Donald Trump has won the Indiana primary in landslide. With Ted Cruz dropping out and barring a coup d’etat at the convention he is the nominee.
Trump’s negatives are very high (but then, so are Hillary’s) but it is undeniable that there is a hunger out there for what he represents. And that is, being out of the yoke of the establishment. Statements such as this
“The media has created the perception that the voters choose the nomination. That’s the conflict here,”
really piss people off. The GOP overlords make clear that your vote doesn’t matter. It’s an Outer Limits kind of thing:
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Voting for Trump makes people feel like they still are part of a democracy and they want a voice. For better or worse, Trump is not beholden to mega donors. In fact, they’re sitting on their checkbooks, and frankly, that will provide Trump with even more appeal to the average voter.
Trump can win. He can beat Hillary. Some interesting rumblings are afoot. There is a recent Rasmussen poll showing Trump over Hillary 41-39:
Last week, Rasmussen Reports gave voters the option of staying home on Election Day if Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump are the big party nominees, and six percent (6%) said that’s what they intend to do for now. Clinton and Trump were tied with 38% support each; 16% said they would vote for some other candidate, and two percent (2%) were undecided.
But Trump edges slightly ahead if the stay-at-home option is removed. Trump also now does twice as well among Democrats as Clinton does among Republicans.
A new Rasmussen Reports national telephone survey of Likely U.S. Voters finds Trump with 41% support to Clinton’s 39%. Fifteen percent (15%) prefer some other candidate, and five percent (5%) are undecided. (To see survey question wording, click here.)
Trump has reached a new high level of support among Republicans:
Donald Trump reached a new high among Republicans in a national NBC News|SurveyMonkey poll released Tuesday.
The real estate mogul has 56 percent support, more than doubling his advantage over Ted Cruz, who sits at 22 percent. John Kasich rounds out the survey with 14 percent support. An additional 7 percent remain undecided.
But it’s later on in the article that things get interesting:
In a hypothetical head-to-head matchup, Clinton beats both Trump and Cruz, though many voters haven’t surveyed haven’t decided who they would vote for. Of those who did, however, Clinton tops Trump by 6 percentage points (43 percent to 37 percent) and Cruz by 14 percentage points (44 percent to 30 percent).
Six points is not a big lead for now and that was with Cruz in the race. But here’s why Trump can win. A CNN/ORC poll shows Clinton leading 54-41 but again, it’s in the nitty gritty where the important stuff lies:
While Clinton is better trusted than Trump on many top issues such as terrorism, immigration, healthcare and climate change, he leads Clinton, 50 to 45 percent, among who voters say would do a better job handling the economy.
Clinton is going to get absolutely pounded by Trump’s version of Sherman’s March to the Sea. He is going throttle her on foreign policy and judgment. Obamacare is staring into the abyss with dramatic rate increases that could emerge one week before the election.
“Proposed rate hikes are just starting to dribble out, setting up a battle over health insurance costs in a tumultuous presidential election year that will decide the fate of Obamacare.”
The headlines are likely to keep coming right up to Election Day since many consumers won’t see actual rates until the insurance marketplaces open Nov. 1 — a week before they go to the polls.
That’s right: just one week before the election date, Americans will be served with what now appears will be double (if not more) digit increases in their insurance premiums. Politico is spot on in saying that “the last thing Democrats want to contend with just a week before the 2016 presidential election is an outcry over double-digit insurance hikes as millions of Americans begin signing up for Obamacare.“
There’s Clinton’s waffling on the TPP, which she was all on favor of until she wasn’t. Then she was going to put coal miners out of jobs and coal companies out of business until suddenly she wasn’t.
Clinton waged war on women until she suddenly didn’t.
Yes, Trump is behind in some polls, but not all of them. The battle hasn’t even begun yet. But here’s the thing:
…he leads Clinton, 50 to 45 percent, among who voters say would do a better job handling the economy.
And as we all know, it’s the economy, stupid. It’s the #1 issue for the country. Yes, he’s a jerk. But now he’s our jerk.
And he can win.
Hillary is calling on the press to stop Trump:
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via the Weekly Standard
This speaks to a deficit of self confidence.
DrJohn has been a health care professional for more than 30 years. In addition to clinical practice he has done extensive research and has published widely with over 70 original articles and abstracts in the peer-reviewed literature. DrJohn is well known in his field and has lectured on every continent except for Antarctica. He has been married to the same wonderful lady for over 30 years and has three kids- two sons, both of whom are attorneys and one daughter on her way into the field of education.
DrJohn was brought up with the concept that one can do well if one is prepared to work hard but nothing in life is guaranteed.
Except for liberals being foolish.
@John:
you’re one of them entrepreneur truck drivers driving your own solar powered truck. At least you save a lot on fueling that buggy.
@Richard Wheeler:
If you had been as concerned about who was in the presidency in 08 as you are now, maybe we wouldn’t have had to endure the foreigner in the office for the last 7+ years. At least Trump is an American. So you’re impressed with the employment rate in this country, even happy about all those folks moving from Gayfornia to Texas to find a job. We all know you’ll be voting for Hillary, she’s your type.
@Ajay42302:
That’s only because it is your job to be ignorant of any good a Republican does.
Let’s see if I got this right….The Republicans passed ‘The American Job Act in the House and the Republicans in the Senate filibustered it? Is that what you’re saying? Is this the one you’re referring to?
Are you sure it was the Repubs that did that bill in? Sounds as if it didn’t make it out of the Dim controlled Senate (this was 2011)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_Jobs_Act
No jobs ? Blame the “job. Creators” the one percenters are not investing the profits reinvest it in the companies that made it in the workers or infrastructure or we raise taxes and no more sending your corporate profits offshore
@John: Here’s a fine example and one of my personal favorites. Remember Obama’s “stimulus II”, “pass this NOW” jobs bill? Reid was still in charge of progress-prevention in the Senate at the time. The House sent the bill Obama wanted to the Senate, but it lacked the support… Democrat support… to pass. McConnell wanted to bring it up for a vote, but Reid (again) shelves it to avoid the political embarrassment of Democrats causing the failure of Obama’s little pet.
Then, it was simply forgotten, except when liberals wanted to blame Republicans for “obstruction”.
@Redteam: It didn’t make it out of the den controlled Senate because it only got 51 votes to move forward instead of the needed 60. Every single republican voted against it.
They voted it down dispute:–Moody’s Analytics estimated the American Jobs Act would create 1.9 million jobs and add two percent to gross domestic product.
–The Economic Policy Institute estimated it would create 2.6 million jobs and protect an addition 1.6 million existing jobs.
–Macroeconomic Advisers predicted it would create 2.1 million jobs and boost GDP by 1.5 percent.
–Goldman Sachs estimated it would add 1.5 percent to GDP.
It’s interesting that you too are ignorant of any job producing or economy helpful legislation.
@Ajay42302:
Oh, so it’s the Republicans fault that Dim’s can’t get legislation passed when the Dim’s control the Senate, but it’s the Republicans fault when they can’t get legislation passed when the Republicans control the Senate.
You must be a politician. And yet the Dims got Obamacare passed without 60 votes.
@Ajay42302:
Hey bozo, it’s you that just got corrected on your erroneous claims.
@Bill: Don’t you just love it when the Dims have to resort to claiming it’s the Republicans fault that they can’t get legislation through the Congress when the Dims control the Congress and the Presidency? It cracks me up. It’s like claiming that Trump only won because he got more votes. Well?
@Redteam
@Ajay42302: You don’t even know how to concede defeat when you lose. That’s like claiming it’s the Republicans fault for not passing legislation when the Dimocrats are in control.
I realize your memory is very limited, but just a few comments above, you said it was Republicans fault that the jobs bill failed when it was the Dimocrats in control of the Senate. The Dims are entitled to claim the failure, why do you want to deny them the credit?
@Redteam: Its the Rs fault the AJA failed because they filibustered it. Do you not understand Senatorial rules on this? It takes 60 votes to bring debate to a close by invoking cloture in order for the bill to get an up and down vote (with the exception of the budget reconciliation process which played a role in The Affordable Health Care Act). The bill never reached that 60 mark because every Republican voted not to end debate in order to kill the bill. The D’s didn’t have 60 seats.
Your argument makes no sense.
Well of course all spending Bills are supposed to begin in the Hiuse, right?
@Redteam: Believe me, no one is more aware than Democrat leaders of how stupid and history-challenged their leach-followers are. They have seen that all they need is an excuse to believe and the lemmings will readily believe it.
@Ajay42302: The first “stimulus” cost $865 billion and did nothing for jobs or the economy but to support Obama’s campaign supporters. Remember, “I guess they were not as shovel ready as we thought, ha, ha, ha.”? No, Republicans we not going to go along with Obama wasting even MORE money, but after the first failure, neither were Democrats this time.
@John:
Oh… like Obamacare, the tax?
Perhaps if you chose to get your info from someone other than rush you would have been aware that of that 865 billion
1/3 went to tax relief ( that was necessary to get goo support) 1/3 went directly tobstatescsobtgeybcoukdvpaybsalaries primarily police fire and teachers and only 1/3 went to infrastructure
Did some go to his supporters ? Well of course remember MOST. Americans supported him
@John: Showing what an assumptive idiot you are, I get NO news from Rush. However, I do have eyes and it was and is obvious to see that “stimulus” failed entirely… because, like everything Obama and all liberals do, it was based on total lies. It was supposed to be for “shovel ready jobs” (which genius Joe Biden was going to oversee to make sure there was no corruption… hardy har har), not “tax relief”, something the left was already disparaging, or aid for failing unions.
Lies, John. Lies.
So, when a liberal that we knew nothing at all about lies on that scale, imagine what a liberal whose first image evoked is that of a corrupt liar would be capable of should she become President?
Ha. No thanks. Trump would be vastly preferable.
@Bill:
I ask the same of you as you do me-prove it.
As I recall, prior to the stimulus, the economy was in free fall, jobs were plummeting, and we were headed to what many predicted as to be worse than the Great Depression . I really don’t think any of that is arguable. What also isn’t arguable is the steady job growth after the stimulus, despite the intentional GOP sabotage in order to unseat Obama-which they’ve admitted to on more than 1 occasion.
So it appears too me that the proof is pretty much evident while you’re spouting Fox News/GOP nonsensical and regurgitated talking points.
@Bill:
1/3 went for tax relief
1/3 went directly to the states
1/3 went to infrastructure
Within 6 months of passage unemployment. Began dropping
Just wiki it
And insults? Grow up act your age
@Ajay42302: You, having such a great sense of humor, must be slapping your knee while writing this:
So let’s all understand this so we can all laugh together. So, it takes 60 votes to pass a bill that you don’t want passed, but only 51 votes when it’s a bill the other side doesn’t want to pass. Filibuster or not. Yep, that’s a real knee slapper.
Yeah, that’s what they usually say when playing dumb.
@John:
Okay:
looks like about 38 percent of adults not working. And that sounds good to you?
http://www.usnews.com/news/the-report/articles/2015/07/16/unemployment-is-low-but-more-workers-are-leaving-the-workforce
@Redteam:
What in the hell are you talking about?
@Ajay42302: You’ve lost track already? Read your 62.
@John:
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john, of course unemployment started dropping after 6 months.
EVERY economic model showed that would happen under almost every circumstance, including if NOTHING was done.
In fact, Obama knew that.
Timmy Geuitner (sp???) predicted it himself.
No Change in Unemployment, but We’ve Traded Full-Timers for Part-Timers
@Redteam: ok so you’re clueless of how the senate operates? Or, you have little command of the English language? Or, you’re no more than a resident troll who’s mission is to derail the argument with just plain stupid shit? Perhaps all of the above? I really don’t know nor do I care. Folks like you, much like Trump lickers are, well, all of the above and not worth entertaining.
TedTeam I have been ousting here a hell of a lot longer than you
@John: For what logical reason?
@John: Do you know a TedTeam and what the hell is ‘ousting’?
@Ajay42302: Ok, just this once, I’ll explain it to you. Here’s what I said ” So, it takes 60 votes to pass a bill that you don’t want passed, but only 51 votes when it’s a bill the other side doesn’t want to pass. ” And here is the explanation. Careful now, this is in English, so you may have to interpret. The Dims did not want to pass the bill so they created a situation that resulted in a filibuster, knowing they did not have 60 votes so it wouldn’t pass. That worked. They didn’t want it to pass, they made it require 60 votes, it didn’t pass. Then when they did want the healthcare to pass and they knew the Repub didn’t want it to pass they created a situation that would NOT require 60 votes, only 51 and it passed. They could have used the same rules for both, or they could have reversed the rules. but they served their purpose both ways, requiring 60 when they didn’t want it to pass and only 51 when they did.
I hope that is simple enough for you
Sorry again please forgive me
Unlike you I am posting while at work
You see the “T” was next to the key I should have touched on my iPhone
I meant to hit the “R” key
It must be difficult for you to figure out those typos
Do your best!!
And thanks for reading each of my posts so thoroughly
@John: I realize you are translating into English and 2nd languages can be a little tough.
Nah, I don’t try to figure them out, it’s better to attribute it to you translating into English while driving those solar powered cars that keep running out of power. I kinda figured it was all the power failures that cause the typo’s. Once you get back on the grid, the phone recharging will work better.
Just curious, how long you been posting here, since it is so much longer than I have been?
Don’t know when I started here, sometime between 05 and 09.
@Redteam: And I explained, budget reconciliation bills are an exception.
While I realize it’s a known practice to poison a bill simply so the opposition party has to vote no and then be blamed, it’s rather weak tea to argue that in this case. I suppose you blame the GOP record breaking filibusters on dems?
I suppose the obstruction of many judicial nominees is also all the dems fault as well, even after many of them held up for months and years finally were seated without a no vote. And of course I suppose, it was the dems plan to force the GOP to admit their intentional sabotage of the economy?
Back to my original response to Bill which you intruded on and threadjacked, its just stupid to contribute 100% of the blame on Obama when you consider how the GOP legislated.
I am not off grid ? I often tell people where I live
It is in New York City
And sorry I have work tomorrow here in NYC construction is booming
Do you work? Or are you on the dole?
And about pointing out my errors: how does that make you feel? Superior to me? Is that something that fulfills one of your needs?
@Ajay42302:
It’s not possible to ‘intrude’ on a comment thread. It is designed for random comments. None are ‘intrusions’.
He’s in charge, if he can’t take the heat, send him out of the kitchen.
@John:
Nope, no workee, no dole’ee. All earned retirement through over 40 years of working in private industry. So nope , I did it all without solar energy or electric cars. And while occasionally using coal fired turbine electricity, and yet the earth survived it all.
Don’t you feel a little guilty trying to push others into heavy investments in govt subsidized solar and there you are soaking up that fossil fuel generated electricity. No interruptions for you, right?
Yeah, I’ll bet you do your prayers toward Trump Tower every day in thanks for him almost single handedly reviving real estate in NYC. Just think, that’s what we can have in the US if we just all vote the right way.
Nah, that’s just having a little fun with you. I realize those phone texters have a mind of their own at times. Some of them are just too funny to ignore. such as ‘ousting’. I’ll try to ignore them unless they’re unusual. I use a laptop for posting and it doesn’t do predictive text so I don’t have that problem, and it’s much easier to edit from a laptop compared to a cellphone. The superior thing is not important to me, I just comment because I enjoy it and it amazes me how many different opinions there are on the simplest subjects, at times.
That @heat@ on Obama? It is tepid, must polls show a n approval of over 50%
Rasmussen doesn’t mist do
@John: You can fool all of the people some of the time and some of the people all of the time. PT Barnum
@Redteam The quote is from one of your favorite Presidents—Honest Abe Lincoln finishes.”but you can’t fool all of the people all of the time.” Thank goodness
P.T. Barnum said “There’s a sucker born every minute” Trump supporters are proving that.
@Redteam: Obama isn’t “in charge” of the Senatorial rules nor does he have legislation power over that branch.
‘Vulture,’ ‘Orange Prince’ and other things foreign leaders are saying about Donald Trump
They’re just kidding, of course. All 47 of them. With Trump at the helm, the world would respect us again.
@Rich Wheeler:
Oh, so now you’re a Trump supporter?
@Ajay42302:
Then you should refrain from claiming that he does.
@Greg: Gee, that list is at least 50% as long as the list that was published like that back when Obama was the nominee. Some of the things they’re saying about Trump is almost as bad as the things they said about Obama. Funny how the world doesn’t stop revolving just because people have opinions.
@Redteam: You sure take the long route in running from the argument, blaming Obama for the GOP obstruction and failures.
Come to think about it, how’d them Bush in charge years work out for you? Oh yeah, Clinton’s fault.
Clinton is generally held in much higher esteem overseas than Trump, who is seen as an accident waiting to happen. Except in Russia, of course. Trump is very popular in Russia. The Russians have no use for Hillary Clinton.
It’s probably that birds-of-a-feather thing, again. Mussolini and Hitler admired one another’s swagger and style.
@Redteam: Tell you what RT– I’ll endorse Trump right after Ted Cruz endorses him.
You’ve been a Trump supporter for months but you’re too embarrassed or too ashamed to admit it. Certainly understandable.
@Ajay42302:
Thus the illegal executive orders changing or ignoring laws.
@Greg:
They like Obama, too. Basically, some foreign leaders seem to favor US leaders that will weaken the country over those that will protect our interests around the world. Obviously, their evaluation of human character is worthless.
And I believe Russia is quite desirous of a Hillary Presidency. She can be used as an ignorant pawn just like Obama was, only it will cost them some coin.
Bill
Russia hates Obama hd totally crushed their economy the ruble lost half its value during his 2 terms
Putin likes Trump
Trump’s campaign manager used to work for the Putin gang
Gee I wonder if he ever stopped ?
The CIA doesn’t even want to give any classified info to that campaign manager
@John: Yeah, I noticed how they have been hurt so badly that they stopped instigating rebellion in Ukraine, cooperated in Syria and assisted us in Iran (instead of selling them weapons). Oh, Putin is REEEEAL impressed with Obama.
http://www.themoscowtimes.com/mobile/news/article/little-obama-ice-cream-goes-on-sale-in-russias-tatarstan/568096.html
More impressed than by Trump
Putin’s man is Trumps
campaignMANAGER
The CIA will not even vet HIM for a security check
Syria ? Russia can have at it there for as long as they enjoy it, quite frankly I wish they were still in Afghanistan
Ukraine? The campaign manager of Trump was bought and paid shill for the despot That was overthrown there
Montfort would have wanted him to stay, he was taking in 10s of millions supporting Putin’s boy there
You are forgetting the golden rule of world politics ” he who has the gold makes the rules” Russia is collapsing economically Atom bombs and armies really aren’t that useful anymore (as we learned in Iraq and Afghanistsn)
Obama has the Saudis pumping as fast as they can and they are drowning Putin in cheap oil
Syria and Ukrainia/Crimea are public relations and advertising used to try and show that Russia is still a world power Even though they can’t even bake enough bread to feed themselves
@John: Since Trump is not yet President, all you provide is speculative drivel. However, it is a FACT that Russia, Syria, Mexico, Iran and Cuba have all had their way with Obama and Hillary though the American people pay the price. Trump is NOT going to be the humongous failure Obama and Hillary were; that is statistically impossible.