I am extraordinarily patient, provided I get my own way in the end.
Margaret Thatcher
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@realDonaldTrump writes he wants to restore dignity to the White House. 'Dignity' means Herbert Hoover with counterproductive progressivism.
— Ronald Guillemette (@raguillem) November 4, 2015
He left us and we rejoiced; then an even more unbearable person came. - Arabic proverb. Hoover:FDR. Bush:Obama. Stop the populist madness!
— Ronald Guillemette (@raguillem) November 4, 2015
Voting for economically illiterate fascists like Bernie Sanders or Hillary Clinton is like buying bacon: the vacuum packaging hides the fat.
— Ronald Guillemette (@raguillem) November 4, 2015
Inequality has become a code word for endless, thoughtless, and counterproductive intrusions into economic activity. https://t.co/5dP7hfZwge
— Ronald Guillemette (@raguillem) November 4, 2015
"You shall not covet anything that belongs to your neighbor.”- Exo 20:17. "Progressive" politics are intrinsically, morally corrupt.
— Ronald Guillemette (@raguillem) November 4, 2015
Are you smarter than a fourth grader? @realDonaldTrump speaks at a fourth-grade level. https://t.co/6erTwF2Hwq
— Ronald Guillemette (@raguillem) November 4, 2015
If money is political power, how did money result in an economy-crushing tax and regulatory burden and 70% of the budget on entitlements?
— Ronald Guillemette (@raguillem) November 4, 2015
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The two latest national polls show Trump up by 1% and 3% respectively over Carson. But the stealth story is that Rubio and Cruz now have a lock on the #3 and 4 positions, both in double-digits. For all practical purposes, Trump and Carson are in a tie for the lead since the end of October. Whereas Trump is still winning a plurality of contests, there can be no doubt he's fading. States where he had been leading by huge margins (e.g., NH, GA, FL, SC, etc.) we've seen, at least in some polls (most recently NH), the lead has shrunk to single digits, as low as 3 points, possibly statistically insignificant. Now I do think Trump has a base, maybe up to a quarter, who will probably stay with him through the first few contests, and in a fragmented field, he could still grab his fair share of victories.
However, unless he creates a sense of inevitability, it's difficult to see how he increases his market share from here; his major problem is that except for a recent slump by Hillary Clinton during the email kerfuffle, Trump has been consistently losing head to heads against Clinton and/or Sanders (he's won 2 and tied 2 over several months of polls against Clinton), and most of the polls have shown him doing worse against Clinton than his challengers. For example, in the latest Quinnipiac head to heads, he was the only one to lose to Clinton. Now given Clinton and Trump have high name recognition, this is not a good sign because most of Trump's challengers aren't as well known, and Trump and Clinton have a natural advantage over the other GOP contenders. This race still smells a bit like 1996, where Buchanan won NH primary but the opposition quickly coalesced around Dole. That's why I've been paying special attention to the Rubio-Cruz rivalry.
I'm still wondering at the curious KBUR vs. Gravis polls released yesterday. The Gravis polls had Trump up by 7 and Clinton by 32; KBUR has Carson by 8 and Clinton by 14. The KBUR polls seem closer to the truth.
Bush Looks at Trump
Debunking Economically Illiterate Sanders' Propaganda
Legalized Thuggery/Plunder, Local Edition
SCOTUS Watch
As if you haven't guessed my viewpoint: NO to UT's implementation of affirmative action, NO to union plunder of non-union teachers to subsidize union speech, and NO to a state's unconstitutional grab of assets under civil asset forfeiture.
Rand Paul On the Tyranny of Government Bureaucrats
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Aretha Franklin, "The Weight"
