“THE DONALD” DOMINATES GOP PRIMARY, BERNIE SANDERS WINS BIG OVER HILLARY ON DEMOCRATIC SIDE …
In the first primary test of the 2016 electoral cycle, two anti-establishment insurgents scored big wins.
Or “yuge” (a.k.a. “huge”) wins, as the most colorful of the two candidates would say …
Donald Trump was the runaway winner of the New Hampshire GOP presidential primary – easily outdistancing a trio of establishment “Republicans” as well as U.S. Senator Ted Cruz of Texas, who narrowly (and controversially) won the Iowa Caucus last week. In fact Trump appeared poised to more than double up his closest competitor … a margin that should give his campaign a big boost heading into early-voting South Carolina, where he also holds a large lead in the polls.
With nearly 90 percent of the vote counted, Trump had 35.1 percent – easily outdistancing Ohio governor John Kasich (15.9 percent), Cruz (11.6 percent), former Florida governor Jeb Bush (11.1 percent), U.S. Senator Marco Rubio of Florida (10.6 percent) and New Jersey governor Chris Christie (7.5 percent).
Trump’s win was called less than five minutes after Granite State polls closed at 8:00 p.m. EST – meaning “Live Free or Die” GOP voters explicitly rebuked the advice of their party leaders.
Also called early? A big win for independent socialist U.S. Senator Bernie Sanders of Vermont, who was declared the victor of the Democratic primary over presumed 2016 Democratic nominee Hillary Clinton.
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Screw the Establishment. It is time for the people to have a say!
Correction:
It’s time for a motivated sub-set of GOP voters in primary states to have a say.
I think you will find it is more voters than you think. Time will tell.
I am surprised that Trump’s margin of victory is currently eighteen points. Did not think it will be that large. I am disappointed that Bernie did not annihilate Hillary, although the win was substantial..
As of now Trump is at 34%, when the herd thins 34% will not cut it and I don’t think he can pull much more than that.
Cruz voters and Trump voters are interchangeable, so you are not correct.
Time will tell and you could be wrong also.
I can’t see that as a valid conclusion, based on the facts
Based on what facts, polls, pundits, Trump supporters?
The GOP race would probably look different if there were only 2 people running. That’s going to be Trump’s strength – keep the 4-5 contenders running while he runs up the wins with less than 40% of the vote.
interesting — did you see how many other folks got votes on both sides — about 50!
I saw a ballot online and it had 58? names on it. Lots of people I had never heard of before.
Jelly beans? Okay, who keeps writing in Reagan?
ok, then M&M Peanuts? … gum balls?
Gum balls: a trick in the catalog used by toothless hookers.
trump won in all demographics of republican voters based on the exit polls, that is yuge
Mr. Tump is doing very well. He is showing everyone that the rules of the elites can be broken in politics and I hope in government too.
Trump v Sanders….what race!
that is when Bloomberg will step up to the plate
Do you think Biden will make a jump?
Yep
after SC?
no path for him, i think he is loosing sleep over misreading the american electorate, he had a much better chance than he thought
interesting ….
Agree 100%.
feel the Bern….
https://store.berniesanders.com/collections/feel-the-bern
“Feel the Burn!”
What Bernie says before he directs an F35 to drop some napalm on brown people.
http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2016/02/09/bernie-sanders-loves-this-1-trillion-war-machine.html
Sanders/Warren 2016!!!!!!!
Wonder if Nikki Haley will endorsee Marco now? He had a disappointing day in NH.
Rubio doesn’t need Mother Nikki now (see my post yesterday) because he got his spanking today in New Hampshire.
I am excited about the Trump candidacy. I think he will shake up Washington DC and that is exactly what we need!
They should rename the state,New Hamster.
to bad south gerbilina just does’nt have the same ring
Sassy Cockland?
on the right track
Trump is a commanding presence in this election. Amazing he has doubled his nearest competitor.
i’m listening to him now, he is winning, i have been on the record saying that, he still making fucking clowns out of the republican party, he is really smart, but his voters are clowns
Your arrogance is not appealing.
good, i don’t ever want to meet you or have anything to do with you
i am crushed.
there is hope, there are other men, i’m sure you will find other men, i’m sure you are cute, your dance card will fill up
Donald T is about the learn how nasty the SC insiders can be. They are going to fight him tooth and nail and will do what it takes to DUMP TRUMP.
That is true, they will, but they won’t succeed.
Watching Hillary’s speech is like watching someone that is very angry.
Blown away by Trump winning the youth vote. They have all spent lots of time in Massachusetts and are not yokels. To me, that is the most important fact of then right.
At this minute, Trump still has fewer votes than Clinton.
Meaningless comment.
it meant enough to you to comment
Makes one wonder, does it not. It may be one of the eternal questions for the ages.
man i really wish i could get on the same page, truely i hate it but i can’t smoke pot anymore, so i cant be on the same page
Clinton is really only running against 1 other contender, vs 5 others Trump is running against, so the vote dilution makes the statistic not applicable.
Watching Sanders’s speech and he still doesn’t say how WE will pay for his freebies.
Let me cut the suspense for you.
You pay for it.
what did you think of Hillary’s speach?
Look a little further.
Predictable, though I think I heard her fart. Or maybe is was a passing 747.
if i want to waste my time with an idiot, i’ll ask you a question, idcydm i think it was one of her best speeches so far, Bernie is beloved, for her to win she will have treat him with kid gloves.
yo moma wears army boots.
and if you could walk a mile in her shoes one day, you could end up being somebody
i have no desire to birth genetically challenged booboos.
so i have limbs on my family tree don’t hold it against me, few are so pure to have a telephone pole as a family tree
— ??? —
He put out a plan a few weeks back – higher taxes on individuals, corps and wall street. Will never happen while the GOP is the majority in congress. So they are empty promises. Like some of the nonsense Trump proposes – won’t fly in the house or senate.
1st Guy: “Hey, man …. What’s going on with all this fuss and confusion in the primary today?”
2nd Guy: “Well, it’s as though they’re saying the government can’t carry out the thingamajig without a clear whatdoyacallit. And unless the
thingamyob is put right the whole thing will bust up. Have you not heard about it?”
1st Guy: “I’ve heard about it, but I didn’t know any of the details ‘til now.”
Make Mexico pay for it.
Donald says wall is going to solve the nation’s drug problem too. Hmm – I doubt that.
Trump’s speech is what I expected a lot of I, I, I.
Did you hear, the Clinton machine is saying Hillary came in second and Sanders came in second to last.
post a link, if her campaign is that stupid, she should loose
Come on stumpknocker get off the stump, even I don’t think she is that stupid
i am chagrined
You are not.
you are calling me a liar, typical conservative dogma
I am not.
what part of “You are not” am i misunderstanding?
Come on you hit me back first.
and you got the better of it and i admitted it ” chagrined” and then you keep chewing my ass
I sorry.
delete this^, respect has won the day, and most poster don’t deserve to read that.
What if the blacks in SC don’t come out in droves? She could lose, or is it loose?
WHY? Carson needs to go too.
Carly Fiorina, who was in the bottom tier of candidates in the early returns from New Hampshire on Tuesday, pledged to continue her presidential bid.
“I am convinced this is my highest calling as a leader,” she said, speaking at her primary night party at a Manchester country club alongside her husband, Frank. “You have given me the energy and the determination and the wind at our backs as we continue this fight.”
I guess HP wasn’t a big enough ship to run into an iceberg….
I don’t see any dirt on the HP Printer I just purchased. HP survived, a lot of them didn’t.
“All these delegates for me?” “No, those are candidates, friend.”
“My father was just itching for a political office.”
“Did he get over it?”
“Yep. They scratched him at the polls.”
“My father was a great politician in his day.”
“Oh, yeah, what did he run for?”
“The state line!”
“These days, the only time politicians tell the truth is when they call each other a liar.” ~Alfred E. Neuman
“Senator Bluster, what’s the election today for?”
“Well, it is to determine whether we shall have a convention to nominate delegates who
will be voted on as to whether they will attend a caucus which will decide
whether we shall have a primary to determine whether the people want to vote on
this same question again next year.”
“Elections are when people find out what politicians stand for and politicians find out what people will fall for.” ~Alfred E, Neuman
I like this one!
Twitter and Snapchat beat K-Street and Madison Avenue.
Guess Nikki has her edorsement ready for Kasich now.