Who'd Have Thought Trump Would Go Down Well In Florida?

[ToraToraTora]

http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/onpolitics/2016/03/14/poll-donald-trump-marco-rubio-florida/81763362/
He certainly livens up the race
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/election-us-2016-35808208

[Svejk]

///In Thirties Germany, Hitler "went down well" and "livened up the race" no end! ///

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[Canary42]

Godwin's law is too selective. It could just as easily easily be applied to a number of occurrences, such as "derogatory reference to Lefties", i.e.

As a discussion progresses, the probability of a derogatory reference to Lefties approaches 1.

so any mention of Godwin's Law merely illustrates a paucity of factual debate on the part of the proponent.

[Old_Geezer]

Nevertheless the Republicans would still need to win with a candidate where a chunk of the party (and presumably the party supporters/voters) aren't keen on, against a Democratic party which doesn't seem to have the same extent of split views on their likely candidate. The uncertainty can't be good for markets though.

[Quizmonster]

Excellent point, Canary. Of course there are circumstances – such as a complaint that a small-town traffic warden is behaving like the Gestapo – in which any mention of Hitler/Nazism is obviously absurd and Godwin's Law might be invoked. However, there are other situations – such as the run-up to the election of a President of the USA – where such a comparison is fully justified by the obvious parallels.