Presidential Politics IV

Presidential Politics IV - Donald Trump

What is remarkable about this cycle of presidential political polling is that Donald Trump is well ahead, nationally at least. His competitors, particularly the governors are trashing his every effort. Cruz and Rubio are a bit more coy. The others get so little coverage its hard to say what they think. Trump, it is said polls from the hard right, i.e. non-intelligent folks that believe hard right things. But 41% is a number so high, it kinda defies understanding.

On the other had Hillary Clinton has been drifting to the left - to shore up support with the far left constituency (and money), and everybody expects her to drift toward the center after her inevitable nomination. Good. Hillary is doing what such folks do. Predictable.

The mystery is those confounded Republicans. The governors and just about everyone else have maintained their political positions, not going left or right but by millimeters, just as they cast them months ago. They chastise the front-runner, but to no avail. Trump goes up; they go down. Crazy.

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