Trump cheats at golf - the ONE and ONLY politics thread

Not coming at you with this one, but you really don't understand how overextended we are. Down from 16, we now have 10 combat aviation brigades, with Korea on the block pending the election. Three units per year in Afghanistan, three in Europe, two in Kuwait/Iraq, and 59 major training exercises to support. Do that math. There are no more to go around. Anything kicks off somewhere else. Anything. And we don't have it to give. Brigade combat teams are in even worse shape.

 

According to always reliable Twitter, a reporter asked Kasich about his campaign tactics and Kasich replied, "I'm with Harry Potter. We're not going over to the dark side." Gosh, I hope that one's true.

 

Things getting tight in Louisiana
Louisiana Secretary of State - Statewide Election Results

 

Little Marco is rocking that 11 percent.

 

BTW, so far in Louisiana, the total Republican vote is about 10,000 more than total Democratic vote. Super Tuesday's "intensity gap" not there. I have no idea why, just noting.

 

Maybe "God, people, anybody but this guy!" isn't such an inspiring message after all.

 

Let us also consider LaSalle Parish, Louisiana. North central part of the state, know nothing about it, about five times as many Republicans voted as did Democrats there. But it is the only parish in the state where Sanders beat Clinton. Again, I wonder why.

 

Twice as many people in stone red Louisiana have voted for Sanders today than for Rubio. Stay down, champ, it's just not your night.

 

The caucus format appears to be mighty good for Alberta Ted. He wins in Kansas and Maine.

 

Caucuses reward well-organized people who can tolerate sitting in very uncomfortable chairs and listening to dull rhetoric for hours. Tailor made for evangelicals (and for Democrats, social movement types).

 

I doubt Rubio will drop out anytime soon. You'll see Zombie Rubio shambling along until A) Trump or Cruz clinch the nomination despite the RNC's effort to derail both, or B) the race ends with nobody gaining a majority and it goes to the convention. The RNC will do its best to keep Rubio on life support to that end.