Much like the battle at Thermopylae Donald Trump chose the political landscape which removes the Jeb Bush numerical advantage. And today he just hit the lead general right where it hurts: As we shared yesterday, Trump has three audiences. In this example he just nailed Jeb in his most exposed vulnerability.

[…] Donald Trump is talking to Wall Street. Like the RNC, Trump knows full well the preferred candidate for Wall Street is Jeb Bush. He needs to make their support for Bush a losing proposition; no-one on Wall Street likes to lose...


http://theconservativetreehouse.com...sh-deep-inside-the-wall-street-fortress/


Trump seems to be kicking Jeb squarely in the nutsack on a daily basis. The RNC can't be too happy about that!

The RNC/GOP has bought and paid for the nominee already (Jeb). When the gloves really come off, Trump will expose what corruption REALLY looks like and WHO is pulling the chains.

Good stuff. <SNIP> Previously, while campaigning in New Hampshire, Trump sent a message to the RNC warning them he knows how, why and who the RNC/GOPe roadmap is financing within the election to attain their specific goals.<SNIP>

Next step will be to expose the Democratic roadmap....but hey, not sure who will listen to that sordid tale.

it reminds one of a David vs. Goliath confrontation.

I expect Trump will come out ok.

Very telling. Thanks for posting.

Crackin' up here in the swamps.

Vulgarian Dan

That is very good thing.

loving it

give 'em hell Trump

btw, that article also spells out why Trump would go 3rd party due to the rules changes designed to keep a Jeb Bush as a the party nominee - they just didn't imagine that someone would be trouncing their appointed guy in the polls.

Trump leads in NH and SC by an average of +19. He already led in FL. He's got people begging to do his campaign work in Iowa, where everyone else seems to be slipping.

And in the last 48 hours, he's effectively slapped down the political consultant class AND Wall Street, while also sending a second direct hit at the GOP establishment's money machine!

Counting Trump out is a mistake. I think he's actually going to go all the way.

That article EXACTLY highlights what is wrong with our entire system of government anymore.

It is getting to the point that these bastards don't even care if they lose elections because they know that if they toe the line for a term or two and provide key votes on an issue or two, they will be rewarded with a high six figure or more salary that will catapult them squarely into the DGAF class of people. It is impossible to counter that sort of temptation with mere integrity or heartfelt goodwill. Particularly, when in the first six month of his term every junior congressman discovers just how bad the parliament of whores to which he has been elected really is.

It has gotten to the point that being a moderately successful politician is a much surer way to wealth and financial security than business. Really, any sort of government employment these days means better than average wealth and much better security.

I think he could win the primary, maybe, but will he win the general election? Not very confident of that at all.

That's what's fun about Trump. He is a high stakes gambler and absolutely reckless. WTH knows?

The Shadow knows.

Yes and agree on Trump, but the player in this game is the voting public which I have lost all confidence in, especially after 2012

That's all well and good. My issue with this sort of stuff is that Jeb ain't the enemy. Trump ain't the enemy. Neither is Walker, Christie, Carly, or any of the other GOP candidates. HILLARY is the enemy. Warren is the enemy. Phooking attack them. Don't canniablize each other. that's doing the Dems dirty work for them.

Remember "Vulture Capitalism". Dems didn't come up with that but it stuck. Do too much of this sort of schist and you'll get Hillary.

Conservatives are so amped up after 7 years of Obama that for a change they are willing to fight for something. I say it's about time, but Conservatives better get a clear picure of who the enemy really is.

No doubt, but you never know with voters, especially the young crowd. They tend to turn like the wind and all go in one direction.

They sure as fugg are!

http://theconservativetreehouse.com...ohues-achilles-heel-intensely-strategic/


The GOP/RNC is just as bad as the Demonrats. It's ALL about control, power, and $$.

Trump hasn't even begun to take Dims to the woodshed.

This.

like so many other posters on here, when I'm feeling cynical and sarcastic, I ask myself what is Hillary good for? then, I ask myself what are the republicans good for? what have they or the demo's ever done for me? and the answer is pretty clear.

the dems do block vote. the repubs not so much.

if the future is like the past, I won't be better off no matter which wing of the consortium wins. but new faces aren't as boring as old faces.

(meanwhile, the Spanish speaking ad continues to do audibles while I type away).

I say it all the time ...the R's need to put the boots to the dems...the dems DO NOT tear each not her down ,I just seen it again on the Sunday talk shows, malloy an Bernie could easily shoot hilldabeast in the foot...but
They don't
WHY are the R's so stupid???????

That is all too Machiavellian for me to wholehearted buy.





The process is a little less focused than that.

First of all, the GOP leadership doesn't as much which GOP candidate gets elected President, as long as it IS a GOP candidate. Sure, Trump might not be the favorite with them, because he may not be easy to work and his big mouth that people love as a candidate will provide plenty of fuel for the Left to attack. Make no mistake, they will take Trump over any Dem.

Pre-anoint Bush? I'm not buying it. Newt Gingrich explained all of this nearly 25 years ago. He was a relatively unknown GOP Rep from Georgia, and from my District. I went to him just get the scoop on how things in DC really work. He was very happy to do so, and used the then recent '92 election as an example.

As he put, the Dems had no shot at beating GHWB in '91. He was wildly popular after the Gulf War and the foiled assignation attempt by Saddam, and was in for an easy re-election.

The Dems did what parties do without a clear front runner-they round up the usual suspects - Governors, Senators, Representatives, and anyone else with a name. They throw them onto the campaign trail and observe who gets traction.

In '92, two miraculous (for the Dems) things happened. The economy slowed, and then Pat Bucahnnan and H. Ross Perot started slinging mud and an incumbent President. They weakened him, and then Perot did the Third Party thing.

In the mean time, Iowa and New Hampshire came and went, and Bill Clinton, unknown and unheard of, smiled and bullschitted his way to the front of the Dem pack. He came out of a pack of, Jerry Brown, Paul Tsongas, Bob Kerry, Tom Harkins. Gore, Benson, Coumo, Moynahan and others wanted no part of GHWB.

Clinton smiled and smoothly told the Dems that GHWB sucked and he "had a plan" for the economy and everything else. He let Buchanan and Perot savage GHWB and by the time the campaign got going after the conventions, GHWB was dead in the water.

Both Parties now are rounding up the usual suspects and are waiting to see who gets traction in Iowa and New Hampshire and then ride the hot hand.

Dems did that in '08 with Obama. He showed promise after New Hampshire and Iowa and the money and the endorsements came pouring in, but they all waited to see who the people would flock to.

Same here. I don't see another Bush ever getting elected. That brand is done and I can't see the GOP going overboard to make it happen. If the people like him, then they will back him just like any other front runner.

Now is precisely the time to be hammering out these things.

The time for unity against democrats and liberals is the general election.

Sorry, no comprende. I am too young to understand this reference.

the shadow knows it's going to take more than a few old angry white man to put a new pres into the whitehouse.

it'll take a lot of help. from whom, I have no clue. but they're out there. we just have to find them and get them to the polls on the right day, whether rainy and cold, or clear and dry.

We could try the Democratic tactic and dig them up somewhere....

Jeb wants to open the borders and he's not the enemy?

that tactic has or seemingly has worked in the past for that particular group.

one would hope that honesty, integrity and straight forward fairness would work. but apparently, not so much.

what is the base case? we have to have 50 percent of the vote plus one. well, not exactly but that's a close approximation.

fits like a glove with a book I recently read .
"Family of Secrets" by Russ Baker

...anyone heard from Manuel Noriega lately?

That's not strictly true. Remember Hillary was the original birther. Unfortunately, even then, she was so unpopular amongst Democrats that it never got traction.

There is a huge, but simple, difference between us an them. They don't GAF who their candidate is, or what they do, as long as they beat us. Their lives (or at least their checks) depend on it.

We have conscience.

There path is easy. Our path is hard.

....and 'nice guys' finish last..

Anything that harms jeb is good. Keep slinging arrows, rocks, whatever, just keep pounding the rovite RINO pricks.

I agree; Jeb is just another version of Hillary. He is NOT a conservative in the least!!!

I'm down with that.