The Future President, Donald Trump

When it comes to books in the world of 2016 GOP presidential frontrunner Donald Trump, "nothing beats the Bible." No, not even his second favorite book which he wrote himself, The Art of the Deal.

While political scientists and other experts continue to insist Trump will not win the Republican nomination, he’s converted at least one high-profile skeptic.

GOP pollster Frank Luntz had dismissed Trump from the start, and declared after the first presidential debate that his campaign was doomed.

But after convening a focus group on Monday evening, in which Trump supporters showed an unflappable allegiance, Luntz changed his tune.

“This is real. I’m having trouble processing,” he said, according to Time.

“I want to put the Republican leadership behind this mirror and let them see. They need to wake up. They don’t realize how the grassroots have abandoned them,” he added.

Polling experts, including Marist College’s Lee Miringoff, say Trump is weathering political storms that would doom other candidates because his appeal is more about attitude than ideology.

While many of Trump’s supporters identify as strong conservatives, some of the policies he’s proposed — including increased spending on the border and higher taxes on the wealthy — have prompted accusations from rivals, like former Fla. Gov. Jeb Bush, that he isn’t a true conservative.

Miringoff said he doesn’t expect those attacks to stick.

“This is the next step of the Tea Party — someone who can tap into the sentiment that people have about all the frustration and turn it into, ‘We are going to make America great again,’” he said.

“This is not a policy paper.

Sarah Palin will interview Donald Trump and Jeb Bush on Friday night on the One America News Network, the former Alaska governor announced on her Facebook page.
Palin, who is serving as a guest host for the channel's "On Point" program, also blasted the media for asking Trump about his favorite Bible verse.
In a Wednesday interview with Bloomberg's Mark Halperin and John Heilemann, Trump declined to name a Bible verse, saying it was too personal and that he didn't want to get into specifics.
"Lamestream media asks GOP personal, spiritual 'gotchas' that they'd NEVER ask Hillary," Palin wrote.
"By the way, even with my reading scripture everyday I wouldn't want to answer the guy's question either ... it's none of his business; it IS personal; what the heck does it have to do with serving as commander-in-chief; and these reporters trying to trip up conservatives can go pound sand until they ask the same things of their favored liberal pals," she continued.
Palin will also interview Bush on Friday night in a separate segment, where he will discuss his ebook "Reply All."
One America is a conservative news channel, though it does not have wide distribution or viewership. It is currently available in about 12 million U.S. households, about a tenth the reach of channels like Fox News or CNN, though One America often posts its videos online as well.
Palin and Trump have a long running and positive relationship, as both appeal to a part of the electorate who often feels left out. Trump has previously said he'd support Palin running for president, and when he announced his own candidacy has said he'd consider appointing Palin to his cabinet. When Trump said Sen. John McCain was not a "war hero," Palin, who was McCain's running mate, declined to criticize Trump. Trump has even dipped into the Palin staff pool, hiring a former top aide to Palin, Michael Glassner, as political director.


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Pretty good chance this will be worth the time investment to watch regardless of the viewers politics, and not necessarily for news but maybe.

We need to remember that it one year to the convention, eight months to the primaries season to start.

He'll be a foot note by August.

hawkeye10 wrote:

Pretty good chance this will be worth the time investment to watch regardless of the viewers politics, and not necessarily for news but maybe.

Why? Is it being shown on comedy central?

We need to remember that it one year to the convention, eight months to the primaries season to start.

He'll be a foot note by August.

I'm afraid you may be vastly underestimating the depth of feeling that Trump has stirred,