Donald Trump -- underestimate him at our peril
He has latched on to what most people think is a bogus issue -- the allegation that U.S. President Barack Obama was not born in Hawaii but in Kenya, the incumbent president's father's country, which would make him ineligible to be president -- but business tycoon Donald Trump is getting a lot of attention just because of who he is.
Some Republicans and liberals alike are tending to view Trump as a mock candidate just trying to get attention for his reality TV show, Celebrity Apprentice. I would not underestimate him. How about a Donald Trump - Michele Bachmann ticket for 2012? Don't discount it. Now that will certainly get out the left wing vote won't it? At present, it is understood that Trump plans to make an announcement about his intentions in regard to the presidency on the May 22 season finale of Celebrity Apprentice. See link through the title above.
What other Republican candidate can you think of that has such an outsize image and reputation as a figure in this nation? Mitt Romney, Mike Huckerbee, Sarah Palin, Haley Barbour, Tim Pawlenty, Newt Gingrich? Each of these people appears to be a pygmy compared to Trump. While "The Donald" might have some questions about his business practices, with a number of his companies having been allowed to become bankrupt, something on which opponents are bound to attack him, he nonetheless overall has a reputation and an image of solidity. In an era when there is not much to cling to, will American voters go for a Rock of Gibraltar-type of leader rather than a leader they are unsure about or distrust?
If Trump runs for President in 2012, he just might win, partly because Obama has lost a lot of credibility with the left wing of his party and with the independents that put him over the top in 2008. Don't forget that now when he runs, he will be a known quantity and will not be the unknown, shock candidate that he was when he ran before. Conceivably he has lost too much credibility. Clearly he needs to reinvent himself to be the force he was in 2008.
"Change We Can Believe In" might have proved to have been a fairly empty promise on the part of Obama in 2008 except for people who saw the potential he offered, but what can he do to fend off a high visibility, strong Republican challenger? Donald Trump has already shown that he can latch onto an issue that gets him attention. What if he is serious and really does run in 2012? Who would you put your money on?
Tuesday, April 19, 2011
Donald Trump for U.S. President in 2012? Will "The Donald" Trump Obama?
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Donald Trump's attempt to gain the support of Tea party constituents by the use of the "birther card", has been successful, and placed him in the position of "hot deck," over his G.O.P. political opponents, according to the latest polls.
Trump's "heat" on President Obama, to produce proof of citizenship, may have dealt him a "stiff hand" by the "dealer" and could result in a "bust" for the "high roller" in the latter stages of his Presidential campaign.
Trump's strategy is no stranger to politics, but a conventional, conservative, method, which has proven to be highly effective in producing a "black jack" for a number of Tea party candidates in the November election's, as was in the case for Rep, Rand Paul of Kentucky, who favored amending the Civil Rights act,
Wisconsin's Rep.Ron Johnson, a fan of "The Bell Curve" a book, which argued that genetic differences exist between blacks, and whites. One of whom is superior to the other.
Rep.Mike Lee of Utah, who was endorsed by Alipac, who inturn, urged Governor Brewer of Arizona, to take immigration bill S.B. 1070 all the way to the Supreme Court.
A "hit" however, will be required by the financial giant , if he is ever to win over the "house."
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