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  • Donald Trump Is Certainly Winning the Google Search Battle

    Donald Trump Is Certainly Winning the Google Search Battle

    Google Trends has produced an interactive county-by-county map of the most-searched Republican Presidential candidates – and it’s monochromatic.

    That dark red represents Donald Trump, who is pretty much dominating Google searches across the country – unless you head to Wisconsin, where Scott Walker receives the bulk of the attention.

    After Walker, Jeb Bush wins a handful of scattered counties.

    Check out Google’s map:

    If you look at the second-most searched candidate, there’s a lot more Bush.

    Donald Trump is a lot of things. Ignored is not one of them – at least at this stage in the competition. Twitter recently provided data on overall mentions on its platform over the past month, and it’s not even close. Trump received 2.7 million mentions, and his closest competitor was Scott Walker with 354,000 total mentions in the time period.

    Real Clear Politics’ aggregate polling data has trump up 10.4 points over Jeb Bush.

  • Nikki Haley VP Chances Weighed by Man Who Launched Sarah Palin

    Nikki Haley is the name on the lips of possibly every Republican primary entrant right now, and that’s a lot of men.

    When South Carolina governor Nikki Haley shifted her position from not being interested in the Confederate flag issue to advocating fiercely for its removal, she caught the public eye.

    “This flag, while an integral part of our past, does not represent the future of our great state,” Haley said.

    Americans found Nikki Haley’s honesty in the wake of the Charleston church shootings refreshing. It did not take long for her name to be floated as a possible running mate for whoever wins the GOP primary.

    “She’d be on anybody’s list,” Mike Huckabee said. “She’s done a terrific job in South Carolina.”

    Now the man who brought Sarah Palin into the 2008 race alongside John McCain is weighing in. Steve Schmidt is a GOP strategist who has also made a name for himself as supporting equal rights for gays.

    “Nikki showed leadership in this instance,” Schmidt says, “and she represents a new Republican face in the South. She speaks to the growing diversity of Republican elected officials in executive office, and she’s been a very effective governor in the state of South Carolina, and certainly, she’s going to be a person given serious consideration.”

    But Schmidt acknowledges that Nikki Haley has chinks in her political armor.

    “Her knowledge of world affairs and national security remains untested and unknown at this point,” Schmidt admits.

    One might look back at how the Sarah Palin experiment fared for John McCain in 2008. Palin’s “knowledge of world affairs and national security” were also “untested and unknown,” but Schmidt brought her into the Big Game anyway.

    How does Schmidt feel about that decision today?

    “My judgment was influenced by an ambition for victory, trying to figure out a way to win the race,” Schmidt has said. “There is no question she helped to energize the campaign and to catapult John McCain into the lead. But the result was the nomination of someone who was fundamentally not qualified to be in the national command authority. That supersedes any short-term or long-term political advantage. Obviously, I have great regret over that.”

    There may be a place for Nikki Haley in the GOP primary, but maybe not as a running mate. South Carolina has proven to be a pivotal state in GOP primaries of the past. For a GOP candidate, having Nikki Haley in your corner may be very handy. Whether she should be on your ticket is another matter.

  • Nikki Haley Cheating Rumors Follow Her as VP Talk Begins

    Nikki Haley has been the talk of the town lately, and not just towns in South Carolina. Folks in Washington are taking note of her and the attention she is getting following the horrific shootings at a Charleston church last month.

    The shootings have been described as hate crimes perpetrated by a white supremacist who displayed a Confederate battle flag in his pre-shooting statements online. As a result, sentiment and urgency to remove that flag from display at state facilities reached a fever pitch. Nikki Haley, who had previously opposed removing the flag, did an about-face in the wake of the tragedy, supporting the flag’s removal.

    Haley’s willingness to let go of a viewpoint that has been dogmatically held by many in her state seemed to set her apart as more principled than most see other lawmakers. Her sincerity in declaring that she honestly could not defend that flag anymore to her own children was a breath of fresh air to voters.

    Now Haley is seen as a potential force to be harnessed for the brewing GOP presidential primary. South Carolina has proven to be a pivotal state in GOP primaries of the past. But some look to Haley personally as potential running mate material.

    “She’d be on anybody’s list,” Mike Huckabee said. “She’s done a terrific job in South Carolina.”

    It is reasonable to assume that candidate Huckabee has his own eye on Nikki Haley.

    “She could play a pivotal role in [women’s issues, education reform and long-term immigration policy] and in the future of the party,” Republican strategist Juleanne Glover said. “She’s an American success story with a biographical narrative that lends itself to a larger, inspirational story. Friends who know her well have always been evangelical about her potential. They are not surprised.”

    That biographical narrative Glover speaks of includes the fact that Haley was the first female governor of South Carolina, but is also the child of immigrants. Born Nimrata Randhawa, her parents were immigrants from India.

    However, some in South Carolina are still wary of Haley. The now-popular governor has had to face scandals in recent years. If she were to be chosen as a potential running mate for a leading candidate, those scandals would no doubt have to be addressed.

    Haley faced accusations of an affair with Will Folks, a political blogger and former campaign staffer. Folks gave details of his alleged liaisons with Haley.

    Nikki Haley was also named in a divorce suit as one of three “other women” S.C. State House lobbyist Larry Marchant was alleged to have had affairs with.

    If she is to be taken as a serious contender on a national level, Nikki Haley will have to find a way to put these allegations to be once and for all. While they may be old, the people of South Carolina have not forgotten them.

  • Trump Comments on Kathryn Steinle Killing Double Down on Scandalous Claim

    As if Donald Trump had not already made his point clear, the candidate for the GOP nomination for president in 2016 has driven his stance home.

    Donald Trump used the occasion of the murder of Kathryn Steinle, who was killed at Pier 14 in San Francisco, allegedly by an undocumented alien from Mexico, as opportunity to further iterate his statements about immigration.

    San Francisco police are sure they have their man in the shooting. They arrested one Francisco Sanchez, and say he has made statements about the killing, which seems to be random. Sanchez has reportedly been deported from the U.S. five times for crimes.

    Trump took to social media to make his points, challenging his opponent in the GOP race, Marco Rubio, with this tweet:

    “.@marcorubio what do you say to the family of Kathryn Steinle in CA who was viciously killed b/c we can’t secure our border? Stand up for US”

    Trump’s statements are the latest in his reiteration that his campaign-launching assertion that some illegal immigrants are “killers and rapists” was not a mistake.

    “When Mexico sends its people they aren’t sending their best,” Trump said when he announced his candidacy. “They are bringing drugs, they’re bringing crime, they are rapists and some are good people but I speak to border guards and they tell us what we’re getting.”

    His statements have lost him the network that carried his Miss USA pageant, as well as costing him the ire of some of his GOP comrades.

    But some see Trump’s stance as needed in the U.S.

    Trump says the solution to America’s immigration concerns is a wall on the border with Mexico.

    “The American people deserve a wall to protect our jobs, economy and our safety. I am the only candidate who would build it.”

  • Ivanka Trump Gets Her Wish As Donald Trump Runs For President

    Ivanka Trump surely knew. About a week ago the daughter of billionaire Donald Trump told CNBC’s Closing Bell that she hoped her father would run for for President of the United States.

    “I would support him and encourage him wholeheartedly,” Ivanka Trump said at the time.

    Ivanka Trump felt that her father would be successful as President, and she said she based her opinion on seeing him “as a citizen,” not as a daughter.

    “I have the unique perspective of being by his side every day and understanding how incredibly capable and just want an amazing visionary he is,” Ivanka Trump said. “As a citizen, it would be amazing if he makes that decision.”

    Well, Ivanka Trump has gotten her wish. Donald Trump came out with all the bombast and hyperbole you would expect from the man who runs Celebrity Apprentice.

    “I will be the greatest jobs president that God ever created,” Trump said in his announcement speech.

    His qualifications for being President?

    “I’m really rich,” Trump said, claiming he had assets of $9.2 billon and a net worth of $8.7 billion.

    Trump compared the U.S. to other countries around the world, declaring he could bring back America’s glory days.

    “America is a laughingstock all over the world,” Trump declared. “ISIS, China, Mexico are all beating us. Everybody is beating us.”

    “The American Dream is dead,” Trump said. “But if I win, I will bring it back bigger and better and stronger than ever before.”

    While Ivanka may see her father as the perfect candidate, Trump’s campaign announcement drew more jokes about the GOP “clown car” of candidates.

    Some even point out that running for the office of President brings business benefits to almost anyone who takes on the race, even if they lose. Trump himself acknowledged how great extra press can be for a businessman.

    “From a pure business point of view, the benefits of being written about have far outweighed the drawbacks,” Trump wrote.

    Trump dismisses polling data that says he doesn’t have a prayer.

    “I have learned much more from conducting my own random surveys than I could have ever learned from the greatest consulting firms.”

    So, why is Ivanka’s dad running for President?

    “I do it to do it,” Trump says. Which is as good a reason as any, I suppose.