Will Rubio hold on 'til his final reel, where he gets overrun in Florida?
As a last public service in this election cycle I think Rubio should appear at the Thursday night debate in Miami, moon Trump, pants Trump, and then endorse Kasich as the True Voice of the GOPe.
If that can't put Cruz over the top in Florida, forget it.
A random thought. Trump has now won the state that Romney was Governor of and the state Romney considered home.
LOL!
Posted by: Threadkiller | March 09, 2016 at 08:46 AM
Hello Wednesday!
Posted by: Jeff Dobbs | March 09, 2016 at 08:46 AM
Rubio should do some more hand jive.
Posted by: Threadkiller | March 09, 2016 at 08:46 AM
Not quite first!
Posted by: Theo | March 09, 2016 at 08:48 AM
Not first...again.
Posted by: Rafael Cruise | March 09, 2016 at 08:49 AM
Rubio, oh Rubio, wherefore art thou Rubio?
Posted by: Theo | March 09, 2016 at 08:50 AM
If Rubio plans to run for Governor, he really should drop out rather than be humiliated.
Posted by: Jane | March 09, 2016 at 08:53 AM
http://www.cnn.com/2016/03/09/opinions/trump-and-hitler-kohn/index.html
Posted by: Threadkiller | March 09, 2016 at 08:53 AM
Cruise on first?
Posted by: squaredance | March 09, 2016 at 08:54 AM
Ot, truth had a making of airplane and it showed how producing the thing, with three directors, to coaxing the black actor's inventing jive, was.
Posted by: narciso | March 09, 2016 at 08:54 AM
Top of the page at Drudge:

Posted by: Threadkiller | March 09, 2016 at 08:57 AM
538 (3/9/16):
Who’s On Track For The Nomination?
Percent of Current Targets:
Trump 106%
Cruz 69%
Rubio 41%
In order to stay on pace, Trump outperformed in all 4 states yesterday, Cruz outperformed in 1 and under performed in 3. Rubio...horrible, but at this point he should stay in it until convention.
http://projects.fivethirtyeight.com/election-2016/delegate-targets/
Posted by: psa | March 09, 2016 at 08:59 AM
I was pointing out on the other thread, how sasse and Scott and cotton were at that fnork gathering.
Posted by: narciso | March 09, 2016 at 09:02 AM
I guess everyone is shocked by the Michigan results, but no one has really figured out why it happened or what it means to Rodham
Posted by: Theo | March 09, 2016 at 09:02 AM
They don't like her, specially in Midwestern states, to use an example from andrimeda strain, she thrives in a narrow band of ph.
Posted by: narciso | March 09, 2016 at 09:04 AM
Michigan/ Hilligula = Waterloo/Bonaparte
Posted by: NK | March 09, 2016 at 09:05 AM
I think that one of the big surprises in Michigan is that she only won blacks by a 65/31 margin. In other contests she has racked up something close to 90%.
Posted by: Theo | March 09, 2016 at 09:07 AM
what was black Dem turnout % in Mich. What was total dem turnout compared to 2008?
Posted by: NK | March 09, 2016 at 09:09 AM
The other interesting thing about the Michigan Dem race was age -- every age group went decidedly for one candidate or the other. Younger voters, up to age 40, were totally feeling the Bern. Over 40 were for Hillary and the Medicare eligible crowd really wanted Rodham.
Posted by: Theo | March 09, 2016 at 09:10 AM
Black turnout in Michigan in 2016 was 23% of the total vote.
Posted by: Theo | March 09, 2016 at 09:11 AM
Black turnout may have been a factor too. I do not have the data. But what we do know is that Black turnout FOR SANDERS was higher than expected based on prior races.
Posted by: Theo | March 09, 2016 at 09:13 AM
In Mississippi on the same night, Rodham got 89% of the black vote. She got 65% in Michigan. If she had gotten anywhere close to 89% of the black vote in Michigan, she would have won.
The question is why did she fall off so far among African Americans?
Posted by: Theo | March 09, 2016 at 09:15 AM
How many participants are in the sample that your data is coming from, Theo?
The whole thing sounds like a version of the Bradley effect.
Posted by: Threadkiller | March 09, 2016 at 09:21 AM
Treating any constituent group as monolithic is a trap the GOP gets sucked into by the likes of Teh Architect. Blacks in Meatchicken are surely more liberal than those in Mississippi.
Posted by: Captain Hate | March 09, 2016 at 09:23 AM
Doc brown is running her over with the delorean
Posted by: narciso | March 09, 2016 at 09:24 AM
I know there are a lot of March birthdays at JOM, so I thought this might be timely:
If March 9 is your birthday . . . Happy Birthday !
Famous people born on March 9 include:
1454 Amerigo Vespucci (explorer, cartographer)
1824 Leland Stanford, (railroad baron, CA. Governor/U.S. Senator, founded Stanford Univ.)
1890 Vyacheslav Molotov (Russian politician)
1910 Samuel Barber (American composer)
1918 Mickey Spillane (author)
1934 Yuri Gagarin (USSR astronaut)
1940 Raúl Juliá (actor)
1942 John (JJ) Cale (musician, composer, singer, record producer)
1943 Bobby Fischer (world chess champion)
1960 Linda Fiorentino (actress)
1964 Juliette Binoche (actress, artist, dancer)
1983 Clint Dempsey (U.S. soccer player)
1984 Julia Mancuso (U.S. Olympic gold medalist, skiing )
and about *TWO DOZEN* other composers who are 'very, fairly, somewhat, or just barely famous.' :)
On this day in history:
The first Barbie Doll was produced. (1959)
The first Ford Mustang was produced. (1964)
Eastern Air Lines filed for bankruptcy. (1989)
March 9th is also:
National Meatball Day (U.S.)
Feast of Saint Frances of Rome (Catholic Church)
Posted by: Michael (fpa Patriot4Freedom) | March 09, 2016 at 09:24 AM
So thenpoll Rick trumpets, shows trump tied with Rubio inhead to head, against red queen.
Posted by: narciso | March 09, 2016 at 09:28 AM
CH --
But blacks almost always do vote monolithic ally. The reasons are not that hard to figure out -- as a minority group they tend to want to use unity and cohesion to maximize their overall strength. But why not now?
Posted by: Theo | March 09, 2016 at 09:30 AM
Any Republican not named Trump should do well against her.
Posted by: Theo | March 09, 2016 at 09:31 AM
1946, showed how precarious the aftermath of the good war was, from the scarcity in the UK all the way to china, where the coms had arrange a yenan truce with Japan.
Posted by: narciso | March 09, 2016 at 09:31 AM
This guy I follow on Twitter who is a big Hillary fan is saying some dems thought she had it in the bag so voted against Trump in the GOP primary.
This would not seem to explain the drop in black support, however.
Posted by: Miss Marple 2 | March 09, 2016 at 09:33 AM
All right....we're up to 272 early voters here in NC aged 100 and above.
Of those, 197 are Dems.
#NoShenanigans #MoveAlong #NothingToSeeHere
Posted by: Jeff Dobbs | March 09, 2016 at 09:33 AM
Those vaunted getting circles were like Valentine and winthorp's crop report.
Posted by: narciso | March 09, 2016 at 09:35 AM
Meanwhile, Mr. T showing about a million times more class than Obama:
http://www.bizpacreview.com/2016/03/08/mr-t-posts-heartfelt-tributes-to-honor-friend-nancy-reagan-i-will-never-forget-her-314556
Posted by: Miss Marple 2 | March 09, 2016 at 09:36 AM
Local radio guy, who has been railing against Trump for some time, finds the notion that he would lose Hillary to be pure fiction.
Posted by: Threadkiller | March 09, 2016 at 09:38 AM
Why would a hard core Hillary fan vote AGAINST Trump in the primary?
I just do not buy that argument. It sounds like an excuse.
The issue about black support is a critical one for Herself in the general election. The issue is (I think) not whether any significant number of blacks will vote Republican, but how many blacks will turn out for Rodham. The less they like her in the primary, the less likely they are to turn out in the general.
Posted by: Theo | March 09, 2016 at 09:41 AM
Wow, I did not realize that connection with Mr. T, nor did I understand how honorable he was. How wonderful. Made my day.
Posted by: squaredance | March 09, 2016 at 09:44 AM
sqaredance,
I remember him appearing with her in the "Just Say No" campaign. He was, of course, a Big Deal celebrity in the 1980's.
I am so glad to see he remembered her fondly and with respect.
Posted by: Miss Marple 2 | March 09, 2016 at 09:46 AM
Theo:
Why would a hard core Hillary fan vote AGAINST Trump in the primary?
Makes more sense to argue they crossed over to vote FOR Trump (his crossover appeal is going to be yuge).
As mentioned last night, according to exits, 7% of the MI vote in the R primary were self-identified Democrats. No way of knowing how many were pro Trump crossovers vs Hillary's got it locked up crossovers (or other categories).
But for the record, Bernie's margin of victory was 1.6%
Posted by: Jeff Dobbs | March 09, 2016 at 09:47 AM
http://www.nationalreview.com/article/431778/marco-rubio-ted-cruz-stop-donald-trump
Jonah Goldberg again demonstrates he doesn't understand the voting public, suggesting a Rubio-Cruz (NOT Cruz-Rubio) ticket is the only way to stop Trump.
Seriously, I wonder if he ever travels outside of Manhattan and DC.
Posted by: Miss Marple 2 | March 09, 2016 at 09:49 AM
Twiiter having a field day with last night's Trump infomercial. Trump steaks from Bush Bros. Trump water from company that will label their bottled water for anyone. Trump magazine - long gone - only annual glossy brochure for Mar a Lago. Etc. Etc. Etc.
Posted by: Centralcal on iPad | March 09, 2016 at 09:50 AM
I've stated in the past how gutless the GOP has been for not challenging the black voting results which fly in the face of reality in a country where 60% is considered a landslide. Whether it's because of TK's consent decree or something else, it's a rotten situation that remains unaddressed.
Posted by: Captain Hate | March 09, 2016 at 09:50 AM
Total votes: 1.4Mish Repub, 1.1Mish Dem. More Repb votes in Mich.... amazing.
Posted by: NK | March 09, 2016 at 09:51 AM
If it's Trump v. Cankles, I can see lots of Bernie supporters staying home. Some will even go Trump.
If it's Cruz v. Cankles, I think that changes. I think your average Bernie voter will want to stop Cruz (they certainly won't cross over and vote for him).
The #neverhillary crowd may hurt Cruz more than the #nevertrump crowd hurts Trump.
Posted by: BlueOx | March 09, 2016 at 09:51 AM
I guess Jonah would remain in the room in a Rubio bunker vid.
Posted by: henry | March 09, 2016 at 09:51 AM
Ppm jonah' rolling, let him be deluded in his own way, maverick was probably boosted by dems the first time around, btw eventually you're going to need some democrats no matter what Mustafa (rove) says.
Posted by: narciso | March 09, 2016 at 09:52 AM
They don't recognize what a mass movement is, with fnorks or their top men.
Posted by: narciso | March 09, 2016 at 09:55 AM
But blacks almost always do vote monolithic ally.
I think part of the blame for that has to come back to the genius political consultants and GOP staffers. There HAVE to be wedge issues where the GOP can split groups of black voters off, or at least force the Dems to address those issues in ways that hurt them with other parts of their electorate; but the genuises either can't figure out what they are, can't effectively exploit them, or simply aren't even trying.
Posted by: James D | March 09, 2016 at 09:55 AM
MM:
Jonah Goldberg again demonstrates he doesn't understand the voting public, suggesting a Rubio-Cruz (NOT Cruz-Rubio) ticket is the only way to stop Trump.
That article is from 2/24, Miss Marple. After Nevada, but before Super Tuesday. Of course Rubio was more viable back then - he had just beaten Cruz in both SC and NV.
Articles like that have a shelf-life no longer than the time between when it is written and the next primary.
Posted by: Jeff Dobbs | March 09, 2016 at 09:56 AM
He's repeating the same argument on varney now.
Posted by: narciso | March 09, 2016 at 09:57 AM
I was a Reagan democrat who never went back, remained GOP my entire voting life since 1980.
Democrats will consider a GOP candidate when they feel like the candidate is their only hope.
In 1980, it was the Iran hostage crisis, the Panama Canal giveaway, the 18% mortgage interest, unemployment, decimated military, and obnoxious Carter telling us the USA was no longer a super power.
In 2016, we have Benghazi, ISIS, unemployment in manufacturing and mining, Common Core, Black Lives Matter, and illegal immigration.
I would bet there are a lot of democrats who will go for Trump, whom they feel like they know. Cruz would have to work a lot harder to make his case.
Posted by: Miss Marple 2 | March 09, 2016 at 09:59 AM
James, the Uniparty has decided amnesty is good and they'll make up the selling points on the fly.
Posted by: Captain Hate | March 09, 2016 at 10:02 AM
I used to like Jonah Goldberg. But the post linked above is just garbage, plain and simple.
While a queue for allotments of blame would be longer than a Great Depression breadline, the person at the head of it is Ted Cruz.
Uh, no, Jonah. The head of the line is the GOP leadership that created a vaccum for Trump to fill by ignoring the issues that animated their base for, well, years.
And once Trump started to gain traction, rather than try to learn from him, co-opt his issues, adopt some of the tactics he was having success with, they first pretended he'd collapse of his own accord or people would get bored with him, or whatever. And of course they didn't.
Posted by: James D | March 09, 2016 at 10:02 AM
NK,
Can a meaningful extrapolation be made from Michigan turnout when Clinton is husbanding resources for a bum fight general? It's not as if she's actually concerned about the nomination.
Posted by: Rick Ballard | March 09, 2016 at 10:04 AM
And once Trump started to gain traction, rather than try to learn from him, co-opt his issues, adopt some of the tactics he was having success with, they first pretended he'd collapse of his own accord or people would get bored with him, or whatever. And of course they didn't.
Yes, James and additionally they insulted and demeaned his voters at every possible opportunity which was SUCH a winning strategy!!!
Posted by: Momto2 | March 09, 2016 at 10:09 AM
The fact that 1.1M Dem votes cast and she loses, is a huge tell. Her only constituency is Old White Libs and cronies. She'd get fewer votes nationally than John S McCain.
Posted by: NK | March 09, 2016 at 10:09 AM
The most interesting man in the world is being retired.
Posted by: Ignatz Ratzkiwatzki | March 09, 2016 at 10:12 AM
Goodbye 60s Interesting Man. I guess it is time for 77yo Jon Goldsmith to retire. He had a great 10 year run though.
Posted by: NK | March 09, 2016 at 10:17 AM
Well she should be, or as a bourbon she's learned nothing from the last go around.
Posted by: narciso | March 09, 2016 at 10:18 AM
The Sanders' Progs will turn out for Hillary--true some will sit it out, but not enough to matter, and they will likely be in solid Blue states anyway.
It is probably true that there are "Trump Democrats" that will come over for him, but is it enough to matter? MM is right that Cruz will have an uphill battle with these folks.
I guess the key question here is how many of these "Trump Democrats" (and independents too) are in the "Battleground States".
(and heaven know what sort of "October Surprise" we will get out of the Dems this years. I may be the greatest Oct. Surprise ever.)
Do enough Americans see the truth? Are enough fed up?
Time will tell.
Posted by: squaredance | March 09, 2016 at 10:18 AM
MM: I must have not been paying attention to such things back then. I completely missed Mr. T's involvement in this sort of stuff.
Posted by: squaredance | March 09, 2016 at 10:19 AM
The Michigan exit polls do not show where the Democratic votes in the Republican primary went, but looking at the numbers they did not seem to be particularly concentrated on any one candidate. May have helped Kasich a little bit, but hard to say for sure.
Posted by: Theo | March 09, 2016 at 10:19 AM
squaredance,
I was a stay-at-home mom for most of the 80's and had the TV on for background noise, so managed to see almost every press conference and network news show.
This is also when I saw Reagan thoughtfully answer an Andrea Mitchell question about his charitable giving (he preferred to donate to individual people and didn't feel like if you deducted it from your taxes it was true charity) whereupon Mitchell LIED about his answer on the NBC evening news broadcast, saying he "had no explanation for his lack of charitable giving."
I have despised her ever since.
Posted by: Miss Marple 2 | March 09, 2016 at 10:25 AM
One of the four remaining Trump U class members wants out of the CA lawsuit.
Says she can't take the stress.
Interesting thing is Trump filed a defamation suit against her which was dismissed presumably under the antiSLAPP statute. He had to pay her almost $800,000 in legal fees since that is part of the antiSLAPP law.
If you have deep enough pockets you can still make people's lives miserable even with a law designed to prevent such nuisance suits. His lawyers had to know he couldn't prevail on a defamation suit under those circs.
The other interesting point is apparently there were never more than 6 plaintiffs in the class. Since a class action suit is basically free to the vast majority of the class you would think there would be many more.
I wonder why not.
Posted by: Ignatz Ratzkiwatzki | March 09, 2016 at 10:26 AM
In other lawsuit news:
http://fox5sandiego.com/2016/03/07/unemployed-lawyer-sues-her-former-law-school/
Posted by: Threadkiller | March 09, 2016 at 10:32 AM
If we take the vote percentages from yesterday...
Trump: 38.9%
Cruz: 30.4%
Rubio: 9.5%
Kasich: 19.6%
...if we then assume Rubio and Kasich drop out (whether now or after 3/15) - we can calculate how much their current voters would need to break for Cruz for him to catch Trump in popular votes.
Drum roll please............
The Rubio/Kasich votes would need to break 65.605564% for Cruz and 34.394436% for Trump, which would put Cruz leading Trump in popular votes 48.862563% to 48.862562% (leaving 2.274876% still voting for "other")
Granted, this is a crude measure - because it assumes the Trump/Cruz percentages from yesterday are representative of the margin between them everywhere - which just isn't true. But it's at least a fun way to look at a one on one match up.
And I'm all about fun.
And I love spreadsheets. There. I said it. It's true. No point hiding it any longer.
Posted by: Jeff Dobbs | March 09, 2016 at 10:33 AM
Looking at the 7% democrat crossover vote for teh Trumpster in Michigan reminds me of the Virginia vote.
iirc, the VA. Repub primary total vote was ~ 1.030M, vs. 265K in 2012. So ~ 765K *additional* voters came out this year.
With teh Trumpster getting ~ 360K votes in the primary, if *all* of his votes were crossover Dems and independents (not likely), then the actual Repubs were responsible for at least an additional 400K + voters coming out and voting for candidates not named Trump.
Teh Trumpster may claim to be responsible for large numbers of crossover voters, but - hold your surprise - there is virtually NO evidence to support his claims.
He is most certainly not responsible for 100% of the additional Repub primary turnout he is trying to take credit for.
Posted by: Michael (fpa Patriot4Freedom) | March 09, 2016 at 10:33 AM
Looks like Carly Fiorina is endorsing Cruz.
On TV now.
Posted by: Miss Marple 2 | March 09, 2016 at 10:33 AM
I seem to recall that someone that Reagan wrote a check to would not cash he check but instead framed it and put it on the wall, Reagan contacted him directly about that. It was too good to check so I never did check it,
One can talk all one wants about media then and now, and how the internet as reduced the power of the Big 3 networks, but the fact remains that the public knew that the media was lying about Reagan, and so it never really worked.
The Reagan Democrats were real Americans and real patriots. Now that they have passed, and the democrats have chased most non-progs out of the party the profile of these so called "Trump Democrats" are different. It will not do to put too much faith into the idea of a rebirth of "Reagan Democrats" rallying around either Trump or Cruz.
Posted by: squaredance | March 09, 2016 at 10:34 AM
Carly appearing at a Cruz rally right now !
Posted by: Michael (fpa Patriot4Freedom) | March 09, 2016 at 10:34 AM
squaredance, that's an old joke, too.
A guy wins a bet with his friend for $100. The friend pulls out his wallet and removes a crisp new $100 bill. The guy is thrilled, and says, "I never won a bet before. I'm going to take this bill and frame it and put it on my wall."
The friend puts the $100 back in his wallet and says, "Let me write you a check instead."
Posted by: James D | March 09, 2016 at 10:38 AM
Mr T has been an outspoken born again Christian pretty much his entire adult life.
Posted by: Ignatz Ratzkiwatzki | March 09, 2016 at 10:39 AM
Carly for Cruz is interesting. My guess, he's promised her the VP slot... and she thinks he can can get the nod. She would work well for Kasich too, so why go to Cruz now? Interesting.
Posted by: NK | March 09, 2016 at 10:43 AM
JeffD-- crossover votes? SOP for real estate guys-- take credit for all good results, point fingers over failures. Trump is just honoring the real estate guy code.
Posted by: NK | March 09, 2016 at 10:46 AM
Steve Forbes on Fox says Cruz needs to up his game and tie personal connections to his policies. He says the lawyerly talk and just talking about the Constitution without pointing out a connection to people isn't going to cut it.
Posted by: Miss Marple 2 | March 09, 2016 at 10:54 AM
There are those who might say to themselves, "that darn Jeff will never talk about anything other than campaigns and primaries and elections and polls and arrrrgh, he just won't stop!!!"
I am here to prove those imaginary people wrong.
Forget elections...let's talk pool!!!
Based upon my match from this week being entered into the database as of last night, I have now broken into the Top 100 ranking for the US.
Boom.
Next I set my sights on the one person in the state ranked ahead of me. That sonuvagun is going down.
Posted by: Jeff Dobbs | March 09, 2016 at 10:59 AM
NK, stop telling the secrets please.
I can hurt you with some of your clients.
Posted by: Old Lurker | March 09, 2016 at 10:59 AM
I like Carly and voted for Cruz, but I do not think they would go well together as President and VP--both are too bombastic. Cruz needs, I hate to say it, the Mailman's son who wants to get into heaven via St. Peter.
Posted by: new lurker | March 09, 2016 at 11:04 AM
Sorry OL I am a firm supporter of #NeverTrump, so if necessary trade secrets will have to spill.. for the good of the country.
While I admit I have no idea what Trump would actually do with the power of POTUS (apart from the obvious what's best for Trump) the best analog I've heard is Silvio Berlusconi.
Posted by: NK | March 09, 2016 at 11:05 AM
Does Carly have any Senator's endorsements she can attach to Cruz's resume?
Posted by: Threadkiller | March 09, 2016 at 11:05 AM
He is most certainly not responsible for 100% of the additional Repub primary turnout he is trying to take credit for.
How does the credit break down?
Posted by: Threadkiller | March 09, 2016 at 11:06 AM
PS OL: "I can hurt you with some of your clients." THAT is right out of page 1 of the real estate guy playbook.
Posted by: NK | March 09, 2016 at 11:06 AM
Let's say Trump wins the election in November with a substantial number of crossover votes.
Leaving aside how he might govern, which party would be in a worse position?
IMO, all this talk of the GOP imploding or exploding ignores greater long term problems for the Dems than the Reps.
Their biggest problem is the shrinking intellectual corner they continue to paint themselves into.
They are incapable at this point of adjusting to the catastrophe that always results from the rigid ideological positions they now stand for, especially as those positions inherently and violently discourage the very thing needed to make adjustments; independent thought that challenges the party orthodoxy.
Had they only the FSA constituency they would already be a rump party. It is only the crony oligarchs keeping the good ship Disparity afloat, but that disparity is also the seed of its, maybe not destruction, but its serious list to the left and the almost certainty of it running aground on the shoals of irreconcilable interests.
A country can only be driven so far in one direction ideologically until it butts up against the realities that cause the ones doing the driving to find themselves increasingly isolated as their ideological purity, which was never of interest to more than a small fraction of their constituents, no longer results in the benefits that their constituents really followed them for.
Posted by: Ignatz Ratzkiwatzki | March 09, 2016 at 11:08 AM
But IG-- merging the expanded FSA and the old/new oligarchs is how Leftish Social/'Christian' Dems have dominated West Euro/EU politics for almost 40 years. The USA Dems are approaching it from the opposite direction I admit (in EuroLand center moved Left and co-opted the socialists) The Dem hard Left has taken over and purged/co-opted the centerists.), but it is a real risk.
Posted by: NK | March 09, 2016 at 11:13 AM
http://mobile.wnd.com/2016/03/trump-fans-erupt-over-1-bold-endorsement/
Actually, he felt the wrath of people who respect The Constitution and hate hypocrisy.
Posted by: Threadkiller | March 09, 2016 at 11:13 AM
The indispensable Mark Krikorian, who stands against the mass immigration cheerleaders as Phyllis Schlafly did against the ERA, asks how is a mass immigration policy conservative?
Posted by: Ignatz Ratzkiwatzki | March 09, 2016 at 11:14 AM
You DO have our rule book, NK!
We never should have sent it out for legal review.
Posted by: Old Lurker | March 09, 2016 at 11:16 AM
I love Jonah. Of course I've seen him without pants...oops I was sworn to secrecy so don't tell anyone.
SBW - what happened yesterday?
I love the thought of a Cruz Carly ticket.
Posted by: Jane | March 09, 2016 at 11:19 AM
"There's no time to lose", I heard Marco say
Catch some votes before they slip away
Losing all the time
Lose your state and you will lose your mind
Ain't life unkind?
Goodbye Rubio Tuesday
Trump just hung a name on you
You're Little Marco now every day
Still I'm gonna miss you
Posted by: Jeff Dobbs | March 09, 2016 at 11:20 AM
It is striking to see how Carlos lim justifies the travisham in baltimore,
Otoh, of you dial past the ambient noise, flathead finds a nut, his Ahab Matt taibbi seems to concur.
Posted by: narciso | March 09, 2016 at 11:21 AM
Krikorian-- I've read him for over 10 years. He's a voice of reason in the immigration shit hole. He's pointed out how the real problem for national unity and solvency isn't illegal immigrants, it is the 5Xs larger pool of 'family reunification' 'Legal' Immigration. Krikorian has demonstarted why another 'pause' is needed especially in light of the social welfare state and changed labor markets in effect during the previous 2 immigration pauses.
Posted by: NK | March 09, 2016 at 11:22 AM
IMO, all this talk of the GOP imploding or exploding ignores greater long term problems for the Dems than the Reps.
Surely you're not suggesting that the MSM/Democrats are trying to spin the primary results as bad for the GOP! Unpossible!
Of course the real problem is that the NR/GOPe crowd falls for it.
Posted by: jimmyk | March 09, 2016 at 11:25 AM
Romney's handiwork from Michigan, 2012:
409,522(from Wikipedia)
Trump's
494,638(from DecisionDesk)
Hahaha!
Posted by: Threadkiller | March 09, 2016 at 11:25 AM
Jeff, congrats on cracking the top 100 on the country. That's amazing!
Posted by: James D. | March 09, 2016 at 11:28 AM
Is everyone forgetting that the cruz pac gave $500K to Carly's campaign? Why is this endorsement a surprise?
Has everyone seen that on top of obamaphones, his FCC is set to begin spending $9.25 per month to cover broadband for low income households in the US?
I am guessing there is no citizenship requirement so more taxpayer money for crony companies. Plus all that luscious data from using the Internet helps so with the planning to meet all 'needs'.
Jonah may find himself like Erik Erickson as someone who took a stand and will never get their rep back as anyone to be listened to in the future.
Posted by: rse | March 09, 2016 at 11:28 AM
Jane, sbw reported that he "lost," in the sense that the "vote" didn't really even occur because the fix was in.
Posted by: jimmyk | March 09, 2016 at 11:29 AM
NK @ 11:13
That's true. But it only works for them because they've had us as an engine to provide innovation; and also to serve as world policeman. If they take over permanently here, too, and we no longer fulfill those roles, what happens then?
Posted by: James D. | March 09, 2016 at 11:32 AM
It was suggested that I check-in on occasion and I'm rather good about taking advice.
The weather broke over the weekend and the Subterfuge began its season yesterday in 76° weather. Today's forecast is pretty much the same - which means it's almost time to launch - so I'll leave you with this afternoon's featured beverage:
The Yellowhammer
(courtesy of Megan)
- three parts pink grapefruit juice
- two parts vodka
- one part tonic water
- splash of cranberry juice
Mix well, serve over ice, yada, yada, yada. You know the drill by now... :)
xoxox,
Beasts
p.s., @NK: I received my tie from Cristo Rey and it's beautiful! The cross motif will be perfect for Easter and I look forward to wearing it.
Posted by: Beasts of England | March 09, 2016 at 11:33 AM
And I love spreadsheets. There. I said it. It's true. No point hiding it any longer.
My name is Jeff and I am a propeller head.
No shame in that, I think just about everyone at JOM is suffering with that disease:)
Posted by: Buckeye | March 09, 2016 at 11:35 AM
Hi, Jane. Repeating an earlier post:
Posted by: sbw | March 09, 2016 at 11:35 AM