Quote: ThirstyMan wrote in post #1

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By Josh Voorhees, Feb 20, 2016

Donald Trump won twice on Saturday night—first when he was declared the winner of the South Carolina primary, then again an hour later, when Jeb Bush announced he was ending his candidacy.

Jeb had vowed to fight on regardless of the outcome in South Carolina, but he faced increasing pressure from within the Republican Party to drop out of the race, in the hope that Marco Rubio can consolidate enough non-Trump support to win the nomination. Saturday’s returns only added insult to Jeb’s injury: With more than 80 percent of precincts reporting, Bush was in a distant fourth place, with roughly 8 percent of the vote—only a few tenths of a point ahead of John Kasich, who didn’t spend nearly as much time or money in the state as Bush did, and about two points ahead of Ben Carson. “The people of Iowa and New Hampshire and South Carolina have spoken," Bush said Saturday evening, "and so tonight I am suspending my campaign."

Bush began 2015 as the de facto favorite for the Republican nomination, thanks to his family name and the vast sums he was able to raise because of it. But none of that seemed to matter in a campaign that continues to be dominated by Trump, who at times seemed as interested in making Jeb’s life a living hell as in actually campaigning. The billionaire delighted in branding Bush a “low energy” candidate, pointing out his lackluster polling, and criticizing his brother’s presidential legacy. Jeb was slow to realize the threat posed by Trump’s, um, nontraditional campaign strategy, and by the time he did there was little he could do about it.

Trump wasn’t the only one who had a hand in Jeb’s defeat. Rubio, Bush’s former protégé, decimated him on the debate stage this past fall, creating the “Jeb is doomed” narrative that eventually became a reality. Bush was forced to compete in a crowded “establishment lane” with Rubio, Kasich, and (until recently) Chris Christie, the latter two of whom also touted their gubernatorial experience on the stump. And Jeb himself never quite decided whether to run towards or away from his brother’s record until it was too late.

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http://www.slate.com/blogs/the_slatest/2...h_carolina.html


What I find interesting is how the moniker "establishment" candidate has taken root so quickly and undeniably. What happened to the "Tea Party" label? It's gone. I say good riddance! We now have the establishment wing of the Republican Party [Bush Rubio, Kasich, Christie] and the establishment wing of the Democrat Party [Hillary]. The use of language is so key in triggering the way people think and so Trump's ability to make passe the use of that label has been a HUGE plus. "The Tea Party" had become one of those knee-jerk terms used by the Left. It was the offspring of the Bush Derangement Syndrome. I think it's best we leave it in the past. We seem to be winning the war without being effectively isolated by that term. TM

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One of the things I admire about Trump is the way he has used of the tools of the left against them.

Another concept that has wormed its way into the mainstream is the concept of using immigration and trade for the benefit of the US, not the world.