In what way lost?

Lost to obsessive interest in an issue? Probably
Lost to wild speculation? I don't think so
Lost to the human race? Definitely
Lost the plot? Haven't done so bad so far

(PS I think I'm starting to win a convert here . . .it's OK you don't have to come out)

The Democrats' nightmare:

GOP boom! Trump 'bringing new people into Republican Party'

'He's getting Reagan Democrats and independents that we need to win'

Published: 6 hours ago

Donald Trump romped to an easy win in the South Carolina primary by being “ruthlessly honest” and reassembling the coalition of voters that gave Ronald Reagan two landslide presidential wins.

That’s the analysis of former South Carolina Republican Party Chairman Van Hipp, who is also the author of “The New Terrorism: How to Fight It and Defeat It.”

On Saturday, Trump claimed all 50 Republican delegates at stake by winning statewide and in each of the Palmetto State’s congressional districts. Trump scored more than 32 percent of the vote. Marco Rubio edged Ted Cruz for second, but both were 10 points behind Trump. The rest of the field finished much lower, leading Jeb Bush to end his campaign after coming in a distant fourth place.


Trump defied expectations through the campaign in South Carolina, even winning a plurality of the evangelical vote. The state is staunchly conservative, and Trump’s conservative bona fides are regularly questioned. So how did he win so convincingly?

“He won it not only with evangelicals but with national security conservatives and with economic conservatives,” Hipp told WND and Radio America. “These folks may have been angry, but it looks a whole lot like the old Reagan coalition.

“He’s connecting with these people and, whether you agree with him or not, regardless of whether you’re for someone else, you’ve got to look at how he did it. He’s bringing new people into the Republican Party. He’s bringing in the old independents and the Reagan Democrats.”
Cruz was banking heavily on not only winning but dominating the evangelical vote. Instead, more than 30 percent went with Trump, who has publicly stated he has never asked God for forgiveness.

Hipp said it’s not that evangelicals think Trump is the strongest Christian in the GOP field, but that he is the one who is resonating with the voters over their greatest concerns.

“One very prominent Southern Baptist minister who endorsed him last week said it best, that he is ruthlessly honest,” he said. “People want someone (like that) right now. They’re fed up with the government. They’re fed up with politicians. They want someone who is ruthlessly honest.”
Listen to the WND/Radio America interview with Van Hipp:
    
Another minister echoed a similar sentiment in a conversation with Hipp.

"He said, 'Look, I may not want the guy to be my pastor. There are other people who would be a better Sunday School teacher. But right now, we don't need someone who will just slow down the death of America. We need someone who's going to make the tough decisions and call it like it is and show us some tough love and save this country,'" he recounted.
Beyond Trump's ability to win over voters thought to be more aligned with other candidates, Hipp said the campaign was well organized in all parts of the state and seemed top notch in its voter data efforts.

"I think we can learn a whole lot, whether you're a grassroots conservative activist or an establishment Republican," he said. "Mitt Romney sure could have used this kind of advice in 2012, because we had so many people who didn't turn out to vote who were conservatives."

He said tactics like Trump organizers getting as many people as possible to vote via absentee ballots showed a level of sophistication many had not expected.

"We didn't do that in 2012," Hipp said. "Obama did that in 2012. I think he's looked at how Obama did it, using technology, how he connects to the iPhone, how he built up a huge lead with absentees. That's how you're going to beat Hillary Clinton."

He also credited Trump for getting his team into South Carolina very early and organizing well.
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"But I do think it's going to be important for him to have someone on the ticket," he said. "If he's the nominee, he's going to need somebody like a Rubio [UH UH!] or a (Ohio Gov. John) Kasich as his vice president."

Marla wrote on Feb 23^rd, 2016 at 2:04pm:


You nearly said "stoned" didn't you? 

innocentbystander. wrote on Feb 23^rd, 2016 at 2:53pm:



Very well said, Innocent.

It is quite remarkable how so many people ignore the fact that current policies and events will have a huge bearing on what the future situation will be like.

 

Lord Herbert wrote on Feb 23^rd, 2016 at 3:05pm:




Like the German chicks of Cologne, most of which would have supported open borders for rapists, they actually have to get sexually assaulted to realise that they will be sexually assaulted, Righties knew that this would happen all along but the assaulted chicks would have just cried racist if we tried to warn them, they actually have to see and feel the results first hand, they are not capable of forward thinking, this is a leftist trait.

Melanias purse wrote on Feb 23^rd, 2016 at 9:19am:

well yes, but I wasn't including metro systems - just the national extensive network .  They have maintenance of railway lines all over the country.