Race to Milwaukee: Live Free or Die

Ron does the right thing, but will Nimrata?

You were worried a little bit? The black pill dispensers were doling them out, feeding your thirst for doom. The Democrats gleefully announced their intention to meddle. Didn’t happen.

Stock Up

Donald J. Trump - Won with 55% which is slightly ahead of his pre-Iowa polling. Iowa and NH in ‘16 were tough for him but he won with flying colors in both. He just needs discipline and to survive to January.

Gov. Desantis - Credit where it is due. He dropped out and endorsed the man who dragged him to victory in ‘18. Hopefully, he can be a good ally in the home stretch this fall as the missteps of the last year fade.

Democrat Voters - Amazing job by them to show up and try to throw a spanner in the works. Impressive that some even announced it on TV interviews.

Stock Sideways

NH GOP - They lost the first primary status to SC for the Democrats. The slow shift from battleground to blue state makes the open primary nature bad news. They need to switch to a GOP & Indies only primary and remove same day registration.

Stock Down

Former Gov. Nikki Haley - She lost but that was expected. What is atrocious is her prior week’s worth of sound bites. She has zero shame if she wants to say because she was not allowed into beauty pageants because she is not white nor black but brown is so delusional, we are impressed as much as we are disgusted. It was the 1980s, not the 1880s.

Exit Polls - Another major miss (AP exit poll turned out close) and what a coincidence it erred in the direction the system desired.

The Biden Team - Starting another mini-war with a leader viewed as weak and confused while kicking off a re-election campaign. It doesn’t help that the old proxy war is going poorly and the entire swath from Gaza to the Persian Gulf is watching missiles fly. Little things matter too like the NH Democrats having a primary that won’t count, which makes Team Biden look incompetent again.

The Desantis Influencer Crowd - It was a bad week for them. Campaign ended and the blame game started. Reaboi & Pedro praising RFK Jr? Bill Mitchell acting more silly than normal. Ryan Girdusky writing a “they shoulda listened to me more” wrist flailing article that he never wanted to write, but gosh, he had to. You guys made a play, it failed, show some class and lose with dignity. Shake hands with the opponent because when you get to varsity you are all on the same team.