First Blog

Predictions of elections reside in a world of experts, the poll dancers.   Let’s check ‘em out.   Most predicted a Clinton win by about 3% of the vote.   Nate Silver, the guru of statistics and outcome predictions, predicted chances for Clinton win at 70%. Other outlets predicted a Clinton win at 85%.   Even the odds-makers (bookies) gave her at least 2-1 odds for a win*. Some more so. Indeed, so confident was her team that Hillary Clinton left early from home for her hotel room near their NYC HQ anticipating the prospect of making an early winning announcement.    All were wrong.   Only a very few predicted a Trump win, and they were all discounted.   OK. Analysts will be analyzing away for years, among them the so very many who were wrong. They will conjecture, debate, write articles, write papers, write books, and appear on television, ad nauseam . The point here is not to give our own description of why.   Our point is about the “who.”    The “who” were acknowled

The secret weapon of the Republicans is George Soros and the elite Democratic leadership.  Possessing power jealously, they simply will not allow any others to ascend to leadership.  They demand any pretenders to power be rather far to the left.   In proof, a large number of the cabal of power-Democrats come from three states: New York, Massachusetts, and California.   You can bet many Democrats feel like they are also forgotten.  This continues with left-like movements such as the current protests against the Trump win, but also in the Occupy Wall Street push.  No leaders seem to be emerging.  These elites still control everything, no matter how much soul-searching or analysis seems to be forthcoming.   If anything, this election showed that internally controlled progressive agendas may not work.  They have spent their power capital.  Exhausted for now, they must appeal to moderates within.  Can they do it?  Probably not. Power is so very hard to give up.    Republi