Trumpzilla

Well that's was interesting.

Between Mr. Trump finally getting his feet under him, Hillary!'s 'deplorable' remark, and her syphilis induced neurological health crisis, Mr. Trump has surged.

Just this morning we learn that he is +6 in the LA Times Poll, ahead in Fl, OH, NV, IA...

But let us backtrack.

There is a line of thinking that Hillary!'s deplorables remark is actually working for her, driving a wedge in the Trump camp. Please. It has totally backfired. It took them, what 36 hours to produced a great ad with the remark. You'd have to be sipping martinis on the banks of the Potomac while a Mexican waiter brings you champagne, caviar and fa-goi (I'm not bothering with the spelling) to believe that. You'd have to be Jennifer Rubin. Jesus wept, and I used to read her everyday.

Insulting half the electorate is NEVER a good idea.

But let us not kid ourselves. On part of Mr. Trump's rise is due to Hillary! being the worst person ever. The man has run a great campaign the last three weeks or so. The Mexico trip, his Michigan visit yesterday, this paid leave idea...even before the weekend he was closing in.

I don't know why anyone is surprised. He sliced through the GOP's best candidates with ease. Bush, Rubio, Cruz, Kasich...today Mr. Trump drinks the classiest champagne from their political skulls.

Now two weeks ago the word was Hillary was going to run out the clock. In the American NFL we call this the prevent defense. The idea is that the defense drops back, gives up small plays so it can stop the big ones. This never works, but there's no dissuading NFL coaches from this strategy. The prevent defense prevents you from winning. Foreign readers should look up 'John Elway + The Drive' to see what I mean.

Now she can't do that. She has to come out, be active, shake things up. The problem is she can't do that. She's a physical wreck suffering from some sort of neurological disorder, post concussion syndrome and syphilis. Independent of all this Hillary! has just not aged well. Not all of us do. My father-in-law is 70 and wheel chair bound. When my grandfather was 70 my sister and I could pass for his children. Such is the genetic lottery.

The thinking also was that Hillary! could make Mr. Trump screw up in the debates. Again, the man has utterly annihilated well thought of, seasoned politicians in 20 debates. Does anyone think he's really going to be rattled in debate # 21?

Hillary! needs to come up with some ideas, but she can't do that. Hillary! doesn't have ideas, other than Hillary!

Hillary! needs to attack Trump, but what can she say about him that isn't also true of Hillary!? What, he treats women badly? Oh I know, shady business dealings! How 'bout his foreign policy ideas? Yeah, Hillary really wants to have a debate on Iraq, Syria, Libya....what difference does it make?

Look folks, I'm a Rubio man. I hold no truck with Mr. Trump. But Mr. Trump has tapped into something. Coupled with the fact that Hillary! is the worst person in the world, heck, he's in great shape.

I wonder how Melania will decorate the White House.

Election Feels

I've been thinking a bit about the election 2008.

That year a new, different candidate came out of nowhere to defeat Hillary! and then John McCain.

I speak about Barrack Hussein Obama, of course.

Now the interesting about 2008 is John McCain. Going into September he led by 3 or 4 points and the Party of Jefferson Davis was becoming concerned. It is possible, I think that McCain could have won if not for a single event. The Financial Crisis. As the crisis unfolded I watched his lead shrink from three to two to one to zero; followed by Obama's taking the lead. He never relinquished said lead.

Other than the crisis, McCain faced a yuuge problem. He was a man out of his time. McCain's year was 2000. Did he blow it in the primaries against Bush? I guess, but honestly I don't know how he could have beaten the establishment colossus. Senator McCain, whom I voted for and even donated the max, would have walloped Algore, say 53-45? The man was a national hero.

2008 was HIllay!'s  year and she royally blew it, counting on her establishment status and huge war chest to outlast Obama. After he basically won the Super-Tuesday round of primaries, Hillary! had no plan.

My main point here is that this election feels like 2008. Hillary! was decently ahead at one point, but that lead has evaporated and Mr. Trump seems to be ahead 3-4  points.

What's the event that catapulted Trump? Hillary! is the event. The almost daily revelations, new emails found, the FBI notes, Huma's Mulsim brotherhood status. etc etc...heck Anthony Wiener, If Bill Clinton had a son, he'd look like Anthony Wiener.

Hillary! and the party apparatchiks looked terrified. I know I was in 2008.

Usually caveats apply, of course! But man, it doesn't look good for Hillary!.