I Believe My GOP Brethren In Iowa...

[Lord Jim]

must be drinking the ethanol that they produce out there:

Trump, Carson tied for lead in new Iowa poll

They have a combined zero years of experience in elective office, but Donald Trump and Ben Carson are now way out in front in the critical early voting state of Iowa, according to a poll out Monday.

A Monmouth University poll of likely Iowa GOP caucusgoers found the billionaire real estate developer and retired pediatric neurosurgeon each with 23% support. Coming in third with 10%: Carly Fiorina, the former Hewlett-Packard CEO, who also has never held public office.

Trump has led Iowa in most polls released over the past month, as he has nationally, so perhaps most notable is the steady surge of Carson, who was also a close second to Trump in a Des Moines Register/Bloomberg Politics Iowa poll released over the weekend.

Meanwhile, the GOP front-runner in Iowa for much of the year, Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker, has slipped significantly. He was the choice of 7% of Iowa Republicans in the latest Monmouth poll, down from 22% the month before.

“These results mark a significant shake-up in the leaderboard from Monmouth’s Iowa poll taken before the first debate,” Patrick Murray, the director of the university’s polling institute, said in a release. “Carson and, to a lesser extent, Fiorina have surged, while Walker has faded into the background.”

Rounding out the field are: Texas Sen. Ted Cruz at 9%, former Florida governor Jeb Bush at 5%, Ohio Gov. John Kasich and Florida Sen. Marco Rubio at 4% and Kentucky Sen. Rand Paul at 3%.

http://onpolitics.usatoday.com/2015/08/ ... iowa-poll/

So the three completely unqualified candidates are now drawing 53% support between them...

While the three candidates most likely to be able to actually win the general election pull a combined 13% total...

[Joe Guy]

The obvious reason for that is that people have lost all faith in "real" politicians and figure it can't get any worse.

President Trump will make America strong again!!

Kick the politicians out of Washington! Replace them with people who have no experience or knowledge of the political process!!

Trump/Carson 2016

Yeah.... that's the ticket.

[Crackpot]

That been the clarion call of the tea party. The reason it hasn't worked for the past 8 years (aside from finding new ways to get nothing done).

Not enough people don't know what the fuck they're doing.

[wesw]

I don t know why you guys think that professional politicians are the only ones qualified to make policy and govern.

citizen statesmen were the foundation of our democracy.

anyone with intelligence and leadership skills can gather info, consult experts, hear the people, and make good decisions.

I think jim is just mad because I saw carson s appeal waaay ahead of the curve.

Kasich is still my choice but he had better get on his horse, be bold, be honest, and speak truth to power.
he must be blunt and honest. he must be willing to unite us by calling out those who don t see America as their country. he must invoke doctor king, who is a hero to my generation, he must speak of doctor king s love of the founding documents, and tell people about the "dream" and the "promissory note". al Sharpton must be called out.



watch out for "trump democrats", they will soon make their presence known if trump keeps succeeding.

jim, the establishment sucks. embrace change.

I think that Kasich is that change, but I will support carson and trump in their effort to shake up a failing system of govt.

[Crackpot]

the dems are going for Sanders. What the tea party and trump lack are consensus building skills and the ability compromise

[Sue U]

jim, the establishment sucks. embrace change.

I think that Kasich is that change,

Bwahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha!!!!!!!!

Kasich has literally never done anything EXCEPT be an establishment politician. Oh right, in between Congress and Ohio governor he was a Faux News host and somehow a managing director at Lehman Brothers -- you remember, the Wall Street firm whose bankruptcy triggered the economic collapse of 2008? (Oh, and he walked away from the bankruptcy with a $480k bonus?????)

Yeah, let's make him the GOP nominee, 'cause he represents change!

[wesw]

see, the opposition is scared to death that we will nominate Kasich.


eta: crap. I said "we" like I was a stinkin' republican....., perish the thought.

[Sue U]

Funny how you continually confuse "pointing and laughing" with "scared to death."

[wesw]

funny, I hear a lot of democrats and black folks saying great things about Kasich....

anyone who points and laughs at others isn t someone whose opinion I value......

the ends justify the means to those types. dick cheney types.....

[Scooter]

citizen statesmen were the foundation of our democracy.

Correction - men who had years, if not decades, of experience in their respective colonial governments before trying their hand at federal politics were the foundation of your democracy. No one fell off their turnip truck and right into the meeting where the Declaration of Independence or the Constitution were signed.

[wesw]

socialism leads to communism which leads to Stalinism....

....and that leads to Ukrainians eating their poor dead mothers......

[Lord Jim]

Trump, with his "outsider", "Make America Great Again" theme is trying to do a re-run of Mr. Reagan's 1980 campaign...

The difference of course is that while Mr. Reagan was technically a "Washington outsider" (though he had many Washington "insiders" in his circle of advisers) he was also a two term Governor of California, (a state which if it had been a country at the time, would have had the 6th largest GDP in the world...it has since dropped to 8th or 9th...)

NOT a self absorbed billionaire real estate mogul and reality show host with no political credentials whatsoever...

If Ronald Reagan were in this race, he'd be down in the 4% range in Iowa today, based on the fact that he would be qualified...

Being qualified appears to be a disqualifier...

ETA:

By logical extrapolation, if we could find a candidate who can't even read or write, they'd go to the top of the Iowa poll...

I repeat:

[Crackpot]

Looks like wesw nearly qualifies.

[wesw]

yes crackpot, your deep thinking is beyond the kenning of a simple fisherman like me.....

a vox on you sir!

[wesw]

..... a darned Detroit democrat hasn t much room to talk.

you guys have done so well with your fair city.....

[Crackpot]

You embody the best arguments for minimum intelligence requirements for voting.

[Lord Jim]

Yeah, let's make him the GOP nominee, 'cause he represents change!

What, versus Hillary Clinton?

No, let's nominate him because he represents success...

64% re-election vote one year aqo for Governor in a state the GOP absolutely must win to win the Presidency...

An unheard of in post 1960 times, for a statewide Republican candidate 26% of the African American vote...

A man who combines establishment Washington experience with real political smarts, and a successful record back home as a governor...

You can " "

all you want...

There's a reason Hillary put Kasich on her "ISIS comparison" list ..

Because Team Clinton understands what a threat he would be in a general election...

[wesw]

crackpot, there are some intelligent people on this sight.

perhaps you should just listen and learn.....

[Crackpot]

It do. I just also enjoy taunting the stupid ones.

[wesw]

nice grammar there Einstein, as usual.....