maybe but Christie doesn't bring anything to a ticket as a VP except attack dog. He so thoroughly made fun of the idea of being Romney's VP that it is going to come back to bite him, he won't carry New Jersey either. I don't know if he would be a good VP choice.

Cruz can't pick him because that team would never work. Trump couldn't either. If Kasich gets the nom he needs someone from the south (Rubio is perfect at this point, although I still like Suzanna Martinez for the VP slot more than anyone. If Rubio gets the nom he would be foolish not to pick Kasich as that would be a formidable team and look a lot similar to Obama Biden with the VP bringing a ton of experience to the ticket and is also someone that knows how to work with Congress. Christie doesn't do that for Rubio, and I'm not sure Rubio could control Christie - which is another problem with him as a VP for anyone.

Christie makes more sense as Attorney General.

Oh god please no.

 

[Rirruto]

Maybe but Christie doesn't bring anything to a ticket as a VP except attack dog. He so thoroughly made fun of the idea of being Romney's VP that it is going to come back to bite him, he won't carry New Jersey either. I don't know if he would be a good VP choice.

Cruz can't pick him because that team would never work. Trump couldn't either. If Kasich gets the nom he needs someone from the south (Rubio is perfect at this point, although I still like Suzanna Martinez for the VP slot more than anyone. If Rubio gets the nom he would be foolish not to pick Kasich as that would be a formidable team and look a lot similar to Obama Biden with the VP bringing a ton of experience to the ticket and is also someone that knows how to work with Congress. Christie doesn't do that for Rubio, and I'm not sure Rubio could control Christie - which is another problem with him as a VP for anyone.

Christie makes more sense as Attorney General.

Oh god please no.

Yeah, I didn't mean that in a good way.

 

[TripItUp]

By the way, the bear market is perfect timing for the Republicans. The recent soundbites from Hillary and Obama regarding how great everything is, does not help the Dems if this bear market continues and jobs are effected.

Probably hurts Bernie less than Hillary, but definitely not good for Hill dawg.

This is the elephant in the room for the general.

Didn't unemployment just drop below 5% for the first time in forever?

Yep, but if this bear market continues your going to see that go South.

Also, that number is incredibly misleading.

 

[Yankee23Fan]

Maybe but Christie doesn't bring anything to a ticket as a VP except attack dog. He so thoroughly made fun of the idea of being Romney's VP that it is going to come back to bite him, he won't carry New Jersey either. I don't know if he would be a good VP choice.

Cruz can't pick him because that team would never work. Trump couldn't either. If Kasich gets the nom he needs someone from the south (Rubio is perfect at this point, although I still like Suzanna Martinez for the VP slot more than anyone. If Rubio gets the nom he would be foolish not to pick Kasich as that would be a formidable team and look a lot similar to Obama Biden with the VP bringing a ton of experience to the ticket and is also someone that knows how to work with Congress. Christie doesn't do that for Rubio, and I'm not sure Rubio could control Christie - which is another problem with him as a VP for anyone.

Christie makes more sense as Attorney General.

Oh god please no.

Yeah, I didn't mean that in a good way.

Not for nothing, but I already had the entire GOP solved months ago.

My post from August........

Reince Priebus should be fired, drawn and quartered for letting this happen.

But here's my - this is going to be fun - solution. All 17 of these morons need to work together as one team right now and run together as follows:

Kasich - Presdient (GOP wins Ohio which they desperately need to have any shot)

Rubio - Vice President (GOP most likley grabs Florida and probably eats into the Latino vote a ton wcich they desperately need)

The rest of them get cabinet spots.

SecState - JEB Bush

SecTreasury - Rand Paul

SecDefense - Jim Gilmore

Attorney General - Chris Christie

SecInterior - Ted Cruz

SecAgric - Rick Perry

SecCommerce - Carly Fiorina

SecLabor - George Pataki

SecHHS - Bobby Jindal

SecHUD - Mike Huckabee

SecTrans - Rick Santorum

SecED - Scott Walker

SecVA - Lindsay Graham

SecHomeland - No, I'm not going to put Trump here. Screw that guy. I'd rather have Palin here. In fact, the perfect guy? John McCain

Surgeon Gen - Dr. Ben Carson

There you go. All of you work together and run as one ticket each of you focusing on what you would do for President Kasich in your cabinet position. Done. Oh, Donald Trump, we are going to have a 17 member press conference where each of you say he is a loon of the highest proportions, and formall kick him out of the party and refuse to allow him access to anything with the GOP symbol on it. Done, what's next?

 

[whoknew]

By the way, the bear market is perfect timing for the Republicans. The recent soundbites from Hillary and Obama regarding how great everything is, does not help the Dems if this bear market continues and jobs are effected.

Probably hurts Bernie less than Hillary, but definitely not good for Hill dawg.

This is the elephant in the room for the general.

Didn't unemployment just drop below 5% for the first time in forever?

Yep, but if this bear market continues your going to see that go South.

Also, that number is incredibly misleading.

By misleading, are you referring to using U-3 v U-5 v U-6?

While I agree that other rates are more informative, its still on a good trend when comparing apples to apples.

 

[SIDA!]

Maybe but Christie doesn't bring anything to a ticket as a VP except attack dog. He so thoroughly made fun of the idea of being Romney's VP that it is going to come back to bite him, he won't carry New Jersey either. I don't know if he would be a good VP choice.

Cruz can't pick him because that team would never work. Trump couldn't either. If Kasich gets the nom he needs someone from the south (Rubio is perfect at this point, although I still like Suzanna Martinez for the VP slot more than anyone. If Rubio gets the nom he would be foolish not to pick Kasich as that would be a formidable team and look a lot similar to Obama Biden with the VP bringing a ton of experience to the ticket and is also someone that knows how to work with Congress. Christie doesn't do that for Rubio, and I'm not sure Rubio could control Christie - which is another problem with him as a VP for anyone.

Christie makes more sense as Attorney General.

Oh god please no.

Yeah, I didn't mean that in a good way.

Not for nothing, but I already had the entire GOP solved months ago.

My post from August........

Reince Priebus should be fired, drawn and quartered for letting this happen.

But here's my - this is going to be fun - solution. All 17 of these morons need to work together as one team right now and run together as follows:

Kasich - Presdient (GOP wins Ohio which they desperately need to have any shot)

Rubio - Vice President (GOP most likley grabs Florida and probably eats into the Latino vote a ton wcich they desperately need)

The rest of them get cabinet spots.

SecState - JEB Bush

SecTreasury - Rand Paul

SecDefense - Jim Gilmore

Attorney General - Chris Christie

SecInterior - Ted Cruz

SecAgric - Rick Perry

SecCommerce - Carly Fiorina

SecLabor - George Pataki

SecHHS - Bobby Jindal

SecHUD - Mike Huckabee

SecTrans - Rick Santorum

SecED - Scott Walker

SecVA - Lindsay Graham

SecHomeland - No, I'm not going to put Trump here. Screw that guy. I'd rather have Palin here. In fact, the perfect guy? John McCain

Surgeon Gen - Dr. Ben Carson

There you go. All of you work together and run as one ticket each of you focusing on what you would do for President Kasich in your cabinet position. Done. Oh, Donald Trump, we are going to have a 17 member press conference where each of you say he is a loon of the highest proportions, and formall kick him out of the party and refuse to allow him access to anything with the GOP symbol on it. Done, what's next?

Great solution. Then Trump would have run Third Party and handed the Dems the election. And if he gets screwed over at the convention...he just might.

 

[Yankee23Fan]

Great solution. Then Trump would have run Third Party and handed the Dems the election. And if he gets screwed over at the convention...he just might.

He might. At least the GOP would be a slavagable entity though. Like I said, it was just for fun.

 

[RBM]

Great solution. Then Trump would have run Third Party and handed the Dems the election. And if he gets screwed over at the convention...he just might.

He might. At least the GOP would be a slavagable entity though. Like I said, it was just for fun.

Kasich isn't a strong candidate. Enough with that.

 

[QuizGuy66]

7 months later...not exactly the quickest snappy comeback here Jeb;

https://twitter.com/JebBush/status/696717836824244228

-QG

 

[QuizGuy66]

Great solution. Then Trump would have run Third Party and handed the Dems the election. And if he gets screwed over at the convention...he just might.

He might. At least the GOP would be a slavagable entity though. Like I said, it was just for fun.

Love this typo, Yankee

-QG

 

[QuizGuy66]

Then Trump would have run Third Party and handed the Dems the election. And if he gets screwed over at the convention...he just might.

This. If Trump heads into the convention with the most delegates and doesn't get the nomination, he's going to claim that he wasn't treated fairly and run as an independent.

Yup. Heck, even if he's close to the most he might.

-QG

 

[QuizGuy66]

Maybe but Christie doesn't bring anything to a ticket as a VP except attack dog. He so thoroughly made fun of the idea of being Romney's VP that it is going to come back to bite him, he won't carry New Jersey either. I don't know if he would be a good VP choice.

Cruz can't pick him because that team would never work. Trump couldn't either. If Kasich gets the nom he needs someone from the south (Rubio is perfect at this point, although I still like Suzanna Martinez for the VP slot more than anyone. If Rubio gets the nom he would be foolish not to pick Kasich as that would be a formidable team and look a lot similar to Obama Biden with the VP bringing a ton of experience to the ticket and is also someone that knows how to work with Congress. Christie doesn't do that for Rubio, and I'm not sure Rubio could control Christie - which is another problem with him as a VP for anyone.

And he's not liberal enough for you Yankee

-QG

 

[Sweet J]

Great solution. Then Trump would have run Third Party and handed the Dems the election. And if he gets screwed over at the convention...he just might.

He might. At least the GOP would be a slavagable entity though. Like I said, it was just for fun.

Kasich isn't a strong candidate. Enough with that.

I don't know why you say that. This lifelong Democrat would ABSOLUTELY vote Yankee's ticket over Hillary. And maybe even over Bernie.

All you ticket-pulling Republicans are pulling the lever for Kasich anyway over Hillary. So you don't have to worry about that. PLUS you get all the moderate-leaning Dems like me who would freak out at voting for anybody except Kasich.

 

[TripItUp]

A little too early to be ruling Kasich out IMHO.

 

[Jeremy]

I've sort of given up trying to predict the nominee on the GOP side. For every candidate I'm thinking "that guy has no chance", but it's gotta be somebody. Sure, why not Kasich? It shouldn't take that much to convince voters he's better than Cruz (evil), Trump (evil, compulsive liar, and bigot), and Rubio (lightweight). I feel like the voters just need to notice he's there. "He's from Ohio you say? Hmmm..."

 

[Leeroy Jenkins]

Why are people just now figuring out that Rubio is a robot? He's been speaking in sound bites for months.

 

[Daywalker]

Why are people just now figuring out that Rubio is a robot? He's been speaking in sound bites for months.

The highest rating cable news channel is based off of this.

 

[Leeroy Jenkins]

Great solution. Then Trump would have run Third Party and handed the Dems the election. And if he gets screwed over at the convention...he just might.

He might. At least the GOP would be a slavagable entity though. Like I said, it was just for fun.

Kasich isn't a strong candidate. Enough with that.

I don't know why you say that. This lifelong Democrat would ABSOLUTELY vote Yankee's ticket over Hillary. And maybe even over Bernie.

All you ticket-pulling Republicans are pulling the lever for Kasich anyway over Hillary. So you don't have to worry about that. PLUS you get all the moderate-leaning Dems like me who would freak out at voting for anybody except Kasich.

I would strongly consider Kasich over Hillary and would 100% vote for him over Bernie. I'm a registered democrat, but really an independent.

Maybe Trump and Bloomburg both run separate independent campaigns and we have a 4 horse race.

 

[jamny]

Why are people just now figuring out that Rubio is a robot? He's been speaking in sound bites for months.

I've been saying it since the early debates and still supported him. I think people, myself included, figured he'd adjust and loosen up as the process went along but it just seems to be getting worse or is just amplified now with the focus on it.

 

[Daywalker]

Why are people just now figuring out that Rubio is a robot? He's been speaking in sound bites for months.

I've been saying it since the early debates and still supported him. I think people, myself included, figured he'd adjust and loosen up as the process went along but it just seems to be getting worse or is just amplified now with the focus on it.

I'd love to have him in my poker game.

 

[Righetti]

Why are people just now figuring out that Rubio is a robot? He's been speaking in sound bites for months.

Go back to the commentary on this forum during the first and second debates. This isn't new to anybody here at all

 

[Leeroy Jenkins]

Why are people just now figuring out that Rubio is a robot? He's been speaking in sound bites for months.

Go back to the commentary on this forum during the first and second debates. This isn't new to anybody here at all

I didn't necessarily mean here.

The media should not have been surprised that Rubio came in 3rd in Iowa (who else was it going to be, Carson? His campaign has been dead for weeks). He's been repeating the same stuff over and over the entire time (Hillary Clinton is disqualified from being president!). How'd they miss that?

 

[Righetti]

We have been saying for months that Rubio is a robot sent from the Koch headquarters to win the election and allow them to control the course of the United States for the next decade. Rubibot is perfect, he has the pedigree, the good looks, the beautiful family, the hot wife, the immigrant story (but not too immigrant-y), the meteoric rise through Florida politics, the mentor (Jeb!) who he has surpassed but as the election wore on the programmers have had their continued issue coming up with enough. For all the A.I. they tired to program into the Rubibot, they just can't add enough memory, so every night back at the Koch-cave they have to remove some and add some new ones the problem is that Rubibot cannot return to the Koch-cave every night as he is campaigning in Iowa or New Hampshire, so there are days he has to run on auto-pilot and with the 24/7 media cycle (and a fat man from NJ) he has been exposed.

Early on he would answer every question with "my father was a janitor and my mother was a maid". Then he went to "Hillary Rodham Clinton in completely disqualified for being president of the United States of America" and now he does the "let's dispel the myth that Barack Obama does not know what he is doing, he knows exactly what he is doing"

The last line is one they programmed specifically to help Rubibot overcome his one main deficiency, his own lack of experience. By spewing that Obama, with very little experience, was able to shape policy, it implies that Rubibot another first term senator with very little in terms of pushed legislation, too can shape policy.

There are only a few people aware of the Rubibot and the Koch laboratories, but we've been working hard to expose it for you.

The only way you would know, other than opening up the latch in his back, are those big ears which are the transistors. His only downfall is that every once in a while Rubibot becomes over heated and he needs to add water and it becomes like a crisis level ticking time bomb. When he cannot immediately cool down his processors he falls into a endless computer loop.

He is a walking Small Wonder

 

[urbanhack]

:golfclap:

 

[Righetti]

:golfclap:

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[NorvilleBarnes]

Maybe but Christie doesn't bring anything to a ticket as a VP except attack dog. He so thoroughly made fun of the idea of being Romney's VP that it is going to come back to bite him, he won't carry New Jersey either. I don't know if he would be a good VP choice.

Cruz can't pick him because that team would never work. Trump couldn't either. If Kasich gets the nom he needs someone from the south (Rubio is perfect at this point, although I still like Suzanna Martinez for the VP slot more than anyone. If Rubio gets the nom he would be foolish not to pick Kasich as that would be a formidable team and look a lot similar to Obama Biden with the VP bringing a ton of experience to the ticket and is also someone that knows how to work with Congress. Christie doesn't do that for Rubio, and I'm not sure Rubio could control Christie - which is another problem with him as a VP for anyone.

Christie makes more sense as Attorney General.

Does he have any experience? Haven't heard him mention anything.

 

[Righetti]

Maybe but Christie doesn't bring anything to a ticket as a VP except attack dog. He so thoroughly made fun of the idea of being Romney's VP that it is going to come back to bite him, he won't carry New Jersey either. I don't know if he would be a good VP choice.

Cruz can't pick him because that team would never work. Trump couldn't either. If Kasich gets the nom he needs someone from the south (Rubio is perfect at this point, although I still like Suzanna Martinez for the VP slot more than anyone. If Rubio gets the nom he would be foolish not to pick Kasich as that would be a formidable team and look a lot similar to Obama Biden with the VP bringing a ton of experience to the ticket and is also someone that knows how to work with Congress. Christie doesn't do that for Rubio, and I'm not sure Rubio could control Christie - which is another problem with him as a VP for anyone.

Christie makes more sense as Attorney General.

Does he have any experience? Haven't heard him mention anything.

he could use some help from the Rubibot to stay on message

 

[Smack Tripper]

msnbc tried to trip trump up on the puswah remarks... trump handled it beautifully

 

[SIDA!]

msnbc tried to trip trump up on the puswah remarks... trump handled it beautifully

Did this just happen a few minutes ago on their broadcast?

 

[Righetti]

msnbc tried to trip trump up on the puswah remarks... trump handled it beautifully

Trump is getting better at all of this as time goes on...he can get away with the outlandish statements and then seems to be able to spin it like a..(gasp) real politician

 

[Skoo]

Poor Trump voters.

Just a week ago, they were SOOO excited and confident.

I imagine most are seeing the writing on the wall at this point.

Even I'm not cynical enough to believe the American people will elect someone who calls another candidate a p**** live on national TV.

 

[SIDA!]

Poor Trump voters.

Just a week ago, they were SOOO excited and confident.

I imagine most are seeing the writing on the wall at this point.

Even I'm not cynical enough to believe the American people will elect someone who calls another candidate a p**** live on national TV.

You clearly still don't get it. Maybe by November it will have sunk in.

 

[Chadstroma]

Polling data showing 1) Trump 2) Rubio 3 Tied) Cruz/Kasich (with Kasich surging) 5) Bush distant 6) Christie 7) Fiorina 8) Carson (all but out of the race. Likely has some cash to keep him going from being so high in polls earlier but pretty much seems like his candidacy is done)

 

[Skoo]

Poor Trump voters.

Just a week ago, they were SOOO excited and confident.

I imagine most are seeing the writing on the wall at this point.

Even I'm not cynical enough to believe the American people will elect someone who calls another candidate a p**** live on national TV.

You clearly still don't get it. Maybe by November it will have sunk in.

Oh, I get it.

People who don't really follow politics love that their reality TV star hero won't bow down to the PC crowd.

Thing is, the same thing that makes you guys support Trump is what also makes him completely unelectable in a national election.

The quicker he's out of the race the better. It's embarrassing as an American to have this guy represent us on the world stage.

 

[hagmania]

If Trump is elected, then by the very definition he is a representative of America. It's those not supporting him that are out of touch, it would seem.

 

[NorvilleBarnes]

Polling data showing 1) Trump 2) Rubio 3 Tied) Cruz/Kasich (with Kasich surging) 5) Bush distant 6) Christie 7) Fiorina 8) Carson (all but out of the race. Likely has some cash to keep him going from being so high in polls earlier but pretty much seems like his candidacy is done)

Interesting - is this post-debate?

 

[Skoo]

If Trump is elected, then by the very definition he is a representative of America. It's those not supporting him that are out of touch, it would seem.

Just the fact that he's representing us as a "serious" candidate is embarrassing enough.

I can't even imagine the embarrassment of him being President, but luckily I'll never have to find out what that's like.

But hey, don't get me wrong, as a Democrat I'm absolutely rooting for Trump to get the nomination. There's a reason the establishment GOP is going bonkers over Trump. They know if he gets the nomination they have no shot in November.

 

[SIDA!]

If Trump is elected, then by the very definition he is a representative of America. It's those not supporting him that are out of touch, it would seem.

There's a reason the establishment GOP is going bonkers over Trump. They know if he gets the nomination they have no shot in November.

Every time I am 100% convinced "you don't get it" you say something new that makes me 100% confident that I am 100% convinced that you don't get it.

 

[Righetti]

Polling data showing 1) Trump 2) Rubio 3 Tied) Cruz/Kasich (with Kasich surging) 5) Bush distant 6) Christie 7) Fiorina 8) Carson (all but out of the race. Likely has some cash to keep him going from being so high in polls earlier but pretty much seems like his candidacy is done)

Interesting - is this post-debate?

The poll released today has it Trump 33, Kasich 17, Rubio 14, Cruz 10, Jeb 9, and Christie 8.

if the other governors were to drop out, I'd think that Kasich could basically corral the troops and would be polling right around Trump. obviously some might go towards Rubio also but I doubt Cruz would pick up much of that

 

[Smack Tripper]

msnbc tried to trip trump up on the puswah remarks... trump handled it beautifully

Did this just happen a few minutes ago on their broadcast?

Sorry yes.

Female host brought it up in castigating tones, trump said we were having a little fun, people are too politically correct. She said, do you have an example of us being too politically correct in a snarky gotcha tone and he said yes, he said a host on cnn got in trouble for repeating the phrase anchor babies. Trump said a reporter said he SHOULD say "the children of undocumented immigrants born in the United States". He said it's ridculous to waste a sentence saying what a phrase accomplishes. Host quickly moved on, great example

 

[SIDA!]

Polling data showing 1) Trump 2) Rubio 3 Tied) Cruz/Kasich (with Kasich surging) 5) Bush distant 6) Christie 7) Fiorina 8) Carson (all but out of the race. Likely has some cash to keep him going from being so high in polls earlier but pretty much seems like his candidacy is done)

Interesting - is this post-debate?

The poll released today has it Trump 33, Kasich 17, Rubio 14, Cruz 10, Jeb 9, and Christie 8.

if the other governors were to drop out, I'd think that Kasich could basically corral the troops and would be polling right around Trump. obviously some might go towards Rubio also but I doubt Cruz would pick up much of that

I believe there are four tickets out of NH.

Trump, Cruz, Rubio, Kasich.

The problem the GOPe has right now is that with Rubio "doing so well in Iowa" he is a lock to stay in. If Kasich finishes 2nd he is a lock to stay in. If Jeb does about as well as Rubio or places fourth ahead of Cruz or is just generally within a stone's throw of third...he stays in. Also...because he has more money than everybody else except Trump.

The GOPe needs this field pared down stat...but we are going through this delayed 2008 type situation. Then there were leaders rising the top and becoming the flavor of the day and then falling back while somebody new rose to the top. But most of that happened before the first votes were cast.

This cycle it is almost playing out as the primaries are unfolding. And of course the longer this goes on I think the stronger Trump gets.

I don't think Bush is ever going to win the general election. The mere fact that the establishment thought that this was at all possible 2 years ago tells you everything you need to know. He should have dropped out before Iowa.

Barring something miraculous...Christie should be out tomorrow. Fiorina should be out, too...but I can see her sticking around just because...she is the only woman. Carson is not going to get out in my opinion. He doesn't need to. He wants the platform and I think he especially has an ax to grind against Cruz now.

 

[Buckfast 1]

msnbc tried to trip trump up on the puswah remarks... trump handled it beautifully

Did this just happen a few minutes ago on their broadcast?

Sorry yes.

Female host brought it up in castigating tones, trump said we were having a little fun, people are too politically correct. She said, do you have an example of us being too politically correct in a snarky gotcha tone and he said yes, he said a host on cnn got in trouble for repeating the phrase anchor babies. Trump said a reporter said he SHOULD say "the children of undocumented immigrants born in the United States". He said it's ridculous to waste a sentence saying what a phrase accomplishes. Host quickly moved on, great example

"Ted Cruz does not have sufficiently masculine genitalia to engage in torture practices that are prohibited by the Geneva Conventions; therefore, he is female genitalia" just doesn't have the same ring as "Ted Cruz is a #####."

 

[Righetti]

msnbc tried to trip trump up on the puswah remarks... trump handled it beautifully

Did this just happen a few minutes ago on their broadcast?

Sorry yes.

Female host brought it up in castigating tones, trump said we were having a little fun, people are too politically correct. She said, do you have an example of us being too politically correct in a snarky gotcha tone and he said yes, he said a host on cnn got in trouble for repeating the phrase anchor babies. Trump said a reporter said he SHOULD say "the children of undocumented immigrants born in the United States". He said it's ridculous to waste a sentence saying what a phrase accomplishes. Host quickly moved on, great example

"Ted Cruz does not have sufficiently masculine genitalia to engage in torture practices that are prohibited by the Geneva Conventions; therefore, he is female genitalia" just doesn't have the same ring as "Ted Cruz is a #####."