Friday, May 06, 2016

JOHN CHUCKMAN COMMENT: TRUMP'S INDIANA VICTORY AND CRUZ WITHDRAWAL FROM CONTEST - THE BASIC ANSWER AS TO WHY CRUZ FAILED


COMMENT POSTED TO AN ARTICLE IN THE GUARDIAN


We expected Trump's achievement, and he didn't disappoint.

Ted Cruz, if you read up on him, qualifies as one of the ugliest human beings ever to run in either party, a nasty piece of work altogether.

What was remarkable in Indiana was Bernie handing Hillary yet another sound defeat.

Simply amazing.

Her name is as well-known as Microsoft, and he is a figure few in the Midwest would even have been aware of. He comes originally from New York, something which in the American Midwest is virtually a liability - maybe comparable to a Londoner in Yorkshire.

And, believe me a self-declared "democratic socialist" does not go down well in the Heartland, but it is clear Bloody Hillary goes down even less well.

If it wasn't for her party insiders - with her years in national politics plus her husband's, she has many and they have used voter suppression tactics to rig some of the races - Arizona, New York, Iowa - he may well have been the candidate presumptive.

Well, California looms large. Who knows?

There never has been a more gripping year of American politics.