Join up, Let’s End This Thing in Indiana…

Matt and Joe are auto mechanics in Indiana.  It appears both guys were interviewed by an MSNBC journalist who provided this picture.  Meet Matt and Joe:

We don’t know this Matt and Joe.  Then again, they look like just about every Matt and Joe that we do know…. and if that’s the case, perhaps they are supporting Donald Trump for a similar reason.
Because, you see, Donald Trump says: “Make America Great Again”!  And when Trump says that, and puts his heart behind his specific intent to deliver it, we hear:
Someone who gives a damn about America, without apology; which is more valuable than a perfected highly-rehearsed skill set of 30 second sound bites and white paper policy instructions.
From our perspective any average hard-working American could eat every one of these pinky-ring candidates’ lunches, all of them, including Ted Cruz; and if they find themselves wanting to go down the intellectual superiority path… you know, like walking across the street to start a debate,…. well, that stuff is useless. (more…)

Lynne Patton is an executive within the Donald Trump organization who wants you to know a little about her boss and the flawed media portrayals.

The latest California poll conducted by Survey USA outlines a possible landslide win for candidate Donald Trump in the June primary:

LOS ANGELES (KABC)  –An exclusive Eyewitness News poll conducted by SurveyUSA shows that in California, 54 percent of registered Republican voters are [supporting] Donald Trump and 57 percent of registered Democratic voters are [supporting] Hillary Clinton. (more…)

Donald Trump is holding another rally tonight in South Bend, Indiana at the Century Center.  The event is scheduled to begin at 7:00pm EDT:
Live Stream Link – Alternate Live Stream #1 – Alternate Live Stream #2 (<-starts early)

One of America’s greatest cheerleaders, a man who defines American excellence as a uniquely American characteristic, Coach Lou Holtz, has endorsed Donald Trump for president:
https://www.facebook.com/DonaldTrump/videos/10156996377515725/
A Personal Note – There are a handful of people who have had such an incredible impact upon my own personal perspectives on life’s challenges as Coach Holtz.
About ten years ago, during a dinner with Lou Holtz he told me the story of his arrival at Notre Dame. Coach Holtz arrived to find his team filled with untapped talent, yet torn with internal conflict, turmoil, inter-player animosity and backbiting.  The story he told me that evening is a metaphor for current political events.
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The latest poll from Gravis of Indiana Republican Voters has candidate Donald Trump with a 17 point lead over second place Ted Cruz.
Indiana has been defined by the anti-Trump coalition as the fire-line, the last stand per se’, in their ongoing fight to stop Donald Trump from winning the republican presidential nomination.

However, with Trump taking a commanding polling lead in the Hosier State, the narrative from within the #NeverTrump crowd is now downplaying the importance of Indiana, and predictably reversing their previous assertions. (more…)

Candidate Donald Trump is holding two rallies today in Indiana.  The first event rally is in Carmel, IN at The Center for the Performing Arts. The event is scheduled to begin at 4:00pm Eastern:
Live Stream Link – Alternate Live Stream #1 – Alternate Live Stream #2

The media is abuzz about candidate Ted Cruz walking across the street today to confront a group of “pro-Trump protestors” outside one of his events.

Perhaps it’s the cynic in us; perhaps it’s because we’ve followed politics closely for decades; perhaps it’s because we’ve been warning how desperate the GOPe are; perhaps it’s the unusual font on the signs; or perhaps it’s because we’ve spent time studying the maneuvers of the master contrarian designer, Lee Atwater,… but something doesn’t pass the proverbial sniff test.
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Candidate Donald Trump appeared on New Day with Chris Cuomo this morning to discuss the state of the race:

This is a modified and updated repost from an early January ’16 outline which collected data from all of the various Donald Trump interviews, position papers, and historical outlines. Candidate Trump has been speaking about broad U.S. economic issues for decades. Trump approaches the challenges by focusing on “Main Street”, not Wall Street.
For the sake of brevity, I’m going to accept that most readers here are familiar with who is funding and directing Jeb Bush, and in larger, more consequential measures, the DC apparatchik in charge of U.S. Policy, ie. Wall street.
During the January 2016 South Carolina debate, and in response to Trump pointing out a necessary shift in trade position (a shift to put American interests first – a shift to stop the dependency on cheap import goods – a shift to use China’s dependency on access to our market to OUR advantage), Jeb Bush came back with an example of Boeing manufacturing.
Donald Trump, responding to Jeb’s Boeing example, and pointed out China is forcing Boeing to open a manufacturing plant in China.  As would be typical from a candidate who is unfamiliar and unbriefed on the issue, Jeb looked back incredulously and said:

“C’mon man”…

There you have it. (more…)