Governor John Kasich has won the Ohio winner take all primary.
Marco Rubio Suspended His Campaign after being thoroughly trounced in his home state of Florida.
Regardless of what else happens tonight, let’s call this for what it is: Suspension means exit. We are now down to three.
Democrats are down to the same number they were from the very beginning: One.
These Three
The curious thing about Trump, Cruz, and Kasich is not a single one of them was expected to be in the final three. The political pundits and media darlings were Jeb Bush, Marco Rubio, and Scott Walker according to the Bloomberg View about a year ago.
Here’s a pertinent comment from 538 that sums up the situation nicely: “It’s clear we have more political wings in than we have parties, but our system is hard-wired — for now — to remain firmly two-party.”
By the way, I am listening to Hillary’s victory speech now. She sounds like Trump on China, and like Ted Cruz on the military. Hillary is the absolute worst of both worlds.
Mike “Mish” Shedlock
A few neocons have threatened to switch to Hillary. Let’s hope they do. Voters are doing it against neocons as much as they are doing it for Trump.
So Marco Rubio meets his end on the Ides of March. Is middle name isn’t Julius, is it?
President Trump has a great Agenda:
•Lower/simplify taxes, and eliminate the IRS asap
•Stop IL-LEGAL immigration, anchor-babies, and AMNESTY
•Replace ObamaCare with market-driven TrumpCare
•Balance the federal budget in 4 years
•Down-size the bloated, corrupt US government and USPS
•Re-negotiate all international-trade agreements
•Expand the US Supreme Court from 9 to 15 Justices
•Remove Ryan and McConnell from leadership of Congress
•Impose TERM-LIMITS on Congress and US Supreme Court
•De-fund PBS and the Dept. of Education and Common Core
•Make English the official language of the USA
•Audit the Federal Reserve banking system
•Thorough investigation of 9-11 and BenGhazi
https://www.donaldjtrump.com/positions
Ok, what is the down side?
I find it stunning that the stupid voters in Ohio would choose illegal immigrant loving Kasich.
Trump appears to have hung on in Missouri. Cruz caught him briefly.
Yep
Waiting for the numbers.
Huge victory for Trump
Very tiny vote% may win him nearly all the delegates!
I did not understand how that worked when I made my projections
Mish
It’s pretty apparent that Trump scares the crap out of both political party machines. They are less concerned with his policies effect on the country or citizens, but on their effect on THEM. They have owned this system for many years and you can bet they will fight to the death (our country’s death) to keep it.
Trump is not my choice but I find the RNC’s tactics reprehensible and would outright reject any brokered candidate who was not within single digits of a majority of primary votes. Any backroom crap that tries to insert a more “perfect” Republican in place of a real primary contender will be seen by myself and I believe most other conservatives as indicative of corruption and will be DENIED at election.
I would support any Republican chosen by the people of this country to oppose Hillary, but not in this case. It will be obvious that the system and thereby country, will be lost, giving me no hesitancy in giving my support to a third party or none at all.
The RNC has put the gun to their head and said “stop or I’ll shoot”!
Spot on Mad dash.
The repub seem to be shooting themselves in the foot. You would think they would do their best to get a repub elected and get a super majority in the Congress and actually do something. Alas our political parties are like a Hydra two heads and one body. Look at the way our Congressional critters vote for the most part and you will see what I am talking about.
If the repubs continue to head down this path, their hopes of putting their party in the presidential office will not happen for decades. I hope TPTB do vote democrat as that will expose them for what they are.
the GOPe machine in Ohio that explains it. They say Kasich won all the counties in Ohio in his last Gov election, with a left leaning state I guess we know how Kasich leans.
Hilary is a shill for monopoly finance no matter what she says to the contrary, Bernie has admirable “fire in the belly” but was never electable and Trump is understandably trying to wring waste, fraud and abuse form the economy domestic and global, but still won’t accomplish as much for an ever modernizing and productive economy as the twin policies of a universal dividend and deflationary compensated retail discount would. If Trump wants to bring us into the 21st century, politically, bureaucratically, economically and monetarily….and free and empower the individual so that he/she can live up to their species designation of homo sapiens/wise and discerning man instead of being forced into a paltry, failed and unethically imposed homo economicus by a dominating financial monopoly hiding in plain site in a supposed free market, then he will be remembered as America’s greatest president. He probably has a more open mind than any of the candidates on either side of the aisle….now if he can muster a little Wisdom as well he could possibly accomplish more than he even now considers possible.
Bernie…fire in the belly! Great!
Don’t tell me what you are going to GIVE me. Tell me how I can EARN my way to prosperity or at least survival. The thing that always comes to mind is, that which can be given can equally and easily be taken away. I fail to understand why ANYONE would want to live that way. For me, living with grace is living with self-sufficiency. A burden on no one and no one seeking to be a burden on me.
No one, especially not me is going to tell anyone they cannot work. Only the system uncorrected for income scarcity in ratio to costs/prices, and pundits worship fully believing there will be sufficient employment with the disruptive effects of innovation and AI just getting started while puritanically insist that you try to find work where it will inevitably and obviously be less and less available…..will expect that.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lqW1C3BIXfA
Just sayin,,,,,
So true. But how about an evolution. The third alternative, Wisdomics/Gracenomics
wisdomicsblog.com
It’s always interesting to read the comments of old white men on blogs like this. They always talk like they are the “people” when in fact they are not. Republicans are 20% of the voters and Trumpers are 50% of that 20%. So you have a rabid 10% foaming at the mouth. It’s not enough when the Democrats have a lock on 242 of the 270 needed to win – yes, 18 states have voted Democrat in EVERY election since 1992. You think Trump is going to change this? Watch a landslide defeat along with a Democratic takeover of both chambers of Congress. In the meantime keep on talking to yourselves.
ooh looks like somebody went for their colonoscopy and asked for a large. Should have added dose of reality to that.
The truth is, as I just posted, that there are about equal numbers of orthodox idiots on the left and right. It seems almost no one is able to conceive of a third unified alternative.