As Trump rises, Clinton preaches love and kindness

Hillary Clinton didn’t even have to mention Donald Trump’s name to slam the loquacious businessman as anti-women on Thursday, September 10, 2015.

What’s most terrifying to me about the success of Trump’s cynical, divisive strategy is that it mirrors trends in public opinion that began in the 1970s under Richard Nixon’s so-called Southern strategy.

One of the most significant hurdles for launching an independent bid is gaining ballot access in every state – an arduous process that involves gathering lots of signatures, fast.

“To Muslim Americans: What you’re hearing from Trump and other Republicans is absolutely, unequivocally wrong”, she wrote.

He’s described it as a temporary ban on Muslim travel to the US, but has changed his story several times about who might be exempted from it. Trump led with 32 percent, widening his lead over the rest of the Republican field. No other candidate registers support above 1%. Should that happen, some GOP leaders are reportedly preparing an 11th-hour effort to thwart Trump from securing the party’s nomination. “When it comes to Trump, all that’s out the window, and that’s why they’re frustrated”.

Texas Sen. Ted Cruz recently described his policy on Islamic State militants as “carpet-bomb them into oblivion”.

U.S. Sen. Lindsey Graham of SC, one of Trump’s rivals, said a Trump candidacy would be “an utter, complete and total disaster” for other GOP candidates.

It isn’t a surprise that Republicans would meet to try to rig their own convention, but as long as Donald Trump is around, the GOP looks sure to lose.

You might not have noticed it, because by Monday afternoon Trump had put out a bombshell of a statement calling for a ban on entry into the United States of any and all Muslims until the government “figures out what the hell is going on”.

At the same time, Republicans are annoyed that Trump also in recent days suggested he might run as an independent candidate despite his previous pledge not to quit the party.

Clinton additionally inspires high enthusiasm among likely Democratic voters nationwide, pollsters found. About 76 percent say they are excited or optimistic about a potential Clinton administration. The first way Trump has accomplished is by promising to personally finance the majority of his general election campaign.

Since then, however, as evidence has accumulated that many Republican voters agree with the billionaire businessman, the chorus of criticism has grown muted. This isn’t about having enough money to win the election, however. Trump even called for Mexico to pay for a wall to keep illegal migrants from coming to the United States through its southern border.

Second, and perhaps most importantly, Trump’s constant assault on America’s absurd politically correct culture has made his promises more believable.

The newspaper said about 20 of them gathered this week at a Washington restaurant where they discussed the mechanics of an old-school convention, where party delegates would coalesce around a victor.

Cruz’s refusal to get into verbal fisticuffs is driving the moderate wing of the GOP, and many of their mouthpieces in the media, insane. Trump led with 59 percent.