The race for the White house is
getting hotter and of course Obama would be having a field’s day watching
events unfold as all those running to take over from him jostle to outdo one
another.
One of the front runners, Donald
Trump after massive criticisms from some party leaders, went hot and vulgar on
his rivals on Thursday during the Republican debate even as the conservatives brooded
over accepting his acrimonious candidacy or disrupting his march to the
nomination.
Trump had during the debate while
hitting back at Rubio who had made mocking remarks on his hands being small, said
“Nobody has ever hit my hands, he referred to my hands. If they’re small,
something else must be small. I guarantee you there is no problem” even as the boisterous
crowd laughed and booed. “
Rubio while trying to exonerate
himself accused Trump for casting the first stone saying “Donald Trump has
basically mocked everybody with personal attacks,” thereby getting Trump on the
defensive who then retorted with several insults while talking over his rivals
saying on one of the instances “You’ve defrauded the people of Florida, little
Marco”.
Hmmm! Never knew Donald Trump was
this mouthy until the campaigns started.
Interestingly, in as much as the
attacks on Trump from his fellow contenders are flying from every angle on the
debate state, each of the candidates including Senator Ted Cruz, Marco Rubio
and Ohio Governor John Kasich have nevertheless affirmed that they would give their
full support to anyone who eventually emerges the party’s nominee.
On the 15th of March, Florida
the home state of Rubio will have their votes but there are fears that Trump
may take the day there as he already leads by polls and if that happens, it
could have a massive negative effect on his chance to the nomination.
On the other hand, Kasich who according
to the people “seem to be the adult on the stage” opines that rather than focus
on personal debasement and ‘scrums’ as recorded on Thursday, the race should
focus on ‘important policies’ even as he struggles to remain relevant in the
nomination contest which is becoming fiercer by the day..
From all indications, Trump the
business mogul who only a few days ago emerged as one of the world’s richest as
reported by Forbes is obviously gliding towards becoming the party’s flag bearer
as other voters have pledged their allegiance to rally round Trump irrespective
of how it turns at the end of the day.
Guess who also got himself on Trumps
firing line as a result of some of his very hash criticisms while lambasting
Trump as unfit to emerge President on Thursday?
It was none other than Mitt Romney,
who said nominating Trump would assist Hillary Clinton of the Democratic party
to emerge winner and had also in a speech at Utah while admonishing the people
to vote the other candidates said “Donald Trump is a phony, a fraud” who
according to him “is playing the American public for suckers” and unfit to be
America’s President.
Trust Trump to always have answers
for any attacks. He has on several occasions insisted on being the only one
capable of defeating Clinton, according to him, “I have not started on Hillary
yet, believe me, I will start soon.” In response to Romney, Trump called him a “choke
artist” “begging” for endorsement having
lost to Obama four years ago. And Kasich on the other hand did not help matters
as he acknowledged that even though Romney still has some elements of power
within the party, he however added that “Mitt Romney is a great guy, but he
doesn’t determine my strategy”.
Cruz who also to an extent seems to
be on the same worrying page with Romney insists that “the stakes are too high”
for Trump to emerge the nominee, with fears that Clinton will eat him alive
ahead of the November election given Trump’s legal problems with his closed
university and his financial contributions to Clinton’s 2008 presidential
campaign which according to him would spell huge trouble and asked the viewers,
“Is this the debate you want playing out in the general election?”
Taking the sides of Cruz, Steve King
a House Republican told AFP that it is wrong for a party to disintegrate forcefully
with the aim to stop a popular candidate was not the answer and also added that
“We should not change the rules just because you don’t like the person that
emerges in the leadership”.
Trump when asked by Fox news representatives
on why he changed some of his political opinions such as on the Iraq war and
admitting Syrian refugees, Trump defended his ground-shifting saying “I have a
very strong core, but I’ve never seen a successful person who wasn’t flexible.”
He thereafter went ahead to reverse his own immigration plan, saying he now
supports an increase in visas for highly skilled foreign workers. “I changed my
tune,” he added. Rubio however cut in saying “There’s a difference between
flexibility, and telling people whatever you need to get them to… do”.
And so while we await results from
the upcoming votes, here is closing with a trending note from a supposed late relative of Trump's.
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