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Donald Trump is poised for the strongest primary performance in modern history

Donald Trump is poised for the strongest primary performance in modern history

 

[JanjaWeed]

I don't know what to make out of this. Was always under the impression that Donald Trump was just a bubble which will burst well before the primaries. Expected GOP insiders like Bush & Rubio to come to the fore during the business end. Then again...Middle East turmoil is playing into Donald Trump's scheme of things...& he is making the most of it. Frankly, none could have benefited the way Trump could...'cause he is not obliged to be politically correct unlike rest of the contestants.
Looks like it's going to be Trump vs Clinton...& now I wouldn't bet against Trump romping home with it. Man at the right place at the right time...

 

[RabzonKhan]

I don't know what to make out of this. Was always under the impression that Donald Trump was just a bubble which will burst well before the primaries. Expected GOP insiders like Bush & Rubio to come to the fore during the business end. Then again...Middle East turmoil is playing into Donald Trump's scheme of things...& he is making the most of it. Frankly, none could have benefited the way Trump could...'cause he is not obliged to be politically correct unlike rest of the contestants.
Looks like it's going to be Trump vs Clinton...& now I wouldn't bet against Trump romping home with it. Man at the right place at the right time...

I agree, the way things are going, most probably it’s going to be Trump vs Hillary, but I don’t think it’s going to be a cakewalk for him, Hillary has far more experience than this loudmouth fascist, so far, he has very successfully exploited the fear and anger of the white Republicans, but that strategy is not going to work at the general elections.

 

[JanjaWeed]

I agree, the way things are going, most probably it’s going to be Trump vs Hillary, but I don’t think it’s going to be a cakewalk for him, Hillary has far more experience than this loudmouth fascist, so far, he has very successfully exploited the fear and anger of the white Republicans, but that strategy is not going to work at the general elections.

It's the momentum that counts. Even during 2008 primaries Hilary Clinton was hot favourite to get through the primaries. However voters went with Obama's oratory skill..& he managed to keep that momentum going right through the campaign. Then again...he had that head start against John McCain, thanks to Gerge Bush's 8 yrs. In Trump's case..it's a different story altogether. He has everything going for him right now...GOP is at its lowest ebb, current situation in the outside world is working to his favour,..& funny enough..all those hardcore republican sympathisers who at one point treated him like a joke including Fox News, are now coming around & dancing to his tune. However once the primaries are over & done with, he will have a real fight in his hand. Hilary Clinton has been through this before...but Trump hasn't. Media will dig out every minute details of his past...& feast on it. I'm certain Donald Trump has many skeletons in his cupboard..& it doesn't take long to sway public opinion in America. In any case it's going to be a interesting contest...

 

[ultron]

Trump 2016! Democrats, you are fiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiired! Ha ha ha ha

 

[RabzonKhan]

Trump 2016! Democrats, you are fiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiired! Ha ha ha ha

I’m an independent, not a Democrat, I don’t believe in party politics.

I have no doubt, Donald Trump is a bigger threat to our national security than our enemies.

 

[RabzonKhan]

Trump says “I could shoot somebody and I wouldn’t lose voters” now imagine that, this man wants to become president of United States, and I will not be surprise if his poll numbers go up, thanks to his …..supporters.

Good news for Hillary, a very permanent Iowa newspaper Des Moines Register has endorsed her.

Trump: I could 'shoot somebody and I wouldn't lose voters'

Sioux Center, Iowa (CNN)Donald Trump boasted Saturday that support for his presidential campaign would not decline even if he shot someone in the middle of a crowded street.

"I could stand in the middle of 5th Avenue and shoot somebody and I wouldn't lose voters," Trump said at a campaign rally here.



Endorsement: Hillary Clinton has needed knowledge, experience

The Register's Editorial9:46 p.m. CST January 23, 2016

If there’s one thing Democrats and Republicans agree on this year, it’s the fact that the next president will face enormous challenges.

Domestically, this president must work with Congress in confronting the issues of immigration, health care, increased threats to national security, the disappearing middle class, the growing deficit, Social Security solvency, gun control, renewable energy, sentencing reform and more.

On the world stage, this president will have to work with foreign leaders in dealing with ISIS and other terrorists, climate change, the containment of nuclear threats posed in North Korea and Iran, the Russian incursions in Ukraine and foreign trade.

The presidency is not an entry-level position. Whoever is sworn into office next January must demonstrate not only a deep understanding of the issues facing America, but also possess the diplomatic skills that enable presidents to forge alliances to get things done.

By that measure, Democrats have one outstanding candidate deserving of their support: Hillary Clinton. No other candidate can match the depth or breadth of her knowledge and experience.

As first lady, she worked tirelessly on health care reform and, with bipartisan support, created the Children’s Health Insurance Program that provides coverage for 8 million children.

As a senator, she reached across party lines and joined forces with conservatives, including Sen. Lindsey Graham and former House Speaker Newt Gingrich, to fight for job creation and universal health care.

As secretary of state, she helped secure international sanctions against Iran and redefined her job by expanding America’s diplomatic agenda to include poverty, women’s rights, the environment and other issues.

She is not a perfect candidate, as evidenced the way she has handled the furor over her private email server. In our endorsement of her 2008 campaign for president, we wrote that “when she makes a mistake, she should just say so.” That appears to be a lesson she has yet to fully embrace.

Her changing stance on gay marriage, immigration and other issues has invited accusations that she is guided less by personal conviction than by political calculations. She refutes that, and argues persuasively that a willingness to change one’s thinking on specific issues, while remaining true to what she calls “the same values and principles,” is a virtue, one lacking in most politicians.

Over the course of two meetings, Clinton spent more than three hours with the editorial board, answering questions in a direct and forthright manner. She exhibited an impressive command of the issues, though we’d have liked to hear more from her on the debt and the future of Social Security. She was somewhat prickly and defensive when discussing her emails, but overall she was gracious, engaging and personable.

Her chief opponent for the nomination, Sen. Bernie Sanders of Vermont, has proven to be an honorable and formidable campaigner, and it’s very likely that without him in the race, candidates in both parties wouldn’t be discussing America’s growing inequality in wealth and income.

Sanders has tapped into the public’s anger and frustration with Washington, without demonizing government and resorting to the cheap demagoguery favored by Donald Trump and others. He has shown himself to be a man of courage and principle who has the ability to rally others to his cause.

But Sanders admits that virtually all of his plans for reform have no chance of being approved by a Congress that bears any resemblance to the current crop of federal lawmakers. This is why, he says, voters can’t simply elect him president, but must instead spark a “political revolution.”

Easier said than done. Congress has the largest Republican majority since the 71st Congress of 1929-31.

A successful Sanders presidency would hinge on his ability to remake Washington in his own image. It’s almost inconceivable that such a transformation could take place, even with Democrats controlling both chambers of Congress.

As for Martin O’Malley, the data-driven, wonkish former Maryland governor who has gained little traction in the campaign so far, he seems better suited to a Cabinet-level job in a Clinton White House.

In the final analysis, Iowa Democrats will have to choose between the lofty idealism of Bernie Sanders and the down-to-earth pragmatism of Hillary Clinton. For some, this will be a choice of whether to vote with their hearts or their heads.

Clinton has demonstrated that she is a thoughtful, hardworking public servant who has earned the respect of leaders at home and abroad. She stands ready to take on the most demanding job in the world.

This endorsement is the opinion of The Des Moines Register’s editorial board:

David Chivers, president and publisher

 

[ultron]

Trump dominates Cruz in Iowa

http://www.foxnews.com/politics/201...in-iowa-still-dominates-in-new-hampshire.html

 

[RabzonKhan]

HUFFPOLLSTER: Trump And Clinton Lead, But Iowa Polling Remains Volatile With A Week To Go

01/25/2016

Donald Trump has regained the lead in Iowa but things can still change. On the Democratic side, young voters could tip the caucus toward Bernie Sanders, but only if they turn out. And many people who say they’re independents are just embarrassed partisans. This is HuffPollster for Monday, January 25, 2016. Read more

 

[F-22Raptor]

After watching the Democratic Town Hall, I'm disappointed that Trump and Cruz are the best the GOP has to offer. Hillary was very impressive tonight. She's easily the most qualified candidate to become the POTUS.

 

[faithfulguy]

After watching the Democratic Town Hall, I'm disappointed that Trump and Cruz are the best the GOP has to offer. Hillary was very impressive tonight. She's easily the most qualified candidate to become the POTUS.

Hillary sound good. But we all know that she us not trustworthy. She is natural at exaggerating and bending the truth. She was fired st 27 year old for lack of integrity.

Benny Sanders is your best bet as he is a socialist with integrity if you like socialists. I support Rand Paul. Trump is like Clinton or worse. Cruz is for nothing as he is against everything.

Trump 2016! Democrats, you are fiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiired! Ha ha ha ha

Trump is a democrat is disguised. His position was similar to that of Clinton. Until he was ready to run. He is a phony.

 

[RabzonKhan]

Fox News says Donald Trump is afraid of Megyn Kelly

By Hadas Gold 01/25/16

Fox News issued a fiery response to Donald Trump on Monday, suggesting the GOP front-runner is afraid of confronting anchor Megyn Kelly at Thursday's debate.

The network's comments came after Trump said Kelly "doesn't treat me fairly" in an interview with CNN's Wolf Blitzer.

"I'm not a fan of Megyn Kelly. I don't like her, she probably doesn't like me but that's OK, but she has to be fair," Trump said. "I don't think she can treat me fairly, I think she's very biased."

Trump has suggested he would potentially boycott the debate, though he told Blitzer he "probably" would attend. (Trump also threatened to boycott previous debates with CNBC and CNN but eventually attended every one.)

Trump has attacked Kelly off and on since the first GOP debate in August, also hosted by Fox News, when Kelly pointedly asked Trump about his rhetoric on women. Kelly has not directly responded to Trump's continued attacks, telling Vanity Fair this month that she can't be swayed as a journalist

Over the weekend, Trump tweeted that Kelly has a "conflict of interest" and shouldn't moderate the debate, leading Fox to issue a statement saying Kelly has no conflict and thanking Trump for "trying to build up the audience for Thursday’s debate, for which we thank him."

On Monday, the network's statement grew serious.

"Sooner or later Donald Trump, even if he’s president, is going to have to learn that he doesn’t get to pick the journalists — we’re very surprised he’s willing to show that much fear about being questioned by Megyn Kelly" a network spokesperson said.





We checked if 2,000 voters recognized the 2016 candidates' faces. Here's what we found.

Updated by Dylan Matthews on January 26, 2016

Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump are by far the most recognizable faces in the 2016 race, a poll conducted by Morning Consult and Vox has found.

Ninety-six percent of respondents to the online poll — which reached a sample of 2,028 registered voters from Thursday, January 21, through Sunday, January 24 — correctly identified a photo of Donald Trump, and 97 percent correctly identified a photo of Clinton.


By comparison, only 61 percent and 54 percent correctly identified Ted Cruz or Marco Rubio respectively, and only 69 percent correctly ID'ed Bernie Sanders.

Why poll recognizability? Because it can be easy for political junkies who have been following the campaign closely for months to forget how many voters really haven't been paying close attention, and how hard it is for the campaigns to get their messages across to those who don't already want to hear them. It's a useful reality check to know that with less than a week to go before the Iowa caucuses, more than four in 10 Americans can't pick Marco Rubio out of a crowd.

As a baseline, the poll also included four celebrities: George Clooney, Justin Bieber, Bill Murray, and Tom Brady. Trump and Clinton were both more recognizable than any of the four, but Clooney, Bieber, and Murray were more recognizable than the other candidates. Brady was only recognized by 56 percent of respondents, well below many candidates of both parties. In fairness, he was portrayed out of uniform to prevent respondents from inferring based on the New England Patriots' mascot:

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[RabzonKhan]

Clinton Seen as Winner in November; A Trump Presidency Inspires Anxiety (POLL)

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    Jan 28, 2016
    
    Most Americans expect that Hillary Clinton would prevail against her leading GOP opponent in November, while Bernie Sanders’ chances are rated less well. The thought of Donald Trump as president inspires high levels of public anxiety.
    
    A new ABC News/Washington Post poll also finds Americans divided about the need for a third party in this country – but not so divided about a potential independent run by Trump, should he fail to win the GOP nomination. Fewer than a quarter say they’d even consider voting for him as an independent candidate for president.
    
    With Trump as the GOP nominee vs. Clinton, 54 percent of Americans say they’d expect Clinton to win; among registered voters (a more GOP-leaning group), Clinton has 52 percent support. Clinton’s seen by much wider margins as beating Ted Cruz or Marco Rubio. Sanders, for his part, is seen as beating Cruz or Rubio – but potentially losing to Trump.
    
    
    
    
    Differences among partisans help explain the results in this poll, produced for ABC by Langer Research Associates. Democrats and Democratic-leaning independents are especially confident in a Clinton victory; 78 to 85 percent view her as the likely victor (including 89 to 94 percent of her own primary supporters). Leaned Democrats are less confident in Sanders; that’s particularly true of Clinton supporters.
    
    Leaned Republicans are about as confident that Trump would beat Clinton (75 percent) as are leaned Democrats that Clinton would beat Trump (78 percent). But leaned Republicans are far less certain about either Cruz or Rubio beating Clinton – 63 and 61 percent, respectively, expect it. That fits with ABC/Post poll results, reported Tuesday, showing that Trump is viewed within his party as its most electable nominee.
    
    
    
    
    Still, there are sharp divisions in expectations for Trump among leaned Republicans, reflecting the party’s polarization. Trump’s primary supporters almost unanimously see him defeating either Clinton or Sanders (by 93 and 98 percent, respectively). Eighty-two percent of those who support outsiders Cruz and Carson also think Trump would beat Clinton, but this slides to 57 percent of those who support any of the other GOP candidates. Supporters of more conventional candidates on the GOP side are skeptical of a Cruz victory vs. Clinton as well.
    
    There also are substantial differences by education. Among those with college degrees, Clinton and Sanders clearly outpace the GOP competition. Those without a college degree have similar expectations about the chances of Cruz and Rubio, but are substantially more bullish on Trump, reflecting in part his strength in this group.
    Anxiety vs. comfort
    While Trump leads the top GOP candidates in expectations, he inspires significant concerns among Americans as they contemplate him as president. Seven in 10 say they’re “anxious” about the idea as Trump as president, including 51 percent who feel that way strongly. In contrast, a bare majority says a Clinton presidency would make them anxious.
    
    
    
    Of the candidates tested, only Sanders comes out ahead in terms of comfort vs. anxiety: Fifty percent of Americans are comfortable with the idea of a Sanders presidency vs. 43 percent who are anxious about it. Americans are more nervous than calm about Cruz (-8 points), and slightly more concerned about Rubio and Clinton (both -5).
    
    
    
    The differences across candidates largely reflect partisanship, with the exception of Trump; he generates anxiety even among 44 percent of leaned Republicans and 50 percent of conservatives (including 60 percent of “somewhat” conservatives vs. 38 percent of those who describe themselves as very conservative). Anxiety about Clinton in her own party is far lower.
    
    
    
    Trump inspires particular anxiety among nonwhites and women:
    
    • Nine in 10 blacks and eight in 10 Hispanics are nervous about the thought of him as president vs. 62 percent of whites. Anxiety among nonwhites drops substantially for Rubio and Cruz.
    
    • Women are 17 points more likely than men to be anxious about a Trump presidency, while the gender gap is smaller for Rubio and Cruz. Men are cooler than women to the idea of a Clinton presidency, though no different than women in their reaction to Sanders as president.
    
    Among other groups, Americans living in rural areas are much warmer to the idea of Trump as president. Half would be comfortable with it, compared with just 30 percent of suburbanites and 20 percent of city-dwellers.
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http://www.nbcnews.com/news/asian-america/indian-american-pac-forms-support-donald-trump-n505981

 

[RabzonKhan]