[Hoot Gibson]

I am looking forward to the day when Trump, Kasich, Bush, and Fiorina throw in the towel. I do not hear Trump adding anything to the bare bone policy positions that he laid out months ago and it makes me think that he is really not in it to win it. His repetitive campaign lines is starting to remind me of a Sean Hannity show. Repeat a half dozen lines over and over and over to make sure that everybody has a chance to hear your brilliant thoughts.

Kasich and Bush make me wonder how they ever won their first election. They are annoying people who seem to believe that others should support them because it is their turn. They are the most condescending presidential candidates since B. H. Obama and neither have a record that warrants any arrogance whatsoever.

Fiorina is a solid debater, but as the field narrows, the fact that her greatest accomplishment ended with HP firing her will make her easy pickin's for her more accomplished opponents.

I agree that it is time for the undercard debate participants to throw in the towel. Christie has turned in two straight strong debate performances. I also thought Jindal, Huckabee, and Santorum turned in pretty good performances, but this is not a normal year and none of these four guys are going to make the cut this year.

I like Ben Carson and hope that he lands a position in the next Republican president's cabinet (Sec. of Education or Sec. of Health and Human Services). He would also make a great Surgeon General and would be the perfect guy to clean house at the VA. In fact, if I were president, I would probably use Carson as my Mr. Fixit to address the vast array of disasters that Obama has created. Fixing the VA would be his first assignment.

As he has been from the start, Ted Cruz remains my top choice and nobody is a close second, IMO. Rubio is a fantastic communicator but if he wins the White House with a Republican Congress, amnesty will become a reality and unlike Obama's amnesty program, Rubio's will be the law of the land. In fact, I would expect Rubio to sign amnesty into law even if Democrats retake the U.S. Senate in 2016.

If Trump is serious about winning the White House, he needs to be putting some meat on the bones of his campaign. Otherwise, the race will soon be between Rubio and Cruz - and maybe Carson - but I am not sure how long Carson will be willing to take the extremely unfair attacks on his character.