Donald Trump won four of the five super Tuesday primaries and Ohio governor John Kasich won his state's primary. Trumps four victories validated what "PolitiDose" has been saying from the very beginning. His candidacy is on top because the rest of his republican opponents and their party are so weak on accomplishments they border on being inept. Trump also used personal attacks on them from the very beginning to highlight their weakness and it worked. His opponents never got a foothold and never appeared to be Presidential.
Rubio was so weak he could not even carry his home state of Florida. Trump beat him in 67 of 68 counties. And Rubio was billed as the future of the republican party. It of course was a republican myth swallowed by the news media. Ohio governor John Kasich carried his home state but could not get to 50% of the vote. Pretty sad for a candidate who bragged how well the people have done on his watch. Sure Kasich had three opponents but all things are relevant. The news media does what it does best, blow smoke when they say Kasich is now a factor in the republican nomination process at the convention.
The weakness of Trump's opponents does not indicate he would be better if he wins the nomination at the convention. In fact the republican party is in trouble regardless who they nominate. Tim Pawlenty, a former republican governor and Presidential candidate in the 2012 election told MSNBC on Wednesday night Trump is winning because the republicans promised to cut spending, cut the deficit, repeal Obamacare, deal with food stamps, change social security and a host of other issues and did nothing on any of those issues. In other words, the republican party has no accomplishments, just like "PolitiDose" has been saying for the past 8 years. But Pawlenty did not say any of those things when he ran for the republican nomination in 2012. Its par for the course for republicans.
The news media are still searching for answers why Trump is winning and continue to give his campaign top billing. They just can't get enough. The republican party did indeed create Donald Trump and they are two sides of the same coin. Donald Trump, the republican party and the tea party all deserve each other.
But the country and its people deserve better.
This commentary written by Joe Lorio
