In 2004, Trump Hotels and Casino Resorts, a holding company for various Trump properties including the Taj Mahal and a riverboat-gambling company in Gary, Ind., went into bankruptcy, having acquired $1.8 billion in debt while raising only $130 million through an initial public stock offering. Same story: Trump had borrowed too much money, at a rate he could not afford (15 percent, in fact, which lets you know how credit-worthy the market deems Trump to be), and once again he was obliged to give up most of his ownership stake.
"Donald Trump has scored his highest numbers in a Quinnipiac University poll released Wednesday that found him with a 2-1 lead among Republican voters nationwide, with 39 percent.
He’s followed by Sen. Marco Rubio of Florida with 19 percent and Sen. Ted Cruz of Texas with 18 percent. Ohio Gov. John Kasich has 6 percent with former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush and Dr. Ben Carson at 4 percent each. Nine percent are undecided.
This compares to the results of a Feb. 5 survey by the independent, Hamden, Conn.-based Quinnipiac University poll, showing Trump with 31 percent, Cruz with 22 percent and Rubio with 19 percent."
"Meet the new boss, same as the old boss"
February 17, 2016, 12:56 PM
lastmanstanding
It's a train all right but there's no telling what side of the tracks, left or right it's going to be on once it gets to where it's going.
"Fixed fortifications are monuments to mans stupidity" - George S. Patton
February 17, 2016, 01:04 PM
parabellum
February 17, 2016, 01:22 PM
MNSIG
quote:
Originally posted by SIG4EVA: He is going back to ass clown status rapidly. Come on Trump...
Republican presidential front-runner Donald Trump says he is "very seriously" considering suing GOP rival Sen. Ted Cruz.
"I’m thinking about it very seriously," Trump told ABC News' George Stephanopoulos on "Good Morning America" today. "I’ve never dealt with anybody who lies like him."
That was particularly silly when he said he would sue unless Cruz apologizes. Either he thinks Cruz is eligible or he doesn't. What the heck does an apology have to do with it?
February 17, 2016, 01:29 PM
Angus the Kid
Trump is going to be formidable if he makes it to the general election. He will get cross over support from southern democrats.
"Meet the new boss, same as the old boss"
February 17, 2016, 01:32 PM
Iron bottom
Way to go, Mr. Trump. Keeping on bitch slapping those political train wrecks.
Sincerely, Iron bottom
February 17, 2016, 01:39 PM
lastmanstanding
quote:
Originally posted by Angus the Kid: Trump is going to be formidable if he makes it to the general election. He will get cross over support from southern democrats.
Perhaps because he is one.
"Fixed fortifications are monuments to mans stupidity" - George S. Patton
February 17, 2016, 03:40 PM
parabellum
Your avatar, lastmanstanding- I can see how that critter came to be dead. You whipped it until the very flesh was flayed from its bones.
February 17, 2016, 10:06 PM
showpro
I keep reading how this one lied, that one lied...
Guess what? They all are liars. For goodness sake, it's a cliche: How do you know a politician is lying? His lips are moving.
So, now that we're past the 3rd-grade, pants-on-fire stuff...how about we vote for the person who'd make the best president that can win?
February 17, 2016, 10:43 PM
cobrajet
quote:
Originally posted by showpro: I keep reading how this one lied, that one lied...
Guess what? They all are liars. For goodness sake, it's a cliche: How do you know a politician is lying? His lips are moving.
So, now that we're past the 3rd-grade, pants-on-fire stuff...how about we vote for the person who'd make the best president that can win?
So what exactly has Cruz lied about? He's backed up everything he was accused of lying about. Now Trump is threatening a defamation lawsuit against Cruz if he doesn't pull the add that shows Trump talking about how very very pro choice he is and that he would not ban partial birth abortion. Now how can you sue when it is video of what you said? Trump is just used to everybody giving in to him when he threatens frivolous lawsuits.
"The problem with our Liberal friends is not that they are ignorant, it's that they know so much that isn't so." Ronald Reagan
February 17, 2016, 10:48 PM
showpro
quote:
Originally posted by cobrajet:
So what exactly has Cruz lied about?
Who the hell knows? Everything? Nothing? They all talk and they all promise all sorts of crap. Can you say with authority the man has never lied?
February 17, 2016, 10:55 PM
Ackks
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Trump is threatening a deflamation lawsuit against Cruz
Cruz was like I'm your Huckleberry Bring it and I'll depose you myself.
February 17, 2016, 11:04 PM
cobrajet
quote:
Originally posted by showpro:
quote:
Originally posted by cobrajet:
So what exactly has Cruz lied about?
Who the hell knows? Everything? Nothing? They all talk and they all promise all sorts of crap. Can you say with authority the man has never lied?
Of course not, but I can say that everything Trump and Rubio accused him of lying about were proven false. Of course Trump lying being acceptable to a Trump supporter is not surprising.This message has been edited. Last edited by: cobrajet, February 18, 2016 07:13 AM
Whenever Zippy comes on TV I change the channel. Trump is heading for that territory. He's a jerk demorat.
February 18, 2016, 07:21 AM
SIG4EVA
Trump's decline has officially started. His 31 consecutive polls streak being on top has been broken by Cruz. Of course, Trump said its a joke and everyone is a liar.
Republican presidential front-runner Donald Trump has fallen behind Ted Cruz in the national GOP horserace, according to a brand-new NBC News/Wall Street Journal poll.
In the poll, Cruz is the first choice of 28 percent of Republican primary voters, while Trump gets 26 percent. They're followed by Marco Rubio at 17 percent, John Kasich at 11 percent, Ben Carson at 10 percent and Jeb Bush at 4 percent.
NBC News The results from the poll — conducted after Trump's victory in New Hampshire and Saturday's GOP debate in South Carolina — are a significant reversal from last month, when Trump held a 13-point lead over Cruz, 33 percent to 20 percent.
Republican pollster Bill McInturff, who conducted this survey with Democratic pollster Peter Hart and his firm Hart Research Associates, says Trump's drop could signal being "right on top of a shift in the campaign."
"When you see a number this different, it means you might be right on top of a shift in the campaign. What you don't know yet is if the change is going to take place or if it is a momentary 'pause' before the numbers snap back into place," he said.
McInturff added, "So, one poll post-Saturday debate can only reflect there may have been a 'pause' as Republican voters take another look at Trump. This happened earlier this summer and he bounced back stronger. We will have to wait this time and see what voters decide."
This poll comes after other surveys — both nationally and in South Carolina, the site of Saturday's next Republican contest — show Trump with a commanding lead. But some of those weren't conducted entirely after the last debate like the NBC/WSJ poll.
Facebook Twitter Google Plus Embed Cruz Talks to NBC News About Facing off With Trump, Uniting Conservatives 3:29 Another possible explanation for Trump's decline in the new NBC/WSJ poll is an increase in "very conservative" Republican voters from January's sample.
If the current poll is re-weighted to reflect the ideological composition from last month, the GOP horserace numbers are: Trump 26 percent, Cruz 25 percent, Rubio 18 percent and Kasich 13 percent — so Trump is ahead by one point, but still down from January.
In addition to Trump's decline in the GOP race, the new NBC/WSJ poll shows a nine-point drop in the percentage of GOP primary voters who can see themselves supporting the real-estate mogul — from 65 percent in January to 56 percent now.
The highest candidate scores on this scale: Rubio (70 percent can see themselves supporting him), Cruz (65 percent), Carson (62 percent), Trump (56 percent), Kasich (49 percent) and Bush (46 percent).
Facebook Twitter Google Plus Embed Trump: 'Someone at the WSJ Doesn't Like Me' 1:05 And in hypothetical one-on-one match ups, Trump trails both Cruz (56 percent to 40 percent) and Rubio (57 percent to 41 percent). In January, Trump was ahead of Rubio (by 7 points) but behind Cruz (by 8 points).
The NBC/WSJ poll was conducted Feb. 14-16 of 800 registered voters (which has a margin of error of plus-minus 3.5 percentage points) and 400 GOP primary voters (which has a margin of error of plus-minus 4.9 percentage points).
Bring it and I'll depose you myself.