Thursday, April 2, 2015

From Politico: Here Are the Real Republican Primaries

The author coins a few terms - prior to state primaries where delegates to the national conventions are selected - Republican candidates have to navigate the following. These are "the real 2016 contests." 

- Click here for the article.

The Laura Ingraham Primary: There are other top radio talkers, but few are more effective in their crusades than Laura Ingraham, the lawyer and best-selling author. She’s both unrelenting and effective, and she has proven unusually influential with a fervent fan base numbering in the millions.
The Memoir Primary: As a general rule, nobody reads political memoirs anymore—not even their authors. But on those few occasions when a political book is well-crafted and does sell well, it can be a telling sign of genuine grass-roots enthusiasm.

The Ben Carson Primary: Book sales aside, every Republican knows—even Ben Carson knows—that despite his remarkable performance in recent polls, the only scenario in which the accomplished neurosurgeon is the GOP nominee begins with: “All the other candidates are in a plane that disappears over the Bermuda Triangle.”