* With Trump in position to probably clean up in the North and Northeast (with Kasich the only halfway real question mark in the Midwest), and Cruz spoiling in the South and Southwest, Floridian Rubio is left without much of a regional base of support. He was polling half-decently in Virginia (unsurprisingly, being the local address of Beltway Republicanism) as little as a week ago, now not really anywhere. And he’s losing to Trump by between 15 and 20 points even in Florida (2 weeks after Super Tuesday).
* This is a sign of some really big support for Trump. It’s an endorsement that carries a lot of weight. And Governor Christie can really help by crushing the opposition. Maybe Senator Rubio just bit off more than he could chew.
In related news, just breaking this afternoon, Governor Paul LePage of Maine has also endorsed Donald Trump. LePage was an early supporter of Christie, with the NJ governor helping him in his own re-election. Maine’s Republican caucus is on Saturday, March 5th.
* I also saw that the Russian group Pussy Riot has endorsed Bernie Sanders. Interesting that they chose him rather than the feminist candidate, Hillary Clinton. Not sure how much gravitas that lends to the Sanders campaign, however.
* He’s certainly nailed down the male pussy vote in this country.
* Wow, Twitter has erupted with even more Trump-hate than ever! It’s like the Oxford Oath, everyone pledging to not vote for Trump whatever the outcome.
The rest of the election year promises to be very, very interesting.
* Christie would be a good AG, but a bad VP. Same with Rudy, just to a greater extent. They’re both sound on law enforcement, but terrible on foreign policy. Trump will be 70 on election day and a lightning rod for impeachment or worse.
* Another example of Steve’s “luckiest man” deux ex machina?
“Hell to the YES”
Trump had his worst debate last night by policy wonk standards. He got mussed by all the.personal mud flung his way (polish workers , trump university). Watching the blabbering mouths on CNN , FOX this.morning , the memes and debate post.mortem all articulated words to effect “Rubio won! ….Trump on his heels.”
Then Trump sucks the air out of the Rubio room with the Christie endorsement bombshell. Tremendous.
Vicente Fox then doubles down and gives Trump more ammunition with follow up on the f-bomb .
Please Donald, spend 60 minutes brushing up on healthcare policy.
Trump 2016!
* The Ghostbusters New York identity is making a comeback. Out with the frustrated Tom Wolfe caricatures and in with the coarse, loud, populist trouble makers.
Recall that the Ghostbusters biggest human enemies were a shrill EPA pencil-pusher trying to shut them down for environmental violations (Ghostbusters I) and the mayor’s sneering assistant/consultant who has them committed to a psychiatric hospital (Ghostbusters II).
Like Trump they are obsessed with NY real estate. They also enjoy ruffling elitist feathers – destroying the posh “Sedgewick Hotel,” acting boorish in art museums, making a mockery of higher ed, filming embarrassingly lowbrow commercials, stealing Sigourney Weaver from her snooty cellist boyfriend, flinging mood slime around in fancy restaurants, etc. They practically fetishize the working classes, falling in love with an old firehouse and casting themselves as new age firemen and roleplaying as construction workers with undisguised gusto.
And that’s without going into the illegal immigrant angle of supernatural infestation.
* Who started the “pearl clutching” expression used to describe the establishment hyperventilating over something non-PC? Was it you, Steve? I see it at Breitbart, and wonder if it is another sign of your influence, or if you just popularized it.
