Friday, March 18, 2016

Trump's net favorable rating surges 340% from 5 to 22 since February 29th, Cruz up 62% from 13 to 21, Kasich up just 12%

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Gallup, here .

NYT: Hillary needs a black opponent to win Democrat white men

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But to win the white Republican establishment all she needs is Donald Trump. Here : While Mrs. Clinton swept the five major primarie...

USA Today: Congress had a right to access Hillary Clinton’s emails as part of their investigation regardless of motive

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Here : Nevertheless, members of Congress, like reporters and the public, had a right to access Clinton’s emails as part of their inves...

Ted Cruz has at most 423 delegates and NO path to 1237

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Ted Cruz needs 814 more, almost 77% of the remaining 1059 delegates, to get to 1237. Ain't gonna happen. Update: Cruz has won ...

Trump needs at most 559 delegates: That's 52.78% of the 1059 remaining

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Trump has accumulated at least 678 of 1413 delegates awarded so far, 47.98%. Trump's current total of 678 will rise (to 690?) afte...

The combined popular vote for Trump & Cruz is beating Rubio & Kasich by 2.1 to 1

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Bonehead Erick Erickson should stop with the kooky Rick Perry shtick already

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Noted here : [A] meeting among a small group of “GOP operatives” and “conservative leaders" ... included talk of a third-party ...
Thursday, March 17, 2016

Hey Mark Levin: There's nothing unconstitutional about a compact between the executive and the people . . .

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. . . against a judiciary run amok and a congress which no longer represents the people. It was done in England between the king and h...

Let me translate this Ted Cruz statement for you

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Cruz : Every Day Kasich Stays In The Race, It Benefits Donald Trump Translation: Every day Kasich stays in the race hurts me.

Kasich isn't too smart: Neither Trump nor Cruz can win a general election

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Here : “Neither of those guys can win a general election,” he told reporters after a town hall-style event outside Philadelphia. O...

Marco Rubio drops primary ballot challenge to John Kasich in Pennsylvania: Kasich short of the needed 2,000

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So it wasn't a matter of principle at work to Rubio, just self-interest while he was still a candidate. Dropping the challenge now tha...
Wednesday, March 16, 2016

Florida's Rick Scott joins three other governors endorsing Trump

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Noted here : Florida Gov. Rick Scott is calling on the Republican Party to come together and support Donald Trump. ... Trump has earne...

Told you so: Trump needs only to maintain his current level of support to win, not increase it

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The New York Times, here : If Mr. Trump maintains his current level of support in the remaining races, he would almost certainly secur...

Good news, Trump pulls the trigger: No more Republican debates

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Story here . His first executive order.

John Boehner voted for Kasich yesterday, calls Cruz "lucifer" and wants Paul Ryan if no one wins the primaries

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Here : "If we don't have a nominee who can win on the first ballot, I'm for none of the above," Boehner said at the ...

Trump crushes previous nominees' performance yesterday and Limbaugh talks John Kasich, Marco Rubio and a shooting story

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A  speech last night by Marco Rubio suspending his campaign proves to Limbaugh that Marco is the real deal while his one accomplishment in...

Trump 2016 handily beats both McCain in 2008 and Romney in 2012 in OH, IL, FL, MO, NC primaries by 39% (but not Romney in NC)

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Ohio: McCain 636,256 Romney 460,831 Trump 727,832 (Trump by 14% over McCain) Illinois: McCain 426,777 Romney 435,859 Trump 548,528 (Tr...

Republican primary turnout in 2016 up 52% from 2008 in OH, IL, FL, MO and NC, Democrat enthusiasm in 2008 still beats by 9%

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2008: 5.05 million 2016: 7.66 million In the five states mentioned Republicans are voting in numbers 17.5% higher than Democrats in ...

Democrat primary turnout down 22% overall from 2008 in OH, IL, FL, MO and NC combined

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2008: 8.35 million 2016: 6.52 million

Missouri Primary 2016 turnout up 50% among Republicans, down 25% among Democrats compared to 2008

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With Missouri still officially too close to call but with Trump in the lead by 1,726 votes in the Republican primary over Ted Cruz, turnou...