It is now clear that Donald Trump has been involved in a “lark”, regarding his Republican Presidential candidacy.
He has now told John Harwood of CNBC that once he starts to do poorly, he will get out of the race and go back to doing his business ventures, as he is not interested in losing causes.
It is clear that had public opinion polls NOT shown him to be leading, he would be out of the race already, and one has to wonder about the validity of these polls that keep on putting Trump, and fellow non government contenders Carly Fiorina and Dr. Benjamin Carson having a total of more than 50 percent combined.
Do Republican voters, even if disgusted with Congressional Republicans, and the Republican officeholder Presidential field, really want a”rookie” to run our government and deal with the world? Do they really want someone who is not used to negotiating with others, and just wants to be in charge to dictate, as is the case with Trump and Fiorina, to be their President? The more one analyzes the situation, it is impossible to believe that any of the three “non officeholders” are going to survive the entire caucus-primary process and win enough popular support to have a majority of the delegates.
They are all protest votes, and none of the three have any real substance to their candidacies, and are just good at being a place to let steam off about the frustration felt by voters. This seems more of an opportunity to demonstrate disgust, but it is not a practical answer to put a non officeholder into the most complex and difficult job in the world!
Trump is going to discover that he cannot win the nomination, and has very high negative numbers, and that the polls are misleading. So one can be assured that he will NOT be the GOP nominee for President of the United States! Neither will Fiorina nor Carson prove able to withstand the pressures of the race and become the nominee.
What it will come down to, ultimately, is that one of the following three will be the Republican nominee, with the possibility that two of them will make up the Republican Presidential ticket: Jeb Bush, John Kasich, Marco Rubio.
The best bet is still a Kasich-Rubio ticket, but a possible backup of a Bush-Kasich ticket!
Bush-Kasich is just more of the same beltway policies that took us to our current disaster. Also, what is the formula for a guaranteed Democrat victory? The nomination of any of the beltway establishment RINO as Presidential candidate. Period.
Trump’s lead is shrinking, so that’s a good sign.
http://www.msnbc.com/msnbc/polls-trump-still-leads-iowa-and-new-hampshire-loses-ground
Bernie outperforms Hillary in potential match-ups with Republicans.
http://www.msnbc.com/msnbc/sanders-outperforms-clinton-general-election-matchups-ia-nh
After the previous Bush, I don’t think people are so eager for another Bush.
“Do Republican voters, even if disgusted with Congressional Republicans, and the Republican officeholder Presidential field, really want aâ€rookie†to run our g0vernment and deal with the world?” My God! We elected for all intents and purposes a “rookie’ 7 yrs ago! Are you serious?!! Think what you will of Obama, like him or not, no one can deny he was a rookie for almost everything! No foreign affairs experience, no governing experience, no private sector job creation experience, no executive experience, nothing! Not even a tenure professor! I am not in anyway supporting Trump, but to use the “rookie” card on him, on any of those mentioned is preposterous. You can agree or disagree with Fiorina and Carson but there is no doubt that they have more life and management experience than Obama ever had before he was elected President!
Obama had 12 years in government, eight in the State Senate of Illinois and four in the US Senate.
We have never elected a non government experience President in American history, and such people are “rookies”! Obama is NOT, anymore than Lincoln or Wilson or Carter or Bush II, all of whom had limited years, but GOVERNMENT experience, unlike Fiorina, Trump and Carson!
Exactly right Professor! Also, he was a constitutional law professor, which also adds to him being more qualified than what the GOTea is currently serving up.
He was not even a professor with tenure, but a part time lecturer! And as a state senator he was Mr. “present” ! He had no Executive experience at all, his experience in government and as lecturer was just a trampoline for constant campaigning, as is his Presidency. He is the Eternal Campaigner, sometimes when you hear him talk it’s as if he has not yet assumed the Presidency. http://www.factcheck.org/2008/09/obamas-legislative-record/
Chris Matthews just hit the nail on the head. Trump is leading because everyone else below him in the polls is a snoozefest.
My view on the info that Factcheck.org provided is totally different from our GOTea troll’s view. The “present” votes were a sign of political deftness, NOT weakness.