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The numbers are in! The 7th (Trump-less) debate scored 12.5M viewers, an improvement over the 6th debate with 11.1M. Trump event: 3.1M.
— Ronald Guillemette (@raguillem) January 30, 2016
@kenq689 The first anything gets more viewers. It would have been higher without Fascist Trump.
— Ronald Guillemette (@raguillem) January 30, 2016
For those looking for Trump's contribution to the debates, Cruz spoke for him, calling everyone else on stage fat, ugly, and stupid.
— Ronald Guillemette (@raguillem) January 30, 2016
The idea that the generally less-educated Trump supporters tune in to debates for substance is laughable. Trump's policies vary by ratings.
— Ronald Guillemette (@raguillem) January 30, 2016
Trump viewers to a debate are like those who go to hockey games to see a fight or to auto races to view a crash: they want the latest insult
— Ronald Guillemette (@raguillem) January 30, 2016
Economist Thomas Sowell is right: the only reason an unprincipled RINO like Trump leads the race is because of fragmented conservatives.
— Ronald Guillemette (@raguillem) January 30, 2016
Trump tweeting he might call Megyn Kelly a bimbo but it wouldn't be PC is as transparent as Simon Cowell saying he doesn't mean ro be rude.
— Ronald Guillemette (@raguillem) January 30, 2016
I'm not saying that @realDonaldTrump is stupid, but he probably thinks a plutocrat is the ambassador from the planet Pluto.
— Ronald Guillemette (@raguillem) January 30, 2016
Like Jonah Goldberg, I may be developing irritable Trump syndrome. The dietary treatment is to limit the intake of insoluble rhetoric.
— Ronald Guillemette (@raguillem) January 30, 2016
What's funny is that @realDonaldTrump accuses Cruz of being in the pocket of Big Oil while Saudi Prince Al-Waleed has bailed out Trump 2-3X.
— Ronald Guillemette (@raguillem) January 30, 2016
The Billionaire Boys Club doesn't seem to like Trump.Buffett and Gates are Dems,Ellison backs Rubio,and Bloomgberg wants to run against him.
— Ronald Guillemette (@raguillem) January 30, 2016
The Gray Lady is delusional in endorsing Clinton as "one of the most broadly and deeply qualified presidential candidates in modern history"
— Ronald Guillemette (@raguillem) January 30, 2016
In Clinton, we have an 8-year unaccomplished, polarizing senator, a deeply-flawed Secretary of State who violated security policy on emails.
— Ronald Guillemette (@raguillem) January 30, 2016
For Hillary Clinton to play the gender card is disingenuous. Bill's violations of sexual harassment policy should have gotten him fired.
— Ronald Guillemette (@raguillem) January 30, 2016
Clinton's false memory of being under sniper fire in Bosnia, her attempts to scapegoat a Youtube video for Benghazi are as bad as Trump lies
— Ronald Guillemette (@raguillem) January 30, 2016
Clinton also flipped on the Keystone pipeline and the TPP trade pact in an effort to ward off a crackpot leftist challenge.
— Ronald Guillemette (@raguillem) January 30, 2016
A vote for Hillary Clinton is as bad as voting for a 3rd Clinton or Obama term--the same failed foreign intervention, economic policies.
— Ronald Guillemette (@raguillem) January 30, 2016
@josecanyousee No, only a delusional neo-con or economic illiterate would say that, Glad I cleared up your memory problem.
— Ronald Guillemette (@raguillem) January 30, 2016
@josecanyousee Facts are stubborn facts. The 90's recovery should have been better. Bill's tax policy hurt growth. Obama LFPR, lower median.
— Ronald Guillemette (@raguillem) January 30, 2016
@josecanyousee Deficit reduction only occurred under a GOP-controlled House. Obama has more than doubled publicly-held debt.
— Ronald Guillemette (@raguillem) January 30, 2016
@josecanyousee You're a delusional fascist puppet. You are too easily satisfied. We have up to $200T in unfunded liabilities, subpar growth.
— Ronald Guillemette (@raguillem) January 30, 2016
@josecanyousee Wrong.. We ran operational deficits under Clinton, even after the GOP killed HillaryCare. SS contributions are liabilities.
— Ronald Guillemette (@raguillem) January 30, 2016
@josecanyousee George W. Bush had bookend recessions and 2 wars that did hurt the budget, plus his last 2 yrs under Dem-controlled Congress.
— Ronald Guillemette (@raguillem) January 31, 2016
@josecanyousee As I explained before, look at the FACT the national debt increased each year under Clinton. https://t.co/72qgHFTnPW
— Ronald Guillemette (@raguillem) January 31, 2016
@josecanyousee You still don't get it. You do not need to increase the debt if you are running a real surplus. Excess SS by law is in DEBT.
— Ronald Guillemette (@raguillem) January 31, 2016
Trying to educate a "progressive" is almost impossible by tweets. I've been trying to make a point FB=OPERB+SSB. SSB+ offsets OPERB-.
— Ronald Guillemette (@raguillem) January 31, 2016
During the "surplus" years around the end of Clinton's tenure the OPERB- was offset by internal program debt vs public debt. SSB- since 2010
— Ronald Guillemette (@raguillem) January 31, 2016
SS Reserve notes plus interest make up SSB-. Note redemption can be offset by OPERB+ or new public debt. In <20 yrs, SSR=0 unless fixed.
— Ronald Guillemette (@raguillem) January 31, 2016
For 2030's taxpayers to make SS checks whole is a reverse transfer of wealth. We needed to fix years ago. SS is the Third Rail of politics.
— Ronald Guillemette (@raguillem) January 31, 2016
I don't have a lot of faith we'll make up deficit SS paygo by operational surpluses. especially when the reserve runs dry. UNSUSTAINABLE!
— Ronald Guillemette (@raguillem) January 31, 2016
The Dem response to the SS Ponzi scheme is (1) to deny it's a problem, (2) "we owe it to ourselves", and/or (3) upper-income tax hikes.
— Ronald Guillemette (@raguillem) January 31, 2016
A real solution to the social security sustainability problem includes reducing moral hazard and limiting government obligations.
— Ronald Guillemette (@raguillem) January 31, 2016
People must understand the need for vesting in their financial future and not depend on the empty promises of self-serving political whores.
— Ronald Guillemette (@raguillem) January 31, 2016
We need to break off the legal requirement of investing social security assets in Treasury debt. This is captive financing of deficits.
— Ronald Guillemette (@raguillem) January 31, 2016
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With a couple of days remaining to the Iowa caucuses, the DM Register has Trump by 5 over Cruz and 13 over Rubio. The next 2 are Carson and Paul. There are rumors that as much as one-third of support is soft. Paul promises a surprise showing, there are persistent rumors of momentum behind Rubio. A lot depends on the Trump turnout; his gambit to skip the debate only makes sense if he felt he could win without it. But Trump's support relies on younger and independent voters without a track record. A surrogate measure is turnout. Cruz' committed base will turn out regardless of the weather; a huge turnout probably means a good night for Trump.
Clinton has ended with a streak of 3 straight poll victories of 3-11%. The activists are on Sanders side, so key to Clinton is organization.
Election Betting Odds has Trump and Clinton overwhelming favorites. Nate Silver of 538 also favors them but shows Trump-Cruz much closer.
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