Well, if the RNC/GOPe were attempting to keep up pretenses, it appears that’s all gone now.  During a CNBC interview Curly Haugland explains the RNC will select the republican nominee for president and the primary voters are irrelevant and inconsequential peons to be summarily dismissed.

Mr. Haugland is very transparent about it the RNC/GOPe intents; even going so far as to say he doesn’t even know why the RNC go through the process of holding primary elections [@3:26].  (watch video all the way through)

(Via CNBC) Political parties, not voters, choose their presidential nominees, a Republican convention rules member told CNBC, a day after GOP front-runner Donald Trump rolled up more big primary victories. (more…)

Donald Trump made the media rounds today to take questions and discuss the new results.

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Candidate Donald Trump had an incredible set of victories on Super Tuesday 2.0 with victories in North Carolina, Illinois, Missouri and Florida.  Candidate Donald Trump has now effectively swept the south.

However, the results from Florida, especially Florida, provide an excellent example of the strength of Trump’s coalition and the scope of what’s possible in a general election.

Florida is a melting pot of regional migration from all corners of the U.S.   Indeed, there’s a joke in Florida about how there’s no real home-team sports because the residents are from everywhere else in America, cheering for their old home team.

(Click Here To Go Explore Map Via CNN Interactive)

A native Floridian is a scarce breed, that’s why they’ve historically been called “Florida Crackers“.  Named from the original Florida settlers who used whips to herd cattle and cut through the palmettos and bladed saw-grass, with a resounding “crack” from the knotted end.

Additionally if you were to overlay the size of Florida geographically on a map you’d find it would cover the entire U.S. eastern seaboard from Georgia all the way to New York city.  At over 800 miles tip to stem Florida is a massive state with transplanted residents from all of the other states within the continental republic. (more…)

2:15am 3/16/16 We anticipated the need for more than one Super-Tuesday2 election results thread. Hence, we numbered them depending on the volume of inbound data.

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♦ Florida – Donald Trump Wins √

♦ Ohio – John Kasich Wins χ

♦ North Carolina – Donald Trump Wins √

♦ Illinois – Donald Trump Wins √

♦ Missouri – Donald Trump Wins √

Donald Trump adds 232 Total Delegates for the day.

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Sunlight is The Best Disinfectant

Two days ago – two men, actually two professional antagonists, showed up wearing armbands supposedly ‘spoofing‘ Donald Trump with Nazi comparisons.  However, things were not as they seemed.

The men who wore armbands touting Republican presidential front-runner Donald Trump were actually the same pranksters who sported “Settle for Hillary” shirts at a Hillary Clinton event earlier this year.

As reported in The Hill

The men wore armbands with a large “T” on them at a Trump rally in Florida, according to a picture tweeted by a reporter from The Boston Globe.

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In an effort to keep the Daily Open Thread a little more open topic we are going to start a new daily thread for “2016 Presidential Politics”. Please use this thread to post anything relating to the Presidential Race and/or any of the candidates therein.

This thread will refresh daily and appear above the Open Discussion Thread.

Our Father, who art in heaven, hallowed be thy Name. Thy kingdom come. THY WILL BE DONE, on earth as it is in heaven. Give us this day our daily bread. And forgive us our trespasses, as we forgive those who trespass against us. And lead us not into temptation, but DELIVER US FROM EVIL.

For Thine is the kingdom and the power and the glory, forever and ever. Amen †

PLEASE READ UPDATES BELOW BEFORE COMMENTING – 11:35pm 3/15/16 We anticipate the need for more than one Super-Tuesday2 election results thread. Hence, we numbered them (as above) depending on the volume of inbound data.

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PLEASE READ UPDATES BELOW BEFORE COMMENTING – 10:00pm 3/15/16 We anticipate the need for more than one Super-Tuesday2 election results thread. Hence, we numbered them (as above) depending on the volume of inbound data.

MASSIVE TURNOUT !!

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8:30pm 3/15/16 We anticipate the need for more than one Super-Tuesday2 election results thread. Hence, we numbered them (as above) depending on the volume of inbound data.

MASSIVE TURNOUT !!

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