The story of the South Carolina Primary is Donald Trump. Statistics in a moment. He won easily, but consider his circumstances during the last week.  He had a weak debate, he called Ex President W. Bush a liar (The ex Prez still very popular in South Carolina), he got into a verbal battle with the Pope, of all people, he made remarks that taking the Confederate flag down was the right thing to do, he said Planned Parent Hood did good things, he had only five campaign workers in the State, TV vicious attack ads and Cruz’ robo anti Trump calls the finals two days never stopped.  Trump spent roughly 2-3 million on ads versus 20-30 million dollars spent against him and he still won easily by 10%.   And the end all of all end all’s, Trump tweet’s….”Obama would have gone to justice Scalia’s funeral if it was held in a mosque.”  Hilarious.  Vintage Trump.

Trump is not only outrageous, but he is a tireless worker, extremely smart, (faster than fast learner) tells the voters what they want to hear spot on, seldom off message, and is a master at remarks destroying his closest Presidential candidates. Speaks without a TV prompter saying whatever he wants to say.  Pundits on all three news channels agree they have never seen the likes of Donald Trump in politics.  Absolutely confounding.

Here’s the final vote tally from the Republican South Carolina primary…Trump 32.5%, Rubio 22.5% Cruz 22.3% Bush 7.8% Kasich 7.6% and Carson 7.2%.  Jeb Bush has now quit the race leading speculation of who his followers will now support.

The second major story from the primary is the comeback of Marco Rubio.  Here was the scenario going into Saturday’s primary.  Trump had to win big. Cruz had to beat Trump. And, Rubio had to beat Cruz.  Rubio coming off a bad debate performance before the New Hampshire primary finished 5th there with only 11% of the vote.  Now he is seen as the only candidate who has a chance of beating Trump for the nomination.  And, endorsements a plenty are already coming in for him.  The establishment of the Republican Party fears Trump for three main reasons…Trump is the only one of the now three man race that loses to Hillary in polls over many months…he may very well lose the Senate to the Dem.’s and he is not a true Republican and conservative.  Trump calls himself a “common sense conservative.”  The truth is nobody knows what he will do as President.  He probably doesn’t know either. Plus, his biggest fault is he is notoriously thin skinned.  How would that work with Congress?

Here’s the latest poll of the three man race versus Hillary Clinton. Rubio beats her by 5% Cruz by 1% and “The Donald” loses to her by 5%. Trump’s answer to this he will win over huge numbers of “Reagan Democrat’s.”   Maybe yes.  Maybe no.  Plus he says he will win States that Republican’s normally lose such as Michigan and maybe even New York.   New York?   Fat chance.  Some think Gov. Kasich would be the biggest winner versus the woman who 88% of Nevada voters said yesterday they don’t trust.

Meanwhile in the Nevada Democrat caucus, Hillary Clinton 52% Bernie Sanders 47%. She once had a 20%+ lead.  What is most interesting is only 80,000 voted against 120,000 voting four years ago.  GOP voters are turning out in huge numbers.  And, she lost the Hispanic vote to Sanders 53% to 45%. The Democrat Party is in an absolute quandary as to planning a back up strategy with what is likely to be a hugely negative report coming from the FBI.  It’s never mentioned in the liberal media, but it’s hanging out there big time.  Ex New York city mayor Michael Bloomberg may jump in even as an Independent that would be a killer for the Democrat’s.  VP Joe Biden is the most mentioned along with the “usual suspects.”

Now the main subject will be where will supporters of drop out Presidential candidates go.  Jeb Bush’s nearly 8% is figured mostly to go to Rubio.  But, bad blood may hamper it.  Polls indicate Trump is a very poor second choice for voters.  Most think Bush’s 8% is headed  to Rubio and Kasich.  The Republican Party will throw everything they have in support of Marco Rubio.  The Hispanic vote, Trump would likely not receive, his rags to riches story is enormously appealing, he is very well informed on foreign affairs, his youth may be more of a plus than hindrance, he is older than JFK when elected (44 to 43) and he is a very good campaigner.  Cruz is hated by the GOP. Known as a nasty man, pompous, arrogant and self indulgent.  The laugh in the Senate dining room is always who has to sit next to him.

And this said referring to Donald Trump by a Democrat pro…..”When the goin’ gets weird…the weird turns pro.”   Hunter Thompson…controversial iconic journalist.

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