the primary

The story of how the GOP haltingly tried and failed to stop Trump is an interesting read. In light of Christie’s Trump endorsement on Friday, this section deserves a few comments:

Submitted by Mike Krieger via Liberty Blitzkrieg blog,

This morning, I read a fantastic article by Nathan J. Robinson in Current Affairs titled: Unless the Democrats Run Sanders, a Trump Nomination Means a Trump Presidency. Several months ago, I would have disagreed with this statement, but today I think it’s entirely accurate.

There are two opposing narratives among Republicans to explain how their party’s standard-bearer has lost the popular vote in five of the last six presidential elections, despite GOP dominance in state legislatures and governor’s mansions across the country.

Submitted by Raul Ilargi Meijer via The Automatic Earth blog,

A week after the New Hampshire Presidential Primaries, what lessons, if any, can we take from the dramatic victories of two outsider candidates? Former New Hampshire resident and occasional Automatic Earth contributor Nelson Lebo weighs in.

The new PPP South Carolina poll was conducted entirely after Saturday’s debate, and it appears that Trump suffered no damage from his criticisms of George W. Bush. Trump continues to lead with 35% to 18% for Cruz and 18% for Rubio. Iraq war dead-enders thought that Trump had finally gone too far, but that’s because they were judging his statements by their own very ideological and self-serving standards.