{"id":3325,"date":"2016-03-09T08:35:56","date_gmt":"2016-03-09T15:35:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/scotshonor.com\/?p=3325"},"modified":"2016-03-09T08:35:56","modified_gmt":"2016-03-09T15:35:56","slug":"silence-is-golden-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/scotshonor.com\/?p=3325","title":{"rendered":"SILENCE IS GOLDEN"},"content":{"rendered":"

If you watched the news last night, you probably believe Donald Trump has sewn up the Republican nomination.\u00a0 That would certainly be true if the only voters were liberals in the main stream media and the pundits on Fox News.\u00a0 But the facts paint a very different picture.\u00a0 At every stage in this election all of the pundits have over-estimated Donald Trump and\/or John Kasich and\/or Marco Rubio. At every stage in this election cycle, all of the pundits have underestimated Ted Cruz. \u00a0At every stage they have been wrong.\u00a0 At some point they might want to look at the actual data.<\/p>\n

What happened last night is nothing short of a huge strategic setback for Donald Trump.\u00a0 He won the battle, in that he won Michigan, Mississippi and Hawaii.\u00a0 He is likely to win more battles, like in Florida and Ohio.\u00a0 But ultimately he is going to be defeated, because Ted Cruz is beating the only people left capable of giving Donald Trump the nomination; John Kasich and Marco Rubio.<\/p>\n

Rubio is finished after last night.\u00a0 It is so bad that he would be smart to drop out of the race and endorse Cruz before the Florida primary.\u00a0 Otherwise he is doomed to a humiliating defeat in his own state. John Kasich has come in second in one state and third in another.\u00a0 In every other state he has trouble reaching double digits.\u00a0 He has admitted that his goal is to prevent Trump or Cruz from winning so he can get the nomination in a brokered convention.\u00a0 That is beyond delusional.<\/p>\n

Cruz beat Kasich and Rubio in every state.\u00a0 Only in Michigan was it even close. Kasich spent a fortune in Michigan, he practically lived there during the last couple of weeks and the airways were flooded with anti-Trump and anti-Cruz ads. \u00a0Cruz was sick all week and only showed up in Michigan just before midnight on Monday night.\u00a0 All the pundits thought Kasich would do very well and that he might even beat Trump.\u00a0 \u00a0He didn\u2019t even beat Cruz.\u00a0 Rubio lost everywhere.<\/p>\n

In case anyone is impressed with the 47.3% total by Trump in Mississippi, remember that Mississippi is another open primary state. \u00a0So is Michigan. \u00a0Odds are pretty high that a majority of Republicans did not vote for Donald Trump. \u00a0In Mississippi, Hillary was obviously going to win the Democratic primary by a huge margin.\u00a0 It would be very tempting for Democrats to cross over and vote for Donald Trump, since they view him as the worst possible choice for Republicans.<\/p>\n

Numerous polls show that Donald Trump\u2019s unfavorability ratings are sky high.\u00a0 The following NBC\/WSJ poll is demonstrates the problem:<\/p>\n

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\u201cAlthough\u00a0Donald Trump<\/a><\/em><\/strong>\u00a0is\u00a0leading<\/a><\/em><\/strong>\u00a0the Republican horse race, a majority of American voters believe his comments on the campaign trail are insulting; 6 in 10 say he’s harming the Republican Party’s image; and nearly two-thirds have a negative opinion of him — making Trump the most unpopular figure in the poll<\/em><\/strong>.\u201d<\/p>\n

Even more devastating is the following conclusion: \u201cWhat’s more, just half of Republican primary voters — 53 percent — say they’d be satisfied with Trump as the party’s presidential nominee.<\/strong>\u201d<\/p>\n

If these numbers are accurate, and they sure look to be accurate, Trump is likely to suffer a humiliating defeat in November.\u00a0 He literally may be the ONLY<\/strong> Republican in the field capable of losing to Hillary Clinton or Bernie Sanders.<\/p>\n

How did this happen?\u00a0 The answer is quite easy.\u00a0 People really are that disgusted with the Republican establishment.\u00a0 Trump feeds off that anger. When Mitt Romney hammered Donald Trump with cold hard facts, all people heard was another Republican establishment figure telling them how to feel.\u00a0 People are sick and tired of the cultured elite in both parties arrogantly ignoring ordinary citizens.\u00a0 They are sick and tired of people pretending to share our values only to compromise them away as soon as they get elected.<\/p>\n

The good news is that there are two anti-establishment candidates and one of them is NOT<\/strong> Donald Trump.\u00a0 If this is not a two man race today, it will be a two man race after next Tuesday. Neither John Kasich nor Marco Rubio has any chance of winning the nomination.\u00a0 That is even more obvious today than it was yesterday. It will be undeniable after next Tuesday.<\/p>\n

It is quite simple, except to the so-called experts.\u00a0 After next Tuesday, voters will have a choice between Donald Trump and Ted Cruz.\u00a0 Unless the 60 to 65% of people who consider Donald Trump to be unqualified to be President change their mind, Ted Cruz is going to start winning everywhere.\u00a0 Even better news for Cruz is that the Republican establishment is not trying to help.\u00a0 If the Republican establishment just goes home and shuts up, Cruz has a very good chance of winning this.\u00a0 Sometimes, \u201cSilence is Golden.\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n

TDM<\/p>\n

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