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Trump overshadows Republican debate even as he sits it out I predict Trump will win most of the primaries and there will be a brokered GOP convention in August. Trump doesn't need the GOP.
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I just binge-read eight books by Donald Trump. Here's what I learned. From memoirs to financial advice to politics, inside the collected writings of Donald J. Trump.Carlos Lozada The Washington Post July 30, 2015 Sitting down with the collected works of Donald J. Trump is unlike any literary experience I've ever had or could ever imagine. I spent this past week reading eight of his books -- three memoirs, three business-advice titles and his two political books, all published between 1987 and 2011 -- hoping to develop a unified theory of the man, or at least find a method in the Trumpness.
Instead, I found . . . well, is there a single word that combines revulsion, amusement, respect and confusion? That is how it feels, sometimes by turns, often all at once, to binge on Trump's writings. Over the course of 2,212 pages, I encountered a world where bragging is breathing and insulting is talking, where repetition and contradiction come standard, where vengefulness and insecurity erupt at random.
Elsewhere, such qualities might get in the way of the story. With Trump, they are the story. There is little else. He writes about his real estate dealings, his television show, his country, but after a while that all feels like an excuse. The one deal Trump has been pitching his entire career -- the one that now culminates in his play for that most coveted piece of property, at 1600 Pennsylvania Ave. -- is himself.
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So, Golem, I'm seeing quite a few articles claiming that mainstream Republicans and businesses are finally warming up to Donald Trump. I had dinner with a couple of rock ribbed Republicans the other night and while they don't particularly like Trump they made it quite clear that if Hillary Clinton is the Democratic candidate they will most certainly vote for him.
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Not gonna happen. I don't suppose you want in the the bet?
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Not gonna happen. I don't suppose you want in the the bet? I thought we already did? 
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Trump says if he doesn't win in Iowa, he might take his football and go home. But I wonder if his supporters know anything about the state caucus process? The people who participate in caucuses tend to be the party regulars who have done it many times before. Are some of them Trump supporters? I guess we'll see of Tuesday.
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Trump says if he doesn't win in Iowa, he might take his football and go home. But I wonder if his supporters know anything about the state caucus process? The people who participate in caucuses tend to be the party regulars who have done it many times before. Are some of them Trump supporters? I guess we'll see of Tuesday. According to the polls, these people are Trump supporters.
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I thought we already did? I've got $20 Bucks on it with Zeke. No commitment from you though....
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I thought we already did? I've got $20 Bucks on it with Zeke. No commitment from you though.... Pretty sure I was in on that one too. $20? Let's go for something really worth it! A couple of boxes of GS cookies. 
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