Posted by Tina
Anything can happen o a given day during an election cycle. Sometimes events become game changers. Donald Trump announced today that he will sign the GOP pledge to back the Republican nominee, signalling he will not seek election on an independent ticket.
Two thoughts. First, he must feel pretty sure he will be the GOP candidate. Otherwise I don’t believe he would have signed it. And second, it’s not a binding contract. He could still run as a third party and if Bush or Christie win he would have voters go with him.
He has the RNC and establishment GOP scared and he’s working their fear to his advantage. It’s such a change from what we’ve had for the past 7 plus years from both sides of the aisle that people are eating it up. It is fun watching them all scratching their heads on how to deal with him.
Always remember to not believe what Democrats say, because their agenda is the opposite. If they say they think Bush will be a tough candidate to beat, they really believe they can beat him. Trump is pulling in Democrats, like my son from Generation X and the Millennial/Generation Y voters who have suffered through the no/low employment and high taxes for the past 7-10 years.
The latest jobs numbers are terrible no matter how much lipstick they put on it. Six years after the Great Recession ended there are still 94 millions workers out of work. Their has been no recovery. We’ve been in the Obama Recession since June 2009
U-6=10.5%
http://unemploymentdata.com/current-u6-unemployment-rate/
Economic News Release – Table A-15. Alternative measures of labor underutilization:
http://www.bls.gov/news.release/empsit.t15.htm
Worst. Jobs. President. Ever… Labor Participation Rate Stuck at 38 Year Low:
“A record 94,031,000 Americans were not in the American labor force last month — 261,000 more than July — and the labor force participation rate stayed stuck at 62.6 percent, a 38-year low, for a third straight month in August,”
http://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2015/09/worst-jobs-president-ever-labor-participation-rate-stuck-at-38-year-low/