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Old 02-20-2016, 09:31 PM
 
Location: Caribou, Me.
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Last summer, Trump and Cruz were polling around 5% and "going NOWHERE".......at least according to the Wizards of Smart.
Ummmm...........what happened????

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Old 02-20-2016, 09:38 PM
 
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Yeah, and Jeb! was leading in the polls.
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Old 02-20-2016, 10:06 PM
 
Location: Caribou, Me.
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Jeb! was the likely nominee; Rubio, Christie, Walker, Perry all had decent chances.
Cruz was "FAR too conservative" to get any traction.
And Trump was just a joke.

Remind me why we listen to the pundits and "experts" again??.....
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Old 02-20-2016, 10:24 PM
 
Location: Japan
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Jeb! was the likely nominee; Rubio, Christie, Walker, Perry all had decent chances.
Cruz was "FAR too conservative" to get any traction.
And Trump was just a joke.

Remind me why we listen to the pundits and "experts" again??.....
Well, to be fair, the events of this election cycle have been understandably hard to predict. Most of it comes down to Trump's personal courage/hubris and luck. He says something outrageous, takes enormous heat for it, refuses to back down at all, and later facts become known or events unfold that make him look good. This keeps happening over and over... what are the odds?


Still though, as I've said from the beginning, I think they will find a way to get Rubio the nomination...
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Old 02-20-2016, 11:48 PM
 
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Old 02-21-2016, 01:40 AM
 
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I'm loving it too.
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Old 02-21-2016, 08:53 AM
 
Location: Caribou, Me.
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Back in the summer, I felt like there was nobody good who was going to have a decent chance.
Now that's all changed; two good choices.
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Old 02-21-2016, 09:01 AM
 
Location: Tampa, FL
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Last summer, Trump and Cruz were polling around 5% and "going NOWHERE".......at least according to the Wizards of Smart.
Ummmm...........what happened????

I love it, by the way
Who would have predicted that low information voters were going to select arguably the least qualified candidate reality TV host and golf course developer over more qualified candidates who were successful at being governors of some huge states and large economies?

Are you kidding?
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Old 02-21-2016, 09:07 AM
 
Location: Sweet Home Chicago!
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Who would have predicted that low information voters were going to select arguably the least qualified candidate reality TV host and golf course developer over more qualified candidates who were successful at being governors of some huge states and large economies?

Are you kidding?
Yeah sure, those so called "qualified" candidates are of the same ilk that got us into the mess we're in today. Massive debt, failed promises, illegal aliens everywhere, unnecessary wars, yada, yada, yada...and you want more of the same??? No thanks! It's time for some real change.

Trump 2016!
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Old 02-21-2016, 09:20 AM
 
Location: Tampa, FL
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Yeah sure, those so called "qualified" candidates are of the same ilk that got us into the mess we're in today. Massive debt, failed promises, illegal aliens everywhere, unnecessary wars, yada, yada, yada...and you want more of the same??? No thanks! It's time for some real change.

Trump 2016!
Kasich balanced the last Fed Budget he was involved with. Bush was a very successful government as well as Scott Walker. None were responsible for the current GOP obstructionism we face from the GOP.

Illegals have been here 30 yrs. This didn't happen overnight. It definitely won't go away overnight.

Wars? Sorry. We didn't ask Osama to kill thousands. We didn't ask Sadam to violate UNITED Nations sanctions and gas innocent Kurds. Chemical agents are a WMD, btw.
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