Thom Hartmann pointed out this week: Trump will win his party's nomination!

[Akamai]

Thom said on Wednesday (or Thursday) that he was talking to a top Republican who said that the thinking was (among a lot of top Republicans) that Trump, as a deal maker, will make the deal to get to the top of the Republican ticket.

My interpretation, just before the vote he calls Cruz and says, "You can be my Vice-President if you give me your designated votes! You can give me advice and i look forward to it!"

Trump (inadequate in every other way) can call people up and make an offer "they can't refuse."

This is another reason to listen to Thom Hartmann radio, and even to sign up for his podcast as I have. (I sure look forward to the major issues he focuses on and it makes my driving enjoyable.)

Thom is, of course, the person who has hosted "Brunch with Bernie" for more than 8 years and who helped introduce him on the national stage. Listen to him on your computer -- he has the most important show on radio, on TV, in the US (although I really do love Amy Goodman)

Go Bernie!!! Go Thom!!

[wyldwolf]

1. Well, thank Darwin we have Hartmann to tell us these obvious things

[morningfog]

3. Which part was obvious to you?

[rjsquirrel]

8. Umm the part where the current GOP runaway

front runner wins the GOP nomination?

[morningfog]

14. Umm, you aren't the poster I asked.

And that was not the only point raised. So, that may or May not have been the totality of what was obvious to that poster.

[rjsquirrel]

18. Oh come on

That's the "obvious" part and it's in the post title.

Really a risky call there Hartmann.

[wyldwolf]

36. Umm the part where the current GOP runaway

becomes the GOP nominee.

[Akamai]

6. I agree -- obvious to you? -- did you post this before?

[wyldwolf]

37. He'll probably tell us a bear shits in the woods next.

[cantbeserious]

2. Which Is Why - IMHO - A Vote For HRC In The Primary Is A Vote For Trump In The General

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[onenote]

9. Which is why the repub ticket will go down in flames

whether the Democratic candidate is clinton or sanders.

A Trump led ticket with Cruz is no less a loser than any other ticket with Trump at the top.

[cantbeserious]

10. IMHO - Trump Would Beat HRC Handily - Sanders Would Crush Trump Resoundingly

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[onenote]

11. Well, you may have that humble opinion

But all the available evidence suggests you're quite wrong about Clinton-Trump.

When you have repub voices such as Gerson, Rubin, even Will, saying that they'd rather see a third party run than a Trump presidency, you know that Trump's chances in the GE are zilch.

[cantbeserious]

12. This Citizen Does Not Believe Most Supposed Expert Opinion

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[onenote]

13. You're entitled to your opinion

even if it is contrary to all available evidence.

After all, there are people who have the opinion that the earth is flat and that the moon landing was faked. They choose not to believe supposed expert opinion either.

[cantbeserious]

15. All Citizen's Are Entitled To Their Opinion - Including Disagreement With Supposed Experts

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[onenote]

16. All citizens are entitled to use initial caps on their posts too.

[cantbeserious]

17. You Do It Your Way - This Citizen Does It Their Way

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[rjsquirrel]

19. Funny how the polls

don't say that.

[cantbeserious]

20. Polling - The Easiest Political Tool To Be Swayed Or Hacked

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[rjsquirrel]

21. Oh come on

The rest of us are stoopid but you know the inside scoop?

Polls are not hacked. They are swayed only in the sense that they measure public opinion. Right now they show Clinton beats Trump handily.

I suppose you think Thom Hartmann never makes stuff up. Ask him when that big market crash is happening.

The will to believe in your own reality doesn't make it so.

[cantbeserious]

22. This Citizen Does Not Trust The Political Process Corrupted By Oligarchs, Corporations And Banks

Always ask the question Cui Bono every time a new poll is reported.

[rjsquirrel]

23. This Citizen Thinks You Are

Just A Trifle Over Dramatic.

[cantbeserious]

24. This Citizen Thinks That Most Are Not Suspicious Enough For Their Own Good

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[rjsquirrel]

25. Lol

How do you get out of bed in the morning if there's a monster hiding under it?

Your ponderous creepy talk fails to engender paranoia in me.

[cantbeserious]

26. This Citizen Rises Just Fine With Proper Respect For The Manipulated Reality We Inhabit

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[rjsquirrel]

27. Ok you do that

But the constant use of title case makes you sound like a rw nut job, citizen.

[cantbeserious]

28. Casting Aspersions On DU Members Is A Violation Of TOS - Should An Alert Be Sent

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[rjsquirrel]

30. By all means

I shan't be permitted to cast aspersions, lol whut?

I said your use of title case and pompous language made you sound like a nutter.

That's not casting an aspersion. That's an insinuation.

Alert away.

[cantbeserious]

31. Denigrating DU Members Is A Violation Of TOS

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[rjsquirrel]

33. You shall have me Arrested then good sir?

I denigrate thee at mine own mortal peril?

You are a mighty thin-skinned Citizen. Have you seen this place lately? I'm just gently suggesting you sound funny.

[cantbeserious]

38. Humor Be Not Thy Name - Deadly Serious Be Thy Game

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[DavidDvorkin]

4. The art of the schlemiel.

[rjsquirrel]

7. Thom Hartmann predictions

Wow....he really went out on a limb there.

How many times has he predicted th stock market was about to crash?

Buy moar gold and super beer nutritional powder!

[leftofcool]

29. Buy my gold, buy my gold!

[rjsquirrel]

34. Right?

i find someone willing to lie outright in order to sell crap (in Hartmann's case, gold and bulllshit nutritional supplements) in order to pay his bills and thus stay on the air to be untrustworthy on substantive issues too.

A few years back I started noticing that whenever I tuned him in, Hartmann was predicting the imminent collapse of the stock market and the US economy.

To me he's as much a bullshit artist as Glenn Beck.

[firebrand80]

35. Super Beets! nt

[Jarqui]

32. It is a bit of a prediction because it doesn't look like

Trump will get it by winning primary delegates.

If he's within 40 and there are 400 free delegates, he may not have to do anything because 10% of the free delegates will vote for him anyway.

Or he could cut deals with a small number (possibly 25 or less) to put him over the top. Ben Carson might chip in his 6

Rubio will probably have enough delegates that he could do deal like Cruz.

So Trump can play them off each other to get the best deal.

I think it's good news for Hillary if he gets it. He may beat her but he's flawed enough, Hillary has a shot if the email troubles don't get her

[geek tragedy]

40. Clinton is a much bigger favorite to be the nominee than Trump is nt