Flint Water Crisis: This thing stinks to high Heaven. The government literally poisoned it's children to save money and could have prevented it for $100 a day. Governor Ryk Snyder has taken the now familiar leadership position of "accepting responsibility" while blaming others (see Chris Christie in Bridgegate and Hillary Clinton in Benghazi). The President said some nice words but has declined to declare it a federal disaster. Meanwhile 8,000 children under the age of 6 have been drinking water that is contaminated with lead. I don't know who but somebody needs to go to jail for this.
Hillary and Bernie: Bernie Sanders, against all odds, has made it a race in the Democratic Primary contest. The latest polls actually show him leading in Iowa and New Hampshire 11 days until the Iowa caucuses. I know I sound like a broken record, but only President Bill Clinton has lost both Iowa and New Hampshire and gone on to win the White House. A true sign that Camp Clinton is feeling the heat, they stopped being so friendly towards Sanders this week. All of the Clinton surrogates were out in full force this week and now even the candidate is mentioning Sanders by name. This has to feel like deja vu for Hillary, this primary has been eerily similar to the campaign she lost for the Democratic Primary eight years ago to then Senator Barrack Obama. My guess is the campaign gets nasty this week on the Clinton side. It will be very interesting to see if Sanders turns out to be Barrack Obama or Howard Dean.
Trump: Dumbass Donald just keeps going and going. A week ago it looked like Ted Cruz was pulling ahead in Iowa but 11 days out the smart money is still on Trump to get a win there. If Trump is legitimized by a victory in Iowa, it's hard to see anybody in the GOP stopping him from getting the nomination unless the rest of the party gets behind one candidate. I don't see that happening because everybody running in this primary seems to really dislike everybody else except for Jeb, and Jeb has no chance of winning (in case you haven't heard, he's a "low energy person". Just ask Donald). The only guy who appears to have a chance against Trump is Cruz, and everybody hates Cruz. Everybody except Sarah Palin, who actually endorsed Trump this week (more on Mama Grizzly later). With 11 days to go, my money is on Donald in Iowa.
Iowa: I've covered it a little above but the Iowa caucuses in both parties seem to be going down to the wire. It could come down to the ground game in Iowa and which campaign plays the caucus game the best. I won't pretend to know the intricacies of the Iowa caucuses, but my guess is Team Clinton is best prepared to play the game on the Democratic side and Team Cruz is best prepared on the Republican side. The fly in the ointment is that Sanders and Trump are both redefining how Presidential primaries are run. This could be the beginning of a new paradigm in Iowa. The next 11 days will be fascinating. If I had to call it right now. I see Trump winning on the GOP side and Sanders winning on the Democratic side.
Palin: Momma Grizzly made her return to the national spotlight this week with her endorsement of
Donald Trump. The one thing that always crosses my mind now when I see Palin speak is just how incredibly not bright she is. John McCain should be disqualified from ever holding national office again for putting this idiot on a ticket that would have left her one heartbeat away from being President of the United States. Nicole Wallace and Steve Schmidt should never be taken seriously as pundits again for recommending her to McCain. Palin actually blamed her son's arrest on domestic violence charges this week on PTSD he suffered serving in Iraq, and somehow managed to claim that it was all President Obama's fault. This despite the fact that her son evidently served one year in Iraq basically driving a truck back and forth and was never really put in harm's way. He also served under President Bush, not President Obama. Does this mean President Obama is responsible for the rest of her dysfunctional family as well? I'm glad to have Sarah back though, that first endorsement speech for Trump was the best piece of nonsensical drivel I've heard this campaign season, and I've listened to every Trump speech lol.
Until next week....
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