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     1.  Recap of Primary & Debate News 2.     Why not Trump? 3.     Do the Math 4.     Why Rubio? 5.     Democrats, Socialists & Republicans Recap of Primary & Debate News Iowa . Looks like it was basically a 3-way GOP tie in Iowa, with Rubio making a surprisingly strong showing -- voters are finally getting to know him, after the distractions of the loud, shiny frontrunners. And Trump was shown to be beatable.   Rubio's speech was presidential -- articulate, visionary and heartfelt. Finally the Summer & Fall of Trump appears to be over. So the Iowa "carcases" are Paul, Bush, Christie, Kasich, Fiorina, Carson & Huckabee (who just dropped out officially), each getting 1-5%. On the Democrat side, an even tighter tie between Hillary & the dinosaur Socialist, which shows how disliked Hillary is, and/or how far Left the party has gone. For what it's worth, putt...

In This Post: A Political Discussion in the Gym Democrats -- Hillary Republicans                Governors                Senators                Business & Medical Leaders In Conclusion A Political Discussion in the Gym One of my Democrat gym buddies decided to start up on the 2016 election the other day, with Jeb Bush’s impending announcement.  He mockingly said we really have no one in the GOP field.  I said I’m not particularly bound to Jeb Bush (I’d earlier said I tended to agree with his mother’s statement that we’ve had enough Bushes in the White House – and Clintons for that matter).  But I said we at least have a lot of good choices, unlike Hillary.  He didn’t seem to buy that, unsurprisingly.  In preparation for our next chat, I decided I’d need to get down to specifics on both sides, rather than the...