A Triumph For Trump

[youngmafbog]

Well done Donald.

And a thumping for Hillary, what an excellent result.

US election 2016: Trump and Sanders win New Hampshire

Now stands back for the bile from some.

[AB Editor]

"I would not bet against the Bush family to make sure their boy gets the nomination. They have the history, power, finance and nounce to beat Trump."

Gromit, I did agree before Jeb lost his way. The problem for him is that he hasn't held any real power before, and the only reason people expect him to do well is his name.

These days he seems moderate, so maybe I would welcome a return to form for Jeb!

Somewhat related:

[AB Editor]

"Congratulations of a sort are certainly due to Donald, though -- there hasn't been such a successful outsider campaign in a long time, if ever."

Absolutely.

[viv41]

Well done that man !

[Ellipsis]

>> " it could usher the way for PM Corbyn in a few years ... " - now that's what I call dreaming!
> delusional more like !

Tongue was firmly in cheek ...

[Khandro]

Even if Trump were to get the nomination, and even if he went on to be president, I think people (he included) are exaggerating US executive presidential power. It is a democracy, not a dictatorship, and Obama has achieved very little of what he wanted, even as recently as yesterday, having his plans for power station emissions overturned.
The good thing about this man though, is he puts his cards on the table and can change the agenda, and boy, does that need changing.

[Gromit]

// The problem for him [Jeb Bush] is that he hasn't held any real power before. //

Only two terms as Govenor of Florida. The same could have been said of Reagan (Govenor of California) or Carter (Governor of Georgia) or Clinton (Governor of Arkansas) etc.

Now if you had said Trump has never held any real power, you would have been spot on.

[mikey4444]

Bernie has a very long to go before he is given the Democrat mandate.

Socialist might not ruffle too many feathers in New England but it will be very different when he gets to the South and Mid West. If Hilary lets Bill out of the cellar where she has locked in him, we can see her campaign really take off.

As regards the Republicans....look at the motley crew that is being offered up to the American public....the usual scaly specimens !

[jim360]

Yes, but Sanders has made a pretty good start, thumping Clinton in one state and losing to her only by the toss of a coin (literally) in Iowa. I suspect he faces the same sort of problem as Trump, though -- breaking past the 40% support or so barrier. Trump has been lucky so far that he's faced more than one "mainstream" candidate, turning 35% support into a massive victory. Sanders has only Clinton to defeat, so that the same level of support leads to massive defeat. Funny how electoral systems work, innit?

[mikey4444]

jim...the American electoral system is beyond my understanding, thats for sure !

The latest gasp-aloud moment from Trump is that he would bring back torture is he were President !

[jno]

No-one, of any political persuasion, should be keen to see Trump actually making it to the presidency

Putin probably wouldn't be unhappy.

[youngmafbog]

Trunp wont be president, as I have said before. But after all the comments from certain quarters when Trump came second in the IOWA vote I thought I'd set the ball rolling in the other direction.

Why add "Now stands back for the bile from some." ? It's not because I dont want other opinions but more often than not when Trump or Farage are mentioned then the name calling (scaly) or worse happens.

Am I happy for a socialist? Well yes on two counts. 1) that horrid woman got a thumping and 2) I reckon it highly unlikely that the good old US of A would vote a socialist president in.

[bazwillrun]

Jeb Bush...now thats a good one...do a little research and see what a crook he is and how he "helped" GDubya get elected......