Submitted by Mike Krieger via Liberty Blitzkrieg blog,
When a reporter for the United States Army Training and Doctrine Command interviewed Frank Zappa for the commands news syndicate, the story was held by a superior who demanded that Zappa – who had been rather hard on the army – answer one more question: just who does he think will defend the country without the army?
Last week, data guru Nate Silver had an interesting analysis of Donald Trump’s supporters, arguing that they are not as “working class” as many think.
My initial reaction was the same as (my former roommate) Michael Brendan Dougherty’s. He explains in The Week:
The race for The White House appears to have taken a backseat for a news cycle as the Republican "veepstakes" gets underway. Donald Trump said this morning that he would prefer a running mate with government experience to "help with pushing legislation through," adding that he puts a 40% chance that a former rival in the Republican race would get the nod.
http://player.cnbc.com/p/gZWlPC/cnbc_global
By Mike Krieger of Liberty Blitzkrieg blog,
Like the primaries last week, the Indiana Republican primary was a walkover for Trump. Trump has won the state as expected, and he appears to have won it decisively. With just 12% reporting, he leads Cruz by 20 points, 53-33%. The CNN exit poll suggests that he will end up with more than half the vote. He is very likely to come away with all of the state’s 57 delegates, and if surveys from California are to be believed he is on track to win going away there a month from now. Tonight’s result confirmed that die-hard anti-Trump Republicans are a minority of the GOP.