An independent poll from Michigan – SEE HERE – conducted by Mitchell Research shows candidate Donald J Trump with a commanding lead more than three fold greater than nearest rival, Ted Cruz.
The size of Donald Trump’s lead is in direct alignment with the massive rally attendance noted in his last visit to the state:
(Via Fox2) An exclusive Mitchell FOX 2 Detroit Poll of Michigan finds that Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton hold large leads over their nearest GOP and Democratic opponents, respectively. (more…)
Forget about trying to graph, measure or quantify how sharp Donald Trump’s political instincts are, he’s just off the charts. However, his decision to spotlight Ted Cruz’s greatest weakness, “the personality of Cruz“, the “in-authenticity”, is beyond brilliant.
Such a keen instinct is simply immeasurable.
Not only did Donald Trump win the seventh GOP debate by not showing up; and not only did Trump avoid the best laid ambush plans of the Fox News team; and not only did Donald Trump raise well over $6 million for American veterans; but by removing himself from the debate stage – Trump’s absence forced Ted Cruz out of the shadows and into the brightest possible sunlight.
Candidate Trump previously stated: “Ted Cruz is just a nasty person” – and by all accounts the pontificating arrogance and personality of Ted Cruz was not only captured by the broadcast, but for the first time Iowans who tuned-in saw first hand WHY Ted Cruz is the loneliest man in Washington DC. (more…)
“He’s like a quarterback scrambling around and no-one can catch him” ~ David Axelrod
“He’s quite possibly the smartest campaign strategist in modern history” ~ Jeffrey Lord
Both true. However, what Trump is really doing is simultaneously exposing the entire sordid, corrupt, self-serving, financial manipulative scheme -within a national political construct- that has remained hidden just beneath the surface…..
…a horribly corrupt beast, fed by an oblivious electorate. A behemoth, made of media and various news outlets, who serves the financial needs of left and right-wing talking heads, and exists exclusively to keep them in power.
For years we have called those who control this monster: “The Decepticons”. Professional deceivers who exist exclusively for their own scheme and graft.
Donald Trump has shifted the entire landscape of current American politics. No-one in modern era political history has ever fought against every anti-American interest with such intensity, determination and sheer force of will.
And so tonight, it comes as no surprise to see America’s strongest candidate rebuke the entire professional political class and put our nations’ veterans front and center….
Tonight Donald J Trump Rallies For America!
Donald J Trump is rallying at Drake University in Iowa with a benefit for American Veterans. He has also set up a Donation Site Here for online contributions.
There will be several Live-Streams (many listed below) for viewers to join the Iowa patriotism and watch the event. In addition OANN News is broadcasting live and coverage will also be included on C-SPAN TV.
Good sample size, good methodology, strong poll. The latest poll from PPP (full pdf below) provides evidence of a commonly expressed sentiment: ‘The more Iowans see/hear of Senator Ted Cruz, the less they like him’, which makes Trump’s decision to put the Cruz smarm center of an Iowa stage even more brilliant.
The interesting internals in this poll reflect a possibility (a difficult to measure – but solid possibility) that Marco Rubio could actually upend Cruz from second place.
(Via PPP) – PPP’s new Iowa poll, conducted in partnership with Progress Iowa, continues to find Donald Trump leading in the state. He’s at 31% to 23% for Ted Cruz, 14% for Marco Rubio, 9% for Ben Carson, 4% each for Jeb Bush, Mike Huckabee, and Rand Paul, 3% for Carly Fiorina, 2% each for Chris Christie and John Kasich, and 1% each for Jim Gilmore and Rick Santorum.
Since we last polled Iowa two and a half weeks ago Trump and Cruz are the only candidates to see their support move by more than a couple points- Trump’s seen a 3 point gain in his support from 28% to 31%, while Cruz has seen a corresponding 3 point decline in his support from 26% to 23%. (more…)
Let it not be said that we fail to follow through.
Outlined below is part of the video from a 19 minute segment Megyn Kelly ran on her show allowing Glenn Beck to launch an attack against Donald Trump without any push-back.
The entire “interview” (actually a one-way diatribe) was targeted to a Fox audience that has not, and does not, pay attention to political comings and goings 24/7/365; in essence, the casual political follower.
There is a lot of misinformation in that entire exposition; but one very specific part of the misinformation that needs to be showcased, and, as luck would have it, exists within our archives – because of the intense importance the moment provided in understanding what was going on in DC. (more…)
Amid a frantic and frenzied media cycle, candidate Donald Trump holds a rally in Lexington, South Carolina at Harmon Tree Farm – 7:00pm tonight.
The Lt. Governor of South Carolina, Henry McMaster, is rumored to be giving Trump an endorsement today at this rally. McMaster would be the highest ranking SC state official to endorse Trump. [Gov. Nikki Haley widely predicted to endorse GOPe Marco Rubio]
Dominating in every poll since the beginning of the race Candidate Donald Trump enters the final laps with a massive lead well ahead of the chasing pack. A New Hampshire poll today (full pdf below) again reflects Donald Trump way out ahead of the field at 35%.
However, team GOPe have now begun the full media blitzkrieg of the granite state and Jeb has moved into second place with 18% and John Kasich third with 14%.
Again, we continually repeat, do not underestimate the GOPe apparatus. They have a structural advantage, they ARE the RNC; and they possess an entire army of party ideologues who are professionally republican.
Donald Trump’s campaign manager Corey Lewandowski called in to the MSNBC Joe Scarborough show “Morning Joe” to answer questions about the back story and current status of the issues with Fox News.
The video below begins with the Lewandowski interview (ignore the unrelated Rachel Maddow imagery):
Here’s a good article via New York Magazine about some of the inside baseball stuff. READ HERE – When Fox is putting this much emphasis on blaming Roger Ailes, you can be guaranteed this is more about Murdoch than Ailes. Blaming leadership is part of the Murdoch M.O. as he did with the U.K Daily Mirror scandal.
When Rupert makes mistakes, he blames his corporate leadership – the executives know that when going to work for Rupert. (more…)
Let it not be said that we fail to follow through.