The Bloom Is Off The Ruse

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  Report via twitter: Cruz campaign sends out official Iowa voter shaming letters – Campaign Spox Rick Tyler admits risk.

Report Via Daily Beast: Head of Glenn Beck’s Media Empire Quits as The Blaze Burns Down

CNN Outlines – The stress fractures within the Ted Cruz facade are beginning to reach the point where it’s no longer possible to keep them hidden. (Via CNN) […]  as Cruz appears to be falling farther behind front-runner Donald Trump, his campaign is now looking in the rear-view mirror, concerned that Marco Rubio and the rest of the GOP field are closing in.

Cruz’s problems were in sharp relief at the Fox News debate in Des Moines Thursday night, where he was everyone’s favorite punching bag.

The consistent charge: Cruz is a fake.

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WASHINGTON (AP) — The Obama administration confirmed for the first time Friday that Hillary Clinton’s unsecured home server contained some of the U.S. government’s most closely guarded secrets, censoring 22 emails with material demanding one of the highest levels of classification. The revelation comes just three days before the Iowa presidential nominating caucuses in which Clinton is a candidate.

The State Department will release its next batch of emails from Clinton’s time as secretary of state later Friday.

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Sorry for missing the livestream – Earlier today Candidate Donald Trump held a campaign rally in Nashua, New Hampshire (Video Below):

Donald Trump will be back in Iowa tomorrow with three events scheduled for Saturday. ♦ Dubuque Iowa 1:00pm (2pm EST) ♦ Clinton Iowa 3:30pm (4:30pm EST) ♦ Davenport Iowa 6:30pm (7:30pm EST).

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The numbers are in, and according to Brian Stelter (CNN Medi Guru) the Nielsen ratings data shows approximately 12.5 to 13 million Fox debate viewers last night.  In comparison to the prior Fox News debate of 25 million viewers, that is nearly a 50% drop.

Of course that doesn’t stop the professional GOPe apologists and propagandists from the pontificating cocktail class from trying to spin the results….

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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…)

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“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.

Yeah, Donald J Trump is exposing it all.

Brilliantly.

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