The news keeps getting better for Donald Trump, a man who is fortunate in his critics and enemies:
Inserting himself into the Republican presidential race, Pope Francis on Wednesday suggested that Donald J. Trump “is not Christian” because of the harshness of his campaign promises to deport more immigrants and force Mexico to pay for a wall along the border.
Financial links between Cherie Blair’s law firm and the corrupt dictator of a tax haven with an appalling record on human rights have been revealed. Mrs Blair, who trumpets her human rights work, faces a corruption probe over a £420,000 deal with the autocratic Maldives President and despot Abdulla Yameen RT reports: Omina Strategy, the law firm founded by former UK Prime Minister Tony Blair’s wife, earned more than £2,000 (US$2,850) a day working for Yameen in various capacities, including managing his administration’s PR.
Tim Alberta reports on how South Carolina Gov. Haley’s endorsement of Rubio is being spun by his opponents:
This is smart spin, aimed at inflating Rubio’s expectations in the run-up to Saturday’s primary. It’s also an entirely fair observation.
While there was never any expectation of a production "cut" from Saudi Arabia, hope still remained that "discussions of a 'freeze'" could be extrapolated to an 'in-the-end' cut down the line... That is over...
AFP has just reported that...
#BREAKING AFP EXCLUSIVE: Saudi will not cut oil production: FM
— AFP news agency (@AFP) February 18, 2016
In the simplest possible terms, NBC seems to be suffering from a rather acute bout of schizophrenia when it comes to assessing the race for the GOP nomination.
If was just 2 days ago that NBC, in conjunction with Survey Monkey, released the results of a national poll which showed that Donald Trump was a 20 point national favorite among registered Republicans going into the South Carolina primary.
The same poll showed Trump holding a commanding 9 point lead in the race to secure the white evangelical vote.