But, all that aside, I've heard "evangelical" about a thousand times in the last week.   I'm sure that's the Religious Right vote but was it split last election?  Did they not vote?   Did I not pay attention last election?   I just don't recall it being such a big deal.

Posted by MikeT23 on 1/29/2016 11:08:00 AM (view original):
Are you talking about her?   Cha-ching, her bank account got bigger.    She's playing the Trump game.    And, IMO, she beat Trump at it last night.

Speaking of Trumps game he brought in 4 million viewers a couple nights ago for his interview with O'Reilly.

Donald Trump continues to hold a strong lead in the early-voting state of New Hampshire while his Republican presidential rivals battle for a distant second place in a new poll.

The real estate mogul is supported by 27 percent of likely GOP primary voters in the Granite State, leading his nearest rivals by 15 points in a Suffolk University poll released Thursday.

Trump Dominating Drudge Report Readers’ Pick Poll

Republican presidential frontrunner Donald Trump skipped the Fox News debate Thursday night but among Drudge Report readers he remains their top choice — by a mile.

In a Drudge Report poll gauging readers’ Republican presidential picks, Trump is far ahead of the rest of the field with 64.4 percent of the more than 724,600 total votes logged as of this article’s publication Friday morning.

Posted by moy23 on 1/29/2016 11:18:00 AM (view original):

Posted by MikeT23 on 1/29/2016 11:08:00 AM (view original):
Are you talking about her?   Cha-ching, her bank account got bigger.    She's playing the Trump game.    And, IMO, she beat Trump at it last night.

Speaking of Trumps game he brought in 4 million viewers a couple nights ago for his interview with O'Reilly.

Again, the Kardashians have a lot of viewers. 

Seriously, Trump is a trainwreck and people like to see what he'll say next.  He's very entertaining.    Is that Presidential material?   I don't think so.

I watched most of last night's debate.   As a debate, it was better.   For entertainment, not so much.   I know Trump is smart but, in this election, he bring entertainment.  I just think the people supporting him are also captivated by dangling, shiny things.   Like fish.

Posted by MikeT23 on 1/29/2016 11:28:00 AM (view original):

Posted by moy23 on 1/29/2016 11:18:00 AM (view original):

Posted by MikeT23 on 1/29/2016 11:08:00 AM (view original):
Are you talking about her?   Cha-ching, her bank account got bigger.    She's playing the Trump game.    And, IMO, she beat Trump at it last night.

Speaking of Trumps game he brought in 4 million viewers a couple nights ago for his interview with O'Reilly.

Again, the Kardashians have a lot of viewers. 

Seriously, Trump is a trainwreck and people like to see what he'll say next.  He's very entertaining.    Is that Presidential material?   I don't think so.

I watched most of last night's debate.   As a debate, it was better.   For entertainment, not so much.   I know Trump is smart but, in this election, he bring entertainment.  I just think the people supporting him are also captivated by dangling, shiny things.   Like fish.

The debate was missing taxes and healthcare last night. Two biggies for me.

I like that trump is talking about not getting screwed over by other countries in trade deals. No one else is. He was right on in debate 6 when he said Boeing is building a factory in China, and Jeb disagreed. It's recent news, that's why Jeb didn't know..... Trump gets the markets, he gets finance, he gets business. I think he can help despite his bombastic demeanor.

Cruz is another Obama..... He won't get a single democrat in congress to vote his way, and he most likely won't get establishment republicans either. They hate him.... So it'd be 4 more years of congressional standoffs with Cruz.

Marco just wants the job because its cool to be Prez. I've seen guys like him. Smooth talkers with little experience that think they are ready for the big time. He should start showing up in the Senate for the job he has, get some experience, and then run in 8 years.

There isn't much I can dispute there except "despite his bombastic demeanor".    That's really problematic.

Nonetheless, do you think he can build a wall and get MEXICO to pay for it? 

Posted by moy23 on 1/29/2016 11:03:00 AM (view original):

Posted by raucous on 1/29/2016 9:49:00 AM (view original):
Megan Kelly is awful and unprofessional.  She is there to ask the questions and not to debate.  She is not running for President and shouldn't be putting the media in the middle of it.

She led the way on Trump's win.

I used to like her, but now I find her smug and annoying.

Amen. Sounds like there were "problems" before last night, and now she may be on the way out.

I'll add, after more thought, refusing to attend the debate because "Megan Kelly doesn't treat me fairly" is a black mark on Trump's resume.    You know who else won't treat him fairly?    Congress and foreign leaders.    Will he just refuse to deal with them?

Posted by MikeT23 on 1/29/2016 11:39:00 AM (view original):
There isn't much I can dispute there except "despite his bombastic demeanor".    That's really problematic.

Nonetheless, do you think he can build a wall and get MEXICO to pay for it? 

Maybe. I'm sure he could build a wall... He's a builder. Lots of ways to pay for it.... Withholding $400 million in annual aid to them, find a way to dip into the $23 billion in remittances sent tax-free to mexico, charge more for visas from Mexico, etc. I think it could be done.... But I wouldn't expect it to happen overnight. A wall done right, paid for by Mexico should take years to fund, and build.

Posted by all3 on 1/29/2016 11:46:00 AM (view original):

Posted by moy23 on 1/29/2016 11:03:00 AM (view original):

Posted by raucous on 1/29/2016 9:49:00 AM (view original):
Megan Kelly is awful and unprofessional.  She is there to ask the questions and not to debate.  She is not running for President and shouldn't be putting the media in the middle of it.

She led the way on Trump's win.

I used to like her, but now I find her smug and annoying.

Amen. Sounds like there were "problems" before last night, and now she may be on the way out.

Yeah right. She gets better ratings than that dipshit Hannity. She isn't going anywhere.

Posted by moy23 on 1/29/2016 11:36:00 AM (view original):

Posted by MikeT23 on 1/29/2016 11:28:00 AM (view original):

Posted by moy23 on 1/29/2016 11:18:00 AM (view original):

Posted by MikeT23 on 1/29/2016 11:08:00 AM (view original):
Are you talking about her?   Cha-ching, her bank account got bigger.    She's playing the Trump game.    And, IMO, she beat Trump at it last night.

Speaking of Trumps game he brought in 4 million viewers a couple nights ago for his interview with O'Reilly.

Again, the Kardashians have a lot of viewers. 

Seriously, Trump is a trainwreck and people like to see what he'll say next.  He's very entertaining.    Is that Presidential material?   I don't think so.

I watched most of last night's debate.   As a debate, it was better.   For entertainment, not so much.   I know Trump is smart but, in this election, he bring entertainment.  I just think the people supporting him are also captivated by dangling, shiny things.   Like fish.

The debate was missing taxes and healthcare last night. Two biggies for me.

I like that trump is talking about not getting screwed over by other countries in trade deals. No one else is. He was right on in debate 6 when he said Boeing is building a factory in China, and Jeb disagreed. It's recent news, that's why Jeb didn't know..... Trump gets the markets, he gets finance, he gets business. I think he can help despite his bombastic demeanor.

Cruz is another Obama..... He won't get a single democrat in congress to vote his way, and he most likely won't get establishment republicans either. They hate him.... So it'd be 4 more years of congressional standoffs with Cruz.

Marco just wants the job because its cool to be Prez. I've seen guys like him. Smooth talkers with little experience that think they are ready for the big time. He should start showing up in the Senate for the job he has, get some experience, and then run in 8 years.

Rubio is your nominee. You might want to get to know him.

Posted by MikeT23 on 1/29/2016 11:55:00 AM (view original):
I'll add, after more thought, refusing to attend the debate because "Megan Kelly doesn't treat me fairly" is a black mark on Trump's resume.    You know who else won't treat him fairly?    Congress and foreign leaders.    Will he just refuse to deal with them?

I think anyone that believes that spin is a moron. Do you REALLY think Trump is scared of Megyn Kelly? El Chapo put a million dollar hit on Trump, and he wasn't scared of El Chapo.

This is a power play. Follow the money. Watch the reactions. FOX news says he's scared of Megyn. CNN says barely mentions Megyn, instead focusing on how his anti-debate event is unprecedented. FOX sour grapes. CNN got the bump in viewership Trump provides. Money. Power. Not Megyn Kelly.

Megyn thinks Trump can't control the media..... But Trump is doing exactly that - Controlling the media. Did you see Hannity and O'Reilly pleaing with Trump to do the FOX debate (ratings)? Or hear that Ailes called Trump yesterday to get him to reconsider? (Ratings). They don't do that if it wasn't about ratings.

And I'll add.... Trump walked away from the debate.

If you take walking away out of the equation for making a deal then you just became the loser in that deal. Walking away is leverage. I'm glad Trump had the balls to do it. I wish Obama had the balls to walk away from a bad Iran deal.

Posted by moy23 on 1/29/2016 12:16:00 PM (view original):

Posted by MikeT23 on 1/29/2016 11:55:00 AM (view original):
I'll add, after more thought, refusing to attend the debate because "Megan Kelly doesn't treat me fairly" is a black mark on Trump's resume.    You know who else won't treat him fairly?    Congress and foreign leaders.    Will he just refuse to deal with them?

I think anyone that believes that spin is a moron. Do you REALLY think Trump is scared of Megyn Kelly?

This is a power play. Follow the money. Watch the reactions. FOX news says he's scared of Megyn. CNN says barely mentions Megyn, instead focusing on how his anti-debate event is unprecedented. FOX sour grapes. CNN got the bump in viewership Trump provides. Money. Power. Not Megyn Kelly.

Megyn thinks Trump can't control the media..... But Trump is doing exactly that - Controlling the media. Did you see Hannity and O'Reilly pleaing with Trump to do the FOX debate (ratings)? Or hear that Ailes called Trump yesterday to get him to reconsider? (Ratings). They don't do that if it wasn't about ratings.

I think Kelly presents an interesting challenge for him.   One I don't think he's equipped to deal with at this moment.   Much like pro-choice women's groups.   I don't think he's scared, I just think he's unsure how his "flair" works in this situation.

IOW, he can't be condescending and insulting to her as a woman.   He can go after her as a journalist but he has to choose his words more carefully.   It's already backfired with her and Fiorina.   In fact, when Clinton went after him for his attitude towards women, he attacked Bill.   He can call Rosie a fat pig and no one but TMZ cares.   How he goes after women during his political run matters.