Anonymous wrote:The problem is that the Republicans have created such an anti-government, anti-establishment base that every effort to "stop Trump" is interpreted by the Republican base as a sign that he is a threat to the "Washington insiders" they despise so much.

The GOP is reaping what it has sown for the last 25 years, and the latest poll:

Donald Trump now holds 48 percent support of registered Republicans and Republican-leaners, according to the NBC News|SurveyMonkey Weekly Election Tracking poll.

This is more than 20 points higher than his second-place competitor, Ted Cruz — who now enjoys 27 percent support. John Kasich got a boost of 2 points this week and holds third place with 18 percent support.

The question in the Republican race, however, is no longer whether Trump is the clear front-runner, but whether he will reach the magic delegate number of 1,237.

Anonymous wrote:The Post is calling it an arrest.

Anonymous wrote:His communication manager resigned with a public letter about how awful he is.

Anonymous wrote:His communication manager resigned with a public letter about how awful he is.

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Anonymous wrote:His campaign manager was arrested for battery on the Breitbart reporter at the rally in Florida.

He was charged with battery and has a court date on May 4th. I guarantee if he had jerked a man and threw him to the ground and left bruises, that man would have gotten up and kicked his ass. What a brute! I am so glad they have Lewandowski on film pulling the reporter. And by the way before you say the film was staged, it was provided by the police.

He won't be arrested, no doubt. But his ass should be given a very, very, very hefty fine.

Anonymous wrote:The Post is calling it an arrest.

Anonymous wrote:For many voters who are not idealogues on either side of the spectrum, the problem is that the available alternatives are just not attractive.

We have two seriously flawed candidates - whether it is Trump/Cruz or Hillary Clinton.

Anonymous wrote:For many voters who are not idealogues on either side of the spectrum, the problem is that the available alternatives are just not attractive.

We have two seriously flawed candidates - whether it is Trump/Cruz or Hillary Clinton.

Anonymous wrote:https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/asia_pacific/in-japan-and-south-korea-bewilderment-at-trumps-suggestion-they-build-nukes/2016/03/28/03eb2ace-f50e-11e5-958d-d038dac6e718_story.html

Two points...
Of course Japan and South Korea are bewildered at the idea of spending more on their own defense. We have spent decades teaching them that we will protect them...why should they bother?

Once again Trump opponents (especially the press) exaggerate,,,"Now, does that mean nuclear? It could mean nuclear." It COULD mean nuclear. But the press and the liberal foreign leaders read this as a Trump pronouncement for building nukes. He's just suggesting a possibility. No big deal.

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Anonymous wrote:Maybe its just high hopes for me, but given the shift to more serious issues, like foreign policy, trade, etc, I feel like the Trump campaign is cracking a little. In his interviews, he sounds less and less lucid and makes pretty much no sense. Also, his comments on current events, like Brussels are just so out of touch with reality.

Are other people seeing this or is it just my (hopeful) imagination?

It is your wishful thinking. He did an hour long interview with NYT on foreign policy recently. He has lots of new ideas that make sense. Millions of Americans understand his policies and agree with him. He is on track to win 50% of the delegates in a field of 17.

Anonymous wrote:It is your wishful thinking. He did an hour long interview with NYT on foreign policy recently. He has lots of new ideas that make sense. Millions of Americans understand his policies and agree with him. He is on track to win 50% of the delegates in a field of 17.

Donald Trump’s suggestion that South Korea and Japan should have their own nuclear arsenals so they can protect themselves — and so the United States doesn’t have to — has been met with bewilderment in the region.

Government officials on all three sides stressed that there would be no change in the alliance, while newspapers shook their editorial heads.

“We are dumbfounded at such myopic views of a leading candidate in the U.S. presidential race, who tries to approach such critical issues only from the perspective of expenses,” the JoongAng Ilbo, one of South Korea’s biggest newspapers, said in a punchy editorial. “Trump must refrain from his penny-wise and pound-foolish approach.”

The left-leaning Hankyoreh urged President Park Geun-hye’s administration to protest. “The South Korean government needs to express its firm opposition to Trump’s foreign policy plan, which constitutes a threat to security on the Korean Peninsula,” the paper said, warning that Trump’s comments could complicate efforts to persuade North Korea to abandon its nuclear weapons program.