The White House announced Wednesday that the President will not attend the funeral of Anton Scalia, the tremendously well-respected and effective Supreme Court Justice who died this past weekend while on a hunting trip in western Texas. Instead, President Obama and the First Lady will go to the Court on Friday to pay respects. The Vice-President will attend the funeral. Incredibly, White House Spokesman Josh Ernest was unable to say what the President was doing on Saturday that made his attendance at the funeral impossible. There was immediate criticism and rampant speculation that Obama was opting out of attending the funeral because it is being held at a Roman Catholic Church. Obama professes to be Christian but is openly pro-Islamic in all of his actions and rhetoric. Many believe that Obama - who was raised Muslim and studied at Islamic Schools - does not want to be seen in a Roman Catholic Church, where it will be virtually impossible for him to take Communion with the rest of the mourners. Conservative Television Host Sean Hannity recounted at his web site that Obama has made it a habit to skip funerals of those he has political disagreements with. Recently, he skipped the funeral of former British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher, the woman credited, along with President Reagan and Pope John Paul, of bringing down the Iron Curtain. Thatcher is also acknowledged as being a strong catalyst in the collapse of the Soviet empire. Yet, Obama skipped her funeral even though she took Herculean steps to mark the passing of President Reagan.
A Bloomberg Poll released late Wednesday shows Donald Trump with a commanding lead among voters who say they are likely to vote in South Carolina's Republican Primary on Saturday, February 20. Trump received support from 36% of all respondents, compared to 17% for Senator Ted Cruz, 15% for Senator Marco Rubio, 13% for Governor Jeb Bush, 9% for Leading Neurosurgeon Ben Carson, and only 7% for Governor John Kasich. The Ohio Governor, who surged into second place in the New Hampshire primary, has become so disconsolate about his standing in South Carolina that his campaign has announced he will not be in the state on election night. The Bloomberg Poll revealed very broad support for Trump, even among very conservative and Christian respondents. The poll was taken from February 13 through February 16, and questioned 502 Republicans who said they were likely to vote on Saturday in the South Carolina Republican Primary. The survey says it has a margin of error of 4.4%. The size of the survey is quite small. Nevertheless, Pollster J. Anne Selzer, who oversaw the poll for Bloomberg, said that "on nearly every question about challenges faced by the next president, Trump scores the highest." South Carolina is the first place for voters in the Southern United States to register their views on the who should be the next president. Trump emerged with high support even though many of his supporters stated openly that they are not comfortable with his foul language penchant for personal attacks on his competitors. The Bloomberg Poll did ask respondents who their second choice was among the six remaining candidates. On that question, Rubio emerged as the winner, with 24%. Cruz finished second, tied with "not sure," at 16%. Ben Carson was third on that question, with 11%, followed by Trump and Bush, each with 10%. Kasich also finished last on this question, garnering only 9% of the respondents.
USA President Barack Obama said Tuesday that he "continues to believe that Donald Trump will not be elected President." He bases his belief on the knowledge and nature of the American People, Obama added.
Obama also said that he opposes "everything that the Republicans stand for." Since the Republicans, in theory, stand for freedom and liberty, equal rights, due process, capitalism, freedom of speech, a strong national defense, the Constitution and the Bill of Rights, one wonders what it is that Obama stands for if he is opposed to those things listed here that Republicans embrace.
A new Quinipiac nationwide poll shows that Donald Trump has surged to a 2-1 lead over his nearest competitor while Bernie Sanders has moved into a tied with Hillary Clinton, who once held a commanding lead over the Vermont Senator. “Reports of Donald Trump’s imminent demise as a candidate are clearly and greatly exaggerated. Like a freight train barreling through signals with his horn on full blast, Trump heads down the track towards a possible nomination,” said Tim Malloy, assistant director of the Quinnipiac University Poll. The poll surveyed 1,342 registered voters nationwide between February 10 and February 15. It has a margin of error of +/- 2.7 percentage points. A total of 602 Republicans and 563 Democrats were questioned during the survey. Marco Rubio finished second in the GOP poll with 19% of the vote, followed closely by Cruz with 18%. Kasich was a distant 4th with 6%, followed by Carson and Bush, each with 4%.
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