{"id":24477,"date":"2015-10-24T12:17:29","date_gmt":"2015-10-24T16:17:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/?p=24477"},"modified":"2015-10-24T12:21:14","modified_gmt":"2015-10-24T16:21:14","slug":"2016-shaping-up-to-be-the-war-of-the-titans","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/?p=24477","title":{"rendered":"2016 Shaping Up To Be The Political War Of The Titans"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: left;\">San Rafael, CA<br \/>\nOctober 24, 2016<\/p>\n<h1>Election 2016 Prediction: Trump vs. Hillary<\/h1>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/hillary-clinton-donald-trump-getty-640x480.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-24483 alignnone\" src=\"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/hillary-clinton-donald-trump-getty-640x480.jpg\" alt=\"hillary-clinton-donald-trump-getty-640x480\" width=\"550\" height=\"413\" srcset=\"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/hillary-clinton-donald-trump-getty-640x480.jpg 640w, https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/hillary-clinton-donald-trump-getty-640x480-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 550px) 100vw, 550px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>by Rich Scheck<\/p>\n<p>It is now relatively easy to predict who will be the two main candidates<br \/>\nfor President in 2016.<\/p>\n<p>Donald Trump is the clear favorite to be the Republican nominee and<br \/>\nHillary Clinton will almost definitely head the Democratic ticket.<\/p>\n<p>After months of leading in the polls, despite being endlessly criticized<br \/>\nby the main stream press and the Republican establishment, Trump<br \/>\nhas emerged as the man to beat one year before the 2016 election.<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.infowars.com\/gop-insiders-trump-likely-nominee\/\">GOP Insiders: Trump Likely Nominee<\/a><\/p>\n<p>The prospective collapse of Jeb Bush&#8217;s campaign increases that probability.<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/revolutionradio.org\/?p=111424\">The GOP\u2019s Nightmare Is Coming True: With Jeb Out Of Cash, Insiders Say Trump Nomination Almost Certain<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Similarly, despite all her incredible baggage and dubious public image,<br \/>\nHillary Clinton appears to have weathered the various storms to regain<br \/>\nthe momentum as front-runner.<\/p>\n<p>The combination of her Benghazi performance, Biden dropping out and\u00a0that stupid hand shake by Bernie Sanders regarding her e-mail scandal\u00a0along with her hard-core base built over the decades by piggy-backing on\u00a0Bill&#8217;s success, means she can now breathe a little easier about being the\u00a0first female nominee of a major party for president.<\/p>\n<p>Yet sadly for her, actual breathing may be a significant hindrance to her<br \/>\nsucceeding in the general election. Reports of health issues continue<br \/>\nto raise problems. The coughing spell at the end of her testimony has led<br \/>\nto further speculation that she has serious challenges and will not be<br \/>\nphysically fit for the job:<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/drudgereport.com\/now.htm\">Drudge Report On Hillary&#8217;s Medical Status And Physical Fitness<\/a><\/p>\n<p>What this all means to the future of our Republic (Empire?) is difficult to<br \/>\npredict. No matter who prevails, the litany of serious problems confronting<br \/>\nthe nation may prove overwhelming for anyone charged with leading over<br \/>\n350 millions residents.<\/p>\n<p>With our politically, morally and financially weakened country being challenged<br \/>\nby a discontented world led by Russian Federation President Vladimir Putin, the<br \/>\nnotions of American Exceptionalism and unending military interventions in the<br \/>\nname of Pax America are now facing their biggest threat in decades.<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.veteranstoday.com\/2015\/10\/23\/vladimir-putin-is-morally-and-intellectually-destroying-the-new-world-order\/\">Vladimir Putin Is Morally and Intellectually Destroying the New World Order<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Whoever wins the election will have their work cut out for them. And it is safe<br \/>\nto say that the years ahead for us will not be pretty.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>San Rafael, CA October 24, 2016 Election 2016 Prediction: Trump vs. Hillary by Rich Scheck It is now relatively easy to predict who will be the two main candidates for President in 2016. Donald Trump is the clear favorite to &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/?p=24477\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-24477","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24477","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=24477"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24477\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=24477"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=24477"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=24477"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}