Presidential race 2016

[HairOfTheDog]

Trump is giving me a headache. Rubio is trying to ramp it up.

Rubio, and Cruz to a lesser degree, really did ramp it up, in my opinion.

But, I'm not sure their efforts will make a dent in Trump's support. They waited so long to take Trump seriously and pull the veil back. I think Trump has won the devotion of a lot of people just by validating their fear and anger and portraying it as his own. It seems to me that a lot of his supporters now feel any attack on Trump is an attack on them. It's weird to observe.

So, I'm not sure Trump's supporters will care one bit that all Mexico's leaders have declared strongly that they WILL NOT PAY FOR THAT EFFIN' WALL. I'm not sure they'll care that Trump preaches about getting rid of immigrants who take American jobs while he actually sponsors immigrant visas for workers on some of his projects when U.S. citizens have applied for the jobs, and that he was previously fined for using illegal Polish immigrants to build Trump Tower. I'm not sure they'll be at all concerned that Trump still won't give any specifics on policies to support his sales pitch, nor that he has the strong endorsement of the KKK, nor that he praises Planned Parenthood's non-abortion services, nor that he would like to broker a peace agreement between Israel and Palestine rather than declare that Israel is all right and Palestine is all wrong (I actually agree with Trump on those last two points; the GOP does not).

I wish Cruz would get out so Rubio would have a chance of winning more of the 60% of Republican voters who don't support Trump (Cruz won't though, I don't think, especially if he wins Texas).

In any case, I expect Rubio's campaign will keep pummeling Trump for shadiness, hypocrisy, and non-conservative political positions and I'm sure Trump's team will continue to hurl personal insults at Rubio for being a "sweaty choke-artist".

I really hate Kasich's position on abortion and the fact that he defunded Planned Parenthood in Ohio. But, I think he's reasonable when it comes to health care, national defense, immigration...and he has good credentials. Too bad he got so little air time last night.

Ben Carson has a pleasant demeanor, but he's a fruit loop. I wish he'd fold already.