Trump Alone at the Top

[B-Man]

Presumptive GOP nominee Donald Trump released Wednesday a list of 11 possible nominees he would put forward to fill the Supreme Court vacancy.

 

Trump's picks, via AP:

 

 

Steven Colloton of Iowa

Allison Eid of Colorado

Raymond Gruender of Missouri

Thomas Hardiman of Pennsylvania

Raymond Kethledge of Michigan

Joan Larsen of Michigan

Thomas Lee of Utah

William Pryor of Alabama

David Stras of Minnesota

Diane Sykes of Wisconsin

Don Willett of Texas.

 

 

 

Part of the "unification" process, no doubt

 

 

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Repeated........due to the squirrel that was attempted by Gator

 

All are solid conservatives.

 

Hillary is in a bind, because she still has to publicly support president Obama's nominee...........(whats his name)

 

 

ADDED: Roger Simon reviews the list and asks, Will Trump’s Supreme Court List Finish Off #NeverTrump?

 

 

 

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Edited May 18, 2016 by B-Man

[Doc]

Lol, yes, you guys carry on with the serious work you are engage in here...

 

Anyway, Trump's turnout claims not as significant as he makes it out to be

 

http://www.politico.com/magazine/story/2016/05/donald-trump-2016-polling-turnout-early-voting-data-213897?o=1

 

Maybe not, but Hilly's shrinking the Dems.

[keepthefaith]

 

Maybe not, but Hilly's shrinking the Dems.

Yes and I'm starting to think Trump has a shot at this. Hillary's negatives I think will be harder to conquer than Trumps. He can win some people over I believe. Hers go right to integrity during her time in elected office and they are deeply concerning for many. Deliberate acts of deceit. Trumps are more superficial (mostly shooting his mouth off). He also has the angry anti-establishment crowd on his side. It's going to be an interesting summer and fall.

[Tiberius]

Think about Trump’s obvious weaknesses, why Republicans couldn’t exploit them, but why Democrats can.

First, he’s running a campaign fundamentally based on racism. But Republicans couldn’t call him on that, because more or less veiled appeals to racial resentment have been key to their party’s success for decades. Clinton, on the other hand, won the nomination thanks to overwhelming nonwhite support, and will have no trouble hitting hard on this issue.

Second, Trump is proposing wildly irresponsible policies that benefit the rich. But so were all the other Republicans, so they couldn’t attack him for that. Clinton can.

Third, Trump’s personal record as a businessman is both antisocial and just plain dubious. Republicans, with their cult of the entrepreneur, couldn’t say anything about that. Again, Clinton can.

The G.O.P. paralysis on these issues explains why, again and again, Republicans turned to a proven line of attack — that is, proven not to work: insisting that Trump isn’t a true conservative, which matters to voters not at all. Obviously Democrats will be able to go after different and, I imagine, a lot more salient issues.

And there’s one last thing, which I suspect may make the biggest difference of all: Clinton’s campaign can go after Trump’s fundamental buffoonery.

I mean, he is a ludicrous figure, and everything we learn just makes him more ludicrous. So why couldn’t Republicans make that stick? I’d argue that it was because there was something fairly ludicrous about all his opponents, too.

 

http://krugman.blogs.nytimes.com/

[GG]

http://krugman.blogs.nytimes.com/

 

It appears that Krugman is in a state of denial. GOP insiders hit him hard on all those issues.

[B-Man]

Professor Paglia shoots NYT right in the head, beautifully.

 

 

http://www.salon.com/2016/05/19/camille_paglia_pc_feminists_misfire_again_as_fossilized_fearful_media_cant_touch_donald_trump/

 

Camille Paglia: PC feminists misfire again, as fearful elite media can’t touch Donald Trump

 

A boastful, millionaire New Yorker liked the company of beautiful women? This is why NYT can't lay a glove on Trump

 

Zap! If momentum were a surge of electromagnetic energy, Donald Trump against all odds has it now. The appalled GOP voters he is losing seem overwhelmed in number by independents and crossover Democrats increasingly attracted by his bumptious, raucous, smash-the-cucumber-frames style. While it’s both riveting and exhilarating to watch a fossilized American political party being blown up and remade, it’s also highly worrisome that a man with no prior political experience and little perceptible patience for serious study seems on a fast track to the White House. In a powder-keg world, erratic impulsiveness is far down the list of optimal presidential traits.

But the Democratic strategists who prophesy a Hillary landslide over Trump are blowing smoke. Hillary is a stodgily predictable product of the voluminous briefing books handed to her by a vast palace staff of researchers and pollsters—a staggeringly expensive luxury not enjoyed by her frugal, unmaterialistic opponent, Bernie Sanders (my candidate).

[Azalin]

 

It appears that Krugman is in a state of denial. GOP insiders hit him hard on all those issues.

 

Krugman and his ilk have been making those same claims for so many years about all Republicans that they've gotten to the point where they actually believe them. Their penchant for seeing racism, the evil rich, and Christian intolerance everywhere they look has turned them into a bunch of bitter, self-deluded, neo-commie-fascists, and they've blazed the trail that leads directly to the door of the Sanders campaign headquarters.

[keepthefaith]

http://krugman.blogs.nytimes.com/

"First, he’s running a campaign fundamentally based on racism"

 

I stopped reading right there. Trump was not my top choice but this is utter rubbish but predictable rubbish. Liberals just can't help themselves on race, constantly bringing it up when it has no relevance.

 

You know when we'll make progress on race in this country? When we stop bringing it up and we lambast people that do. Oh, and affirmative action of any kind can go away too.

 

Krugman sucks at the highest level.

[TH3]

 

It appears that Krugman is in a state of denial. GOP insiders hit him hard on all those issues.

 

And yet he got the nomination...pretty much showing that there does not exist an organized GOP right now...not sure T campaign is based on racism...but it is ludicrous

[Tiberius]

 

It appears that Krugman is in a state of denial. GOP insiders hit him hard on all those issues.

Around the edges. But like Liz Warren showed in her tweet war with The Donald, Libs can press the attack home and do damage. The Republicans threw this at Trump and the GOP voters liked him more. Won't work in general election

"First, he’s running a campaign fundamentally based on racism"

 

I stopped reading right there. Trump was not my top choice but this is utter rubbish but predictable rubbish. Liberals just can't help themselves on race, constantly bringing it up when it has no relevance.

 

You know when we'll make progress on race in this country? When we stop bringing it up and we lambast people that do. Oh, and affirmative action of any kind can go away too.

 

Krugman sucks at the highest level.

It's just true, Mexicans are rapist murders etc...come on.

 

Rich Republicans have been feeding this crap to white America for years and then reaping the benefits of an oligarchic domination of the government. The Southern Strategy is real and no one denies it. Demographics have just caught up with this strategy

[GG]

 

And yet he got the nomination...pretty much showing that there does not exist an organized GOP right now...not sure T campaign is based on racism...but it is ludicrous

 

That's the point, he got the nomination despite getting hit with these attacks. Krugman is falling into the same trap thinking that there's enough nevertrump momentum in the general election to anoint Hillary, while totally ignoring that her weakness is playing right into Trump's strength.

 

And, btw Trump has had stronger showings in open primaries, which basically blows up the entire premise that he's feeding on a divided GOP. There's a strong portion of GOP that are nevertrump, but apparently there's a larger portion of non-affiliated or Dem leaning voters who like him a lot.

 

Sucks for your party of real racists, doesn't it.

Edited May 19, 2016 by GG

[TakeYouToTasker]

 

And yet he got the nomination...pretty much showing that there does not exist an organized GOP right now...not sure T campaign is based on racism...but it is ludicrous

 

http://www.rasmussenreports.com/public_content/politics/elections/election_2016/white_house_watch

 

 

 

Donald Trump has now grown his lead over Hillary Clinton in Rasmussen Reports’ first weekly White House Watch survey.

Trump earns 42% support to Clinton’s 37% when Likely U.S. Voters are asked whom they would vote for if the presidential election were held today.

[B-Man]

"First, he’s running a campaign fundamentally based on racism"

 

I stopped reading right there. Trump was not my top choice but this is utter rubbish but predictable rubbish. Liberals just can't help themselves on race, constantly bringing it up when it has no relevance.

 

 

 

 

As with you, Trump was far, far from my first choice...............not even in the top five really

 

But one has to laugh at the tortured way that lefties here and there have just accepted the narrative on Trump's brash statements.

 

 

Here is what he said

 

 

QUOTE: "When Mexico sends its people, they're not sending their best. They're not sending you. They're not sending you. They're sending people that have lots of problems, and they're bringing those problems with us. They're bringing drugs. They're bringing crime. They're rapists. And some, I assume, are good people." - June 16, 2015

 

Any intelligent reading of this shows that he is being (overly) blunt about illegal immigration, and certainly not on the Mexican people.

 

But all hail the narrative....................

[Tiberius]

 

That's the point, he got the nomination despite getting hit with these attacks. Krugman is falling into the same trap thinking that there's enough nevertrump momentum in the general election to anoint Hillary, while totally ignoring that her weakness is playing right into Trump's strength.

 

And, btw Trump has had stronger showings in open primaries, which basically blows up the entire premise that he's feeding on a divided GOP. There's a strong portion of GOP that are nevertrump, but apparently there's a larger portion of non-affiliated or Dem leaning voters who like him a lot.

 

Sucks for your party of real racists, doesn't it.

I find this unconvincing. The GOP primary neverTrump is nothing compared to the general election nevertrump. You want to talk about playing into someone eles's strengths? How about Trump and Hillary's strengths? Minorities, Women and smart people. The media will do all it can to make this race close, but I seriously do not see the country electing that clown Trump President. Bush was really, really stupid, but at least he knew to shut up when he was suppose to. Trump has diarrhea of the mouth and it inflames people. The Dems already have a mountain of sound bits to play of this idiot and tons of money to remind everyone over and over again

[GG]

I find this unconvincing. The GOP primary neverTrump is nothing compared to the general election nevertrump. You want to talk about playing into someone eles's strengths? How about Trump and Hillary's strengths? Minorities, Women and smart people. The media will do all it can to make this race close, but I seriously do not see the country electing that clown Trump President. Bush was really, really stupid, but at least he knew to shut up when he was suppose to. Trump has diarrhea of the mouth and it inflames people. The Dems already have a mountain of sound bits to play of this idiot and tons of money to remind everyone over and over again

 

And yet trump is now leading Hillary and she's getting trounced by a 70-yr old socialist.

[Deranged Rhino]

 

And yet trump is now leading Hillary and she's getting trounced by a 70-yr old socialist.

 

Details.

[Tiberius]

 

And yet trump is now leading Hillary and she's getting trounced by a 70-yr old socialist.

I'll believe that when I see it. The general election has not even begun yet. A couple of BS polls mean nothing now

 

And Sander's is way behind, actually thanks to people voting for Hillary

[Deranged Rhino]

I'll believe that when I see it. The general election has not even begun yet. A couple of BS polls mean nothing now

 

And Sander's is way behind, actually thanks to people voting for Hillary

 

If BS polls mean nothing now, why have you been hanging your hat on the earlier polls that showed the numbers you liked?

[Tiberius]

 

If BS polls mean nothing now, why have you been hanging your hat on the earlier polls that showed the numbers you liked?

The recent polls I have seen were online polls, basically worthless. The media outlets are pushing those terrified that we won't have a decent race for them to cover.

[TakeYouToTasker]

 

http://www.rasmussenreports.com/public_content/politics/elections/election_2016/white_house_watch