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When the votes are completed, Trump may end up third.
I'm sensing shenanigans on the part of polls and the media, it should have been a much tighter race. There's not as much support for Trump out there as has been indicated, it would seem.
"I have a dream, that my four little children will one day live in a
nation where they will not be judged by the color of their skin,
but by the content of their character." - M.L.King Jr
Primary polls are unreliable - and he still beat the establishment darling, Rubio, who is now talking as if he's won. I don't think anyone intentionally cheated - certainly not the polls. Reporters will of course write about what brings clicks, so there might be a bias there, but not intentional.
But it is funny that Silver kept saying that Trump was a goner for weeks, and now that he has changed his mind a bit, this happens.
The new Mac Pro has up to 30 MB of cache inside the processor itself. That's more than the HD in my first Mac. Somehow I'm still running out of space.
Primary polls are unreliable - and he still beat the establishment darling, Rubio, who is now talking as if he's won.
He didn't win but yesterday's results painted a clearer path to the nomination for him.
Trump's support was so talked up that everyone assumed Rubio would be a distant 3rd place by double digits. That he was within a single percentage point of Trump shows that he's a serious contender. Once the other establishment candidates step down he will inherit their supporters and donors since those voters had very little love for Cruz or Trump. Those 6-10 percentage points would put him solidly in at second place at the very least. HIs biggest challenge there will be mending the relationship with Bush's network which they will desperately need because they are set up finically and have the experience mining votes.
Furthermore, Iowa does not have the GOP establishment demographics that other states in the primary do so if he can secure third in a very non-diverse rural state like Iowa he should be able to win second or first in the coming primaries on the East Coast.
Iowa showed that even with all the lopsided media coverage and hype Tump's support was over estimated. Cruz had a huge handicap going in to Iowa due to his stance on ethanol. An issue that mattered a great deal to Iowa voters. It was expected that rift would cancel out the Evangelical bias and throw the caucus to Trump whom everyone assumed would bring in new voters. That never materialized and it should alarm his team because once New Hampshire is over the GOP demographics do not favor him in the same way.
Barack Obama: Four more years of the Carter Presidency
It will be very interesting how Trump fares in NH or the other states coming soon (NV and SC, I think?). I'm sure some of that support was from people going with the winner, and now that he isn't the man to beat anymore, that will go away.
And more people will drop out. Bush, Kasich & Christie will probably all wait until NH and leave unless they improve there, and their support should coalesce behind Rubio when they drop out. The others are harder to predict - Santorum stayed in the race for a long time last time, Paul mostly wants to raise issues, and Fiorina wants to raise her profile for future races or a well paid job somewhere - but then their supporters are harder to predict as well.
The new Mac Pro has up to 30 MB of cache inside the processor itself. That's more than the HD in my first Mac. Somehow I'm still running out of space.
"I have a dream, that my four little children will one day live in a
nation where they will not be judged by the color of their skin,
but by the content of their character." - M.L.King Jr
NH, I want to be proud of you for Bernie winning... but Trump? Trump? The only good news on the GOP side is Kasich came in second.
That is actually not good news, because it means that he'll stay in the race. Bush seems determined to stick it out until he runs out of money and Rubio was the great establishment hope last week, so the only one that is likely to drop out now is Christie. Carson and Fiorina might drop at any time, but their supporters can go anywhere.
The new Mac Pro has up to 30 MB of cache inside the processor itself. That's more than the HD in my first Mac. Somehow I'm still running out of space.
Just makes Trump look even more deranged, which should please his ignorant fan base to no end.
"I have a dream, that my four little children will one day live in a
nation where they will not be judged by the color of their skin,
but by the content of their character." - M.L.King Jr
Well, the Republicans go through so much effort trying to convince me people like the way they've been operating lately, I wasn't expecting the party to go into open revolt.
Both parties are, an open socialist running for president and doing extremely well...
"I have a dream, that my four little children will one day live in a
nation where they will not be judged by the color of their skin,
but by the content of their character." - M.L.King Jr
They technically wouldn't have a choice, he can just cut off their aid and claim it's going toward the wall.
"I have a dream, that my four little children will one day live in a
nation where they will not be judged by the color of their skin,
but by the content of their character." - M.L.King Jr
They technically wouldn't have a choice, he can just cut off their aid and claim it's going toward the wall.
Not so much. The US provides about $420 million in economic and military aid to Mexico in a year. This nonsensical wall he keeps harping about would cost approximately $10 billion.
It would cost $12B to build, counting labor, and $150M /yr to maintain. All of which could be very easily financed by a $420M per year revenue stream.
"I have a dream, that my four little children will one day live in a
nation where they will not be judged by the color of their skin,
but by the content of their character." - M.L.King Jr
It would cost $12B to build, counting labor, and $150M /yr to maintain. All of which could be very easily financed by a $420M per year revenue stream.
Assuming all economic and military aid to Mexico is discontinued for 20+ years. And even then it's not a "revenue stream" because Mexico isn't writing a check. It's taking money out of the US government's left pocket and putting it into the right.
Assuming all economic and military aid to Mexico is discontinued for 20+ years. And even then it's not a "revenue stream" because Mexico isn't writing a check. It's taking money out of the US government's left pocket and putting it into the right.
The Hudson Yards project is going to take 50 years to pay for, you think that's a big deal for gov't? Shifting money around is how federal financing works, of course it's a funding source, that's how those things work.
and no, I don't believe in the Wall idea, it's retarded, I'm just showing how it can easily be paid for.
"I have a dream, that my four little children will one day live in a
nation where they will not be judged by the color of their skin,
but by the content of their character." - M.L.King Jr
Given the caliber of the people claiming the'd leave, that's actually a plus.
"I have a dream, that my four little children will one day live in a
nation where they will not be judged by the color of their skin,
but by the content of their character." - M.L.King Jr
"One of the things I'm going to do if I win, and I hope we do and we're certainly leading. I'm going to open up our libel laws so when they write purposely negative and horrible and false articles, we can sue them and win lots of money. We're going to open up those libel laws. So when The New York Times writes a hit piece which is a total disgrace or when The Washington Post, which is there for other reasons, writes a hit piece, we can sue them and win money instead of having no chance of winning because they're totally protected," Trump said.
1) free speech,
2) libel law already is in place to keep proveable falsehoods at bay,
3) states rights
4) wtf
The Hudson Yards project is going to take 50 years to pay for, you think that's a big deal for gov't? Shifting money around is how federal financing works, of course it's a funding source, that's how those things work.
and no, I don't believe in the Wall idea, it's retarded, I'm just showing how it can easily be paid for.
I'm not disputing that "it can easily be paid for". I'm disputing Trump's notion that the Mexico government will be paying for it if it isn't cutting the check.
No one should vote for Trump, Left, Right, or Center. Yeah, I know it's Ben Shapiro, but he nails The Donald to the floor, so calm down:
"I have a dream, that my four little children will one day live in a
nation where they will not be judged by the color of their skin,
but by the content of their character." - M.L.King Jr
I'm 80% convinced that Trump is running to: A. Build up more publicity. B. Hand the election to Clinton in exchange for some huge favors down the line. The more I see, the more I'm convinced he has no intention to be POTUS, it's all been an elaborate hustle.
"I have a dream, that my four little children will one day live in a
nation where they will not be judged by the color of their skin,
but by the content of their character." - M.L.King Jr
No, I think that his ego has the better of him. In a time where so many distrust the establishment, Trump feels the same way - except in his mind, the only candidate he'd trust to do it is himself. He's not going to fold - if he wants favors, he can buy them more cheaply. Publicity is nice, and I'm sure he considers that his participation trophy, but I don't think he'd do it for that alone.
The new Mac Pro has up to 30 MB of cache inside the processor itself. That's more than the HD in my first Mac. Somehow I'm still running out of space.
You have a bunch of Trump supporters who claim he doesn't mean a lot of the things he says, and you have a bunch of Trump supporters who like him precisely for the things he says.
One of these groups is going to be really ****ing disappointed.
So, Trump is currently opening rallies with an oath to weed out protestors and has created pens to hold the media. Am I wrong for thinking the right would have been apoplectic if someone like Obama did this? How is this not a bigger story?
So, Trump is currently opening rallies with an oath to weed out protestors and has created pens to hold the media. Am I wrong for thinking the right would have been apoplectic if someone like Obama did this? How is this not a bigger story?
When it comes to Trump, I think people may be suffering from apoplexy fatigue.
It would cost $12B to build, counting labor, and $150M /yr to maintain. All of which could be very easily financed by a $420M per year revenue stream.
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