While Bauer doesn’t think Trump performed all that well in the debate, he’s convinced that many Republican voters remain frustrated with the status quo. That could be little greater than wishful considering in a race in that up to now has defied commonplace political logic.
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A social media campaign brought The Donald to the celebration at the high school and hundreds of students, parents and others came to hear him speak. “I don’t know if we have to address it right now”. Typically, he is emerged from such moments with stronger support.
Trump, who toyed with presidential runs in the 2000 and 2012 cycles, has authored two previous policy books: 2000’s “The America we Deserve” and 2011’s “Time to Get Tough: Making America #1 Again”.
To be sure, candidates Jeb Bush and others have disavowed some of that rhetoric or tried to stake out more moderate positions.
Read first-hand Trump’s views on immigration reform and fortune-telling.
Scott Walker has been knocked from his top-tier status.
The GOP had its second round of presidential debates Wednesday on CNN. “They’re rapists. And some, I assume, are good people“. “People are really still all over the board”.
A friend of mine who is connected in the world of celebrities and New York multi-millionaires has met Trump several times. Protesters, many of them Hispanic, shouted “shame on you“, while some Trump fans retorted, “Keep them out!” This oft-repeated, “On day one, I will …” is a nice rhetorical device, but is more simplistic than realistic.
Perhaps the best way Trump could serve the nation is to help lead a called convention, perhaps in December, with the express goal of redefining the principles of the Republican Party.
Despite Trump’s slam on Monday, the current Republican front-runner did not engage at the debate while candidates like Paul, Bush, and former Hewlett-Packard CEO Carly Fiorina discussed the merits of mandatory-minimum drug-sentencing laws, states’ rights to legalize weed, and the use of medical marijuana.
He said crowds should be prepared for an entertaining show. “It’s the same old shtick every time“.
Yes, it’s official: The Republican Party has jumped the shark.
Probably the most encouraging development was the candidates’ willingness to support each other in calling out Trump’s boorishness.
That remark followed last week’s controversy that erupted when Trump was asked a question by an audience member at a New Hampshire town hall meeting.
“Well, he hasn’t been real definite about that, has he?”
“He’s a guy that’s out here with the people, he understands what our problems are”, Oklahoma City resident Bruce Gaver said.
Trump’s campaign rounded up a series of controversial Bush comments, including his admission during a debate last week that he had smoked marijuana 40 years ago, and posted it to Trump’s Instagram account.
During a July event in Iowa, Trump had said he’d never asked God for forgiveness for his sins, a central tenet of Christian faith. He is “the person that lands that plane”, rather than just “someone who talks about it”.
While many question her ultimate viability, the businesswoman is viewed as a powerful political weapon in the GOP’s push to court women, particularly in a 2016 contest that features Democrat Hillary Rodham Clinton.
Trump’s schedule raises some interesting dynamics …
“I think women are the greatest”, he said.
Only time will tell if Trump will triumph.
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Polling is notoriously unreliable at this stage of a campaign and heavily influenced by name recognition.
