We are in the beginning of the presidential cycle. Donald Trump is creating a buzz that he is running for president. Trump is a billionaire and I highly doubt he would give up his real estate venture, his billions, and his TV personality for a lousy $400,000/yr president salary. Instead, Trump is creating a narrative about Obama and the American people are responding. The birth certificate issue has resurfaced. The economy and jobs is making the news. Trump understands that high gas price will hurt America. In fact, Trump is putting an agenda for the American public to decide what is important for the 2012 election. So far, the birth certificate issue is what really concerns him the most and the America public is starting to support it.
(USA TODAY) Fifty percent of Americans, including 31% of Republicans, say Trump would make a “poor” or “terrible” president.
“Trump is filling a huge void in the Republican Party right now, and he’s gathering a protest vote: protest against the way Washington works; protest with the establishment Republicans,” says Scott Reed, manager for Bob Dole’s 1996 presidential campaign. “The jury is still out whether Trump can translate that into a real candidacy for president.”
His possible bid faces broad resistance: 63% of Americans, including 46% of Republicans, say they definitely will not vote for Trump for president. In comparison, 46% of Americans say they definitely will not vote for President Obama — significantly lower but itself a hurdle to winning the 2012 election.
Though Trump initially got attention by expressing doubts whether Obama was born in the USA, that issue is not driving his support. Among those who say they definitely or might vote for Trump, only about a third question whether the president was born in the USA.
Support from the “birthers” is stronger for Sarah Palin, Mike Huckabee and Mitt Romney. The issue has persisted even though Hawaii has released an official Certificate of Live Birth showing Obama was born there, a fact confirmed in non-partisan investigations by FactCheck.org and others.
Still, in the USA TODAY poll, only 38% of Americans say Obama definitely was born in the USA, and 18% say he probably was. Fifteen percent say he probably was born in another country, and 9% say he definitely was born elsewhere.
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