Governor Christie on Rubio - Election 2016

Guardian - US Politics Live: Reports the following on Governor Christie of NJ, and his debate in its 5.39pm post " Christie’s performance in the debate - where he came out firing at Rubio and carried on pulling the trigger for two-and-a-half hours - had resonated with the crowd, as well as with himself. "

Lets Get Real:

The question is can Senator Rubio keep his 2nd place in most New Hampshire polls, if he falters and is replaced by either Christie or Kasich then the rest will have to go home.  It will be a three man race, Trump, Cruz and ? that is the interesting question, this blog still thinks Rubio could beat Hillary Clinton, depends who the Republicans in NH think is the best candidate.  It can be postulated that Jeb Bush still has the money to carry, if they are not 2nd in NH it could be good night from Christie, Kasich and Carson.  A few days to go, how will it end in NH?

Rubio roasted by fellow Republicans - Election 2016

BBC News: Reports the following on Senator Rubio at the Saturday debate in New Hampshire, " Senator Marco Rubio was attacked by several Republican rivals for the party's nomination to run for the White House, in a fractious TV debate. "

Lets Get Real:

The moment Senator Rubio came a strong 3rd just behind Trump in the Iowa vote he has a become a political target for others wanting to be the Establishment Candidate to fight Donald Trump, thus Governor Christie a former Federal lawyer put the boot in, he has called him a boy in the bubble, and then scripted, well the Florida Senator did not help himself, he repeated his stump speech, that Obama knows what he is doing, by some counts he said it 8 times.  One the whole Trump, and Cruz had a good night, with one exception, Trump got in to a battle with Jeb Bush, those in the hall booed the Trump, but Trump turned it around by stating that they represented Establishment of money, thus he won.   Projection for NH, Trump, Rubio, Kasich, we shall next week how the voters voted. 

North Korean Missile Test - Asia Crisis

The White House: Released the following Statement by the NSA Susan A. Rice, " North Korea's launch using ballistic missile technology, following so closely after its January 6 nuclear test, represents yet another destabilizing and provocative action and is a flagrant violation of multiple United Nations Security Council resolutions.  North Korea’s missile and nuclear weapons programs represent serious threats to our interests--including the security of some of our closest allies--and undermine peace and security in the broader region.  ‎ ‎ 

 

We condemn today's launch and North Korea's determination to prioritize its missile and nuclear weapons programs over the well-being of its people, whose struggles only intensify with North Korea’s diversion of scarce resources to such destabilizing activities.   ‎ 

 

The United States is fully committed to the security of our allies in the region, and we will take all necessary steps to defend ourselves and our allies and respond to North Korean provocations. We call upon the international community to stand together and demonstrate to North Korea that its reckless actions must have serious consequences.  "

Lets Get Real:

The North Korean government is acting up because it has seen that Iran gets 150 billion for not going nuclear; of course a lot of writers on the right think that the Tehran Regime will take the money and still build the bomb; NK wants the same attention from the Obama Administration before a new Administration takes over, thus one can expect more tempter tantrums from North Korea, the question is what will it do next, that is always the worry with the North it might go to far, the isolation of NK makes it hard to read.

Why is Sanders popular in New Hampshire - Election 2016

Mother Jones: Reports on the high poll rating for Senator Sanders, the article states the following, " ...that for months last year, Sanders was promoting "a very positive, issue-based message without much pushback from the Clinton campaign." This allowed the fiery populist to make a good impression on liberal and moderate Democrats in the state. "

Lets Get Real:

A new poll on the national level has Hillary Clinton leading Sanders by just 2 points, also it has been noticed in the polls that HRC losses the youth vote big time.   The real question is will the Democratic Party vote with its brain, that would be for HRC or with its heart for Sanders.   No one really thinks that HRC will lose the nomination race, that would be a epic disaster for the Democratic Party, what could be worse is a long tough race between HRC and Sanders, it has been noted that HRC has a number of super delegates already, thus as long as HRC gets the delegates she will win.   A President Sanders would be a disaster for the US and the West. 

Jeb Bush ATTACKS Rubio - Election 2016

Lets Get Real:

It is pity that Governor Bush was not this combative at the start of the Campaign, one has to question can he get a good finish in New Hampshire, it seems that the Establishment candidate has become Senator Rubio.   Of course it is a couple of days to the New Hampshire primary and anything can happen, is it enough time for Governor Bush to become the new Establishment candidate? The voters of NH will decide the future of a few of the Republican candidates on Tuesday. 

Trump LOST in the snow of New York - Election 2016

Guardian - US Politics Live: Reports the following in its 6.13pm post, " ..Donald Trump’s. The billionaire retreated to his Manhattan home for the night, and got stuck in New York when the storm hit New Hampshire ".

Lets Get Real:

It seems that the Donald is easy to scare, first it was Ms Kelly from Fox News, and now its the snow in NH.  Everyone knows its snows HARD in NH every few years, and the Donald did think of it shows that HE IS NOT REALLY running for President, if your running for POTUS you have to put with staying hotel rooms and being in NEW HAMPSHIRE, the fact that this point has been lost by DT shows that he does not think things through and would be a disaster as President.  To be fair the Donald was good on CNN last night when he talked to Anderson Cooper of CNN while in NH.   It is pity that the Donald needs his own bed to sleep in. he is not big enough for the bedroom of POTUS. 

The Clinton - Sanders Debate - Election 2016

BBC News: Reports the following on the Clinton and Sanders debate, " Mrs Clinton cast him as an idealist who will not get things done and Mr Sanders accused her of being too tied to the establishment to achieve real change. "

Lets Get Real:

The One major mistake by HRC was to cast herself as the WOMAN candidate, as if by gender she was not part of the Democratic Establishment, let us recall she has been the First Lady of the US, a New York Senator and Secretary of State in the first Obama term.  It has been noticed in the polls that Clinton loses the youth vote to Sanders and in one poll Sanders had a four point win over HRC when it come to women.   HRC has to recall that young voters, and in this case women, know one day there will be a woman President, it does not have to be Hillary, the older women voters support HRC as this is her last chance to get to the Oval.   This could be a long election for HRC.