National media call Nevada GOP caucus for Trump

[alp227]

Source: Las Vegas Review-Journal

Heavy turnout was reported at numerous Republican caucus sites in the Las Vegas area Tuesday night.

A site leader at Green Valley High School said he had been optimistic he would get out by 9 or 10 p.m., but not anymore. The line to get into the building to vote was wrapped around the school in Henderson.

Jeremy Hughes, a Nevada strategist for presidential candidate Marco Rubio, said he was hearing about extensive problems at caucus sites across the state.

At his own caucus site in Clark County, he said volunteers were checking in voters to caucus without checking their IDs, including one member of the Rubio team. Hughes said he reported the violations to Sue Lowden, the former chairwoman of the Nevada Republican Party who happened to be at that caucus site, and she reprimanded the woman.

Read more: http://www.reviewjournal.com/politics/national-media-call-nevada-gop-caucus-trump

[Purveyor]

1. Second place is the race to watch. Nt

[elmac]

2. Great, hope he keeps up the momentum

GOP deserves a candidate like Trump.

[Jefferson23]

3. Mr Super Duper Teflon man, they can't seem to stop him: GOP wakes up to Trump nightmare

Establishment Republicans are reckoning with something they thought would never happen: That it might soon be too late to stop Donald Trump.

With the controversial businessman the clear front-runner heading into Nevada and next week’s Super Tuesday contests, there’s an emerging consensus that the odds of dislodging him are growing longer by the day. Whispered fears that Trump could become the Republican nominee have given way to a din of resigned conventional wisdom – with top party officials and strategists openly wondering what the path to defeating him will be.

If anyone else in this field had gone second-first-first in the first three contests, we would all be saying that it’s over,” said Mike DuHaime, a former Republican National Committee political director who guided Chris Christie’s presidential bid.

“I think it’s uphill, and Washington underestimates how uphill it is – and that’s because they’ve persistently underestimated Trump,” said former House Speaker Newt Gingrich, who sought the Republican nomination in 2012. If he wins Nevada, Gingrich added, “What is it that’s supposed to stop him?”

Read more: http://www.politico.com/story/2016/02/donald-trump-gop-nightmare-219652#ixzz413m0zRzQ

[William Seger]

13. They didn't underestimate Trump

They overestimated Republicans. Trump voters are a national embarrassment.

[Android3.14]

15. We are underestimating Trump as well

He will take Clinton to the cleaners. The only one who has the grace to stand opposite Trump is Bernie Sanders. Clinton is too close to Trump on conservative ideology and too closely tied to the wealthy cesspool from which Trump crawled.

Sanders can withstand Trump's bluster because he has the people who care about this country standing behind him.

[Jefferson23]

20. I certainly did, I expected him to fall long before this. After NH and Hillary's

low trustworthy factor, how she polled so poorly
with Independents too..that made me pause.

She will have a challenge with Rubio, Trump will be merciless and
if you look at how he won Nevada, he could take her in the GE.
I did not think that was possible before.

The establishment wants Rubio, but if they are not careful the
Trump supporters may not be loyal to them and I'm not convinced
he can be stopped at this point.

[Corey_Baker08]

27. Hillary Is The Only Candidate With The Political Savvy & Financial Backing To Beat Trump...

By the time the general election rolls around all of the working class & middle class & college students that are financially Backing Sanders in the Primary will no longer have the cash to donate to the Sanders Campaign & Sanders Will Be Running A National Campaign Against A Multi Billionaire on a shoe string budget...

That's Just Simply The Truth...

[Android3.14]

28. At the 'Droid household we budget $20 each month

The defeatist attitude that we are helpless against the money is at odds with the origin story of this nation, and the lessons we learned from the example of Martin Luther King. If there is one thing we do know is that people with vision are more powerful than wealthy elites.

When you say, "That's just the simple truth" what you mean is, "I accept my place as a second class citizen".

Others, however, refuse to present our souls on a platter upon which wealthy vampires would feast.
We raise our hand above our heads, clench our fingers around hope as if it were a precious stone, and tell those who would keep us small,
"You cannot have my dignity, and you cannot blind me to this vision of hope."

[Corey_Baker08]

29. I Like & Respect Your Way Of Thinking...

I guess we can get a little passionate don't take it personal

[Blasphemer]

4. Doesn't look to me like Rubio is benefiting that much from being the last establishment candidate...

It may change with future contests but if Trump continues to cross the 40% threshold, it's clear he's getting voters from supporters of establishment candidates who've dropped out. I used to think Cruz would benefit the most after Carson dropped out but, after SC, it is clear Trump would get a good chunk of those voters, too. Trump is going to be the GOP nominee.

[rpannier]

5. Wonder how many people voted twice

[ram2008]

6. This is over, Trump will be the Republican nominee.

Too late to stop him, the anti-trump vote is split too much and he's approaching 50% support before Super Tuesday. After Super Tuesday he'll have an almost insurmountable lead.

[oberliner]

16. No it's not. And no he won't.

It will be Rubio.

[ram2008]

21. It's too late for Rubio bot

No way a Hispanic wins versus Trump if there were a two way race with a xenophobic conservative electorate and the focus on immigration. If he gets close Trump will hang Rubios immigration reform vote around his neck.

3 wins in a row and probably a rout on Super Tuesday means this is done, especially since Cruz' ego is too big for him to drop out which means the non Trump vote will keep splitting.

[oberliner]

22. We shall see

There are Powerful Forces who would very much like to stop Trump from getting the nomination.

[ripcord]

19. The real concern isn't the nominee

But the fact that people are registering Republican at an alarming rate.

[Cosmocat]

24. I agree there

The numbers behind this win defy rationale explanation ...

[Cosmocat]

23. I've said he had the nomination

in a sleeper hold by the end of the summer.

At least in the primary, he is the first presidential candidate who is literally gaffe proof, because there is NOTHING he can say that is too much for the loons who are behind him.

[hibbing]

7. I'm not feeling real happy

I think a huge part of his attraction is his racism, and that does not make me feel real great. He has yet had to explain any specifics on anything about how he is going to make America great again. I am glad others are happy about it and certainly hope he doesn't get elected.


Peace

[Third Doctor]

8. I know how you feel.

It's disturbing that someone in this the late century can do so well with a campaign fueled by hate and bigotry. Not solid facts or legislative ideas. One would think this is the 1950s and not the 21st century.

[lancer78]

9. I think it has more to do with anger

at the current system. Your candidate is drawing upon the same anger, and is giving Clinton a hell of a run.

[William Seger]

14. No, not the "same anger"

If you watch what he says and how it affects his numbers, it's all about bigotry and scapegoating. His supporters admit that they love that he is not "politically correct," which just means that they love how he is making bigotry acceptable again.

[Grassy Knoll]

10. Good, Republicans Are Fuckups...

..And get what they deserve.

[King_Klonopin]

11. If he were running against just one other candidate, as in the case of the Dem primary,

instead of a field of 6 or 7 nit-wits, I'm not so sure Trump would be the winner.

He is winning by plurality, usually in the 35% range, and a far cry from
a convincing 50% or more voter support. The problem remains that, if
all of the deadwood dropped out of the race, leaving the "strongest"
candidate to oppose Trump, who would be the viable candidate? They are
all horrible in their own ways.

Those 35% who vote for Trump are the angriest, for sure, and the most
gullible voters in the GOP primaries. What about the other 65% ?

I saw a scroll on CNN that cited 58% of GOP caucus voters in Nevada were
"angry at the government" (because they have been brainwashed to be
angry, paranoid voter-bots by the very people who run "the gubmint".) Anger
is the motivating factor. It is no wonder that the nasty, angry, bilious jerk
is getting more votes than the others.

[Angel Martin]

12. Trump does have his moments

he came into one of the caucus rooms, took the microphone away from Glen Beck, and made an impromptu speech.
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[AxionExcel]

17. Punky Boy Beck

...waiting fruitlessly for an enobling thought to cross his mind.

[Sophiegirl]

18. Hard to call it a resounding victory

When fewer than 75,000 voted. Unless I have the numbers wrong.

[Cosmocat]

25. I caught a bit of it this morning

I could be wrong, but I thought they said he had more votes himself, alone, than had ever been cast in nevada for an R caucus.

[litlbilly]

26. Trump has proven "Idiocrocy" was indeed a documentary. He loves the poorly educated.

He actually said that,