Wednesday, February 3, 2016

Trump Proposing Defense Cooperation with Russia


Trump proposing a major shift in US defense policy towards more cooperation with Putin's Russia on the trail in NH.



11 comments:

Ignacio said...

Good stuff, but where is this Rubio poster boy coming from?

Do we need some U.N. observers for US elections? Fishy things going on both camps...

Matt Franko said...

Rubio has some big munnie behind him so he wont stop any time soon... he represents what we would term the "neo-liberals!" basically and they have given him a lot of munnie to do so...

Cruz has the Evangelicals so he wont stop either he will be there thru the Bible Belt votes imo..

Dont know what is going on over on the Democrat side looks like typical Clintonian era hijinks... I dont really understand that side (other than Bernie who is really an Independent)....

Maybe (if they really have her server) Putin will embarrass her by suddenly releasing all of the public domain emails in unredacted form at some point if its her vs. Trump ... I dont think he would be giving up much if he did... biiiiiig trouble tho if she went on to win anyway...

Will be sure to get even more interesting.... cant even make any of it up...

Malmo's Ghost said...

Trump still up big in NH post Iowa poll:

http://www.whdh.com/story/31126831/hiller-instinct-7newsumass-lowell-new-hampshire-tracking-poll-day-3

mike norman said...

How do these polls get it wrong all the time? The polling companies charge a fortune for their services and they get it wrong every time. I wouldn't be surprised to see Trump lose in NH. Not that I want him to lose because I don't, but I just don't trust the polls anymore. They're useless.

Malmo's Ghost said...

Iowa polling has a history of wrong calls. Apparently it's very difficult to poll there because of caucus dynamics. Going forward the polling is significantly more accurate. Trump is up 24 in NH. Unless some sordid revelation crops up he'll likely win NH with a similar margin. Same with SC and the 16 states beyond.

mike norman said...

Avoiding nuclear Armageddon by restoring normal, friendly, constructive relations with Russia. And people despise Trump because??????

MRW said...

"How do these polls get it wrong all the time?"

Easy. Look at the questions people are asked...if you can get your mitts on them. I spent a whopper amount of time during the first Obama run (2007-2008) asking for and dissecting poll questions. Results were circumscribed by what people were asked. The goal of a hired polling co. is no longer to deliver the truth but to satisfy the client, and bill monthly, or in advance. Get paid!

Clinton's campaign in 2008 was a brilliant case in point. Mark Penn was running it for Clinton. She never saw it coming. She'd left it to him after the NY senate win Penn got for her. Even after they fired Penn in early 2008, they still used his polling company. The first bill a campaign pays is the polling company, and Penn's was running something like $3 mill a month, IIRC.

MRW said...

"Iowa polling has a history of wrong calls."

Unless you read the local papers. But the snooty nationals like the NYT, et al, or the national broadcasters think their shit doesn't stink and they will routinely do their own high-cost, from-a-distance polls with no nuance for local issues.

NeilW said...

"Avoiding nuclear Armageddon by restoring normal, friendly, constructive relations with Russia."

When somebody asked me how I would negotiate a deal with the EU if Britain left the EU I said I wouldn't bother. I'd talk to Russia and China instead first.

You wouldn't believe the names I got called suggesting that!

Kaivey said...

I'm not a conservative but when Trump stuck up for Putin my heart lifted. Could he do a deal with the Russians like Reagan did? Could he reduce tension and brunch peace? What's interesting is that although Trump is part of the one percent he's not part of the ruling class. He's an outsider and have none of their interests, ie, more war, more arms race, more tension.

Malmo's Ghost said...

nivekvb,

Trump is a hyphenated conservative along with being a hyphenated liberal. These are not mutually exclusive realities. He absolutely is not a neocon or a neo-liberal, which makes him golden, politically speaking, to my eyes.