Category Archives: GOP

Team Trump Looks At Blacklist Against #NeverTrump

There are a couple media attacks on Donald Trump occurring. One is about him acting as his own spokesman. Really? Is this really like a grade A scandal? Let’s compare it to Hillary using an unsecured email server in contradiction of the law, exposing national security information to any who cared to hack it. They’re […]

Glenn Beck: Trump Will Beat Hillary

If you’ve listened to the Glenn Beck show over the past year, you’ll know that what you’ll get when you tune is 1) Trump Trump Trump (and usually discussed in a manner reserved for people like Hillary), 2) a paid product placement 3) commercials 4) some of that old time religious tent revival 5) more […]

After Trump, The GOP Needs To Change Their Primary System Or Something

Over at the Washington Post, their resident (ultra squishy Establishment) Republican, Kathleen Parker, is vexed by the voting system that allowed Donald Trump to become the presumptive GOP nominee, and she has a few ideas After Trump, the GOP may need a better voting system (Massive snip to the meat) To answer my earlier question, […]

What If We’re Looking At The Wrong Polling Question On Trump?

Does Donald Trump really have a chance to win because other metric should be considered? Democrats, don’t celebrate Trump’s nomination. Fear it. I know the polls say Donald Trump cannot win. But what if we are looking at the wrong poll question? What if Trump’s overwhelming negatives don’t matter? Or, to put it another way, […]

Trump: Hillary Wants To Abolish The 2nd Amendment

The Donald has had a very busy weekend. He engaged in a Twitter war with Elizabeth “Fake Indian” Warren, nicknaming her “Goofy”, and doing what no politician who says he’s a Republican would do: calling her out for her fake Indian background. Then there’s this (The Hill) Donald Trump threw a new claim Hillary Clinton’s […]

Hillary Tries Out A Nickname For Trump: “The Presumptuous Nominee”

I wonder how many hours and meetings were put into this effort? You know she doesn’t do off script and in the moment very well (ABC) Donald Trump has been known to assign nicknames to his rival presidential candidates. But now it appears he’s getting a taste of his own medicine — from Hillary Clinton. […]

Mike Huckabee Has Meltdown Over #NeverTrump

It’s this kind of talk from Trumpbots that hardens the positions of the #NeverTrump and others that I refer to as the “I’ll consider him if he gives me a reason, rather than being a jackass” (Mediaite) Former GOP candidate Mike Huckabee has come out in loud support of Donald Trump this week and is […]

After Indiana Win, Trump Is The GOP Presidential Nominee

Donal Trump won the Indiana primary easily, and Ted Cruz ended his campaign, seeing no path forward, and not wanting to play the contested convention route, saying it would be bad for the party. So, what now? Here’s Josh Barro Donald Trump is going to be the Republican nominee for president, and this alarms ideological […]

Ted Cruz Picks Carly Fiorina As Running Mate: Good Idea Or Bad One?

Let’s face facts: there is really no path for Ted Cruz to obtain the requisite number of delegates to win the nomination prior to the Republican National Convention. He could certainly win on a 2nd, 3rd, etc ballot at the convention. But, what’s with this pick? (Politico) Ted Cruz announced Wednesday that Carly Fiorina will […]

Trump Calls Himself The Presumptive Nominee, As He And Hillary Win Big In Primaries

Interestingly, Donald Trump was not complaining about the nomination process, about how it’s rigged, how it’s a dirty system, and so forth (Fox News) Donald Trump completed a five-state sweep in Tuesday’s Republican presidential primaries, strengthening his shot at avoiding a contested convention – while Hillary Clinton scored convincing victories but was denied the same […]

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