Whither Trump?

[Admiral Yi]

According to the Atlantic, Putin was the 10th most admired man in the US in 2014: http://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2014/12/vladimir-putin-the-10th-most-admired-man-in-america/384085/

OK, that's 1% of the American public I haven't had much contact with.

[Josquius]

I guess there's always the whole "Western leaders hate them ergo they're good" crowd.

[Eddie Teach]

According to the Atlantic, Putin was the 10th most admired man in the US in 2014: http://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2014/12/vladimir-putin-the-10th-most-admired-man-in-america/384085/

OK, that's 1% of the American public I haven't had much contact with.

It's Russian immigrants who know the FSB is monitoring their votes.

[DGuller]

  They do no such thing.

[Jacob]

According to the Atlantic, Putin was the 10th most admired man in the US in 2014: http://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2014/12/vladimir-putin-the-10th-most-admired-man-in-america/384085/

OK, that's 1% of the American public I haven't had much contact with.

Me neither

But yeah, it'll be interesting to see how it plays out.

[Admiral Yi]

I guess there's always the whole "Western leaders hate them ergo they're good" crowd.

American peaceniks can say and do some stupid shit, but they're not in the same league as Brit peaceniks.

[Razgovory]

I remember Putin arm wrestled Dana Rohrbacker and won the respect of the Congressmen.  I think he attract support from anyone dissatisfied with the West be it Hard Left or Hard Right.  There are also some who buy into his macho image.

[mongers]

I remember Putin arm wrestled Dana Rohrbacker and won the respect of the Congressmen.  I think he attract support from anyone dissatisfied with the West be it Hard Left or Hard Right.  There are also some who buy into his macho image.

Yes, you and Jacob's comments make a lot of sense.

I can imagine a bunch of the occupy crowd I used to know, lapping this up.


It's also a good move on Putin's part, a Trump 'administration'/shambles would be easier to influence and deal with.

[garbon]

I wonder how that will play with supporters.

I wonder if Trump will be able to get a sense of Putin's soul?

... but I think it'll play well with Trump's supporters. There are plenty of people outside of Russia who appreciates Putin's style and wish their own leaders were more like him.

I disagree. I don't think Russia is viewed favorably by most Americans let alone trump supporters.

[jimmy olsen]

Two new polls out. PPP has Donald at 34 and Cruz at18. Fox has Trump at 39 and Cruz at 18. I believe that's the highest those two have been in both those polls.

http://www.realclearpolitics.com/epolls/2016/president/us/2016_republican_presidential_nomination-3823.html

[katmai]

Never knew GOP want Hillary to be prez so bad

[Ed Anger]

With trump not condemning reporter killing, he has jumped into my top 3.

I hate the press.

[jimmy olsen]

Trump's up 8 points in the PPP poll since it was last issued a month ago.

Trump's up 11 points in the Fox poll in the last month.

Up 6 in the ABC poll over the last month. Up 13 in CBS/NYT poll. Up 13 in the Monmouth poll. Up 9 in the CNN/ORC. Up 4 in the NBC/WSJ poll.

All the signs point to hyuge momentum as the Donald would say.