The Donald Trumps Final GOP Debate, Scores YUGE Win

Happy Wednesday Friends,

Here we are just five days before the Iowa Caucuses and a day before the final GOP debate. So, what's the only thing we're talking about today? Here's a hint: It's the same thing we've been talking about.

Friends, no matter what you think about the man or his politics, you've gotta give Donald Trump credit for his ability to keep the spotlight on himself. We are watching the master at work, and he's giving a command performance.

I'm going to make this country so great again it hurts!

The lessons of all those years at the helm of his reality show The Apprentice, on which he watched cunning competition play out before him daily, were not lost on him. He's an impressive learner.

His latest move, boycotting the final debate before the Iowa Caucuses, is nothing short of sheer genius. It's his most amazing stunt yet, in a campaign filled with them.

Trump has nothing to gain from participating in this debate on the FOX network, and  he could walk into an ambush. He also knows his presence equates to a huge increase in viewership, giving him leverage that he's not shy to use.

Given his running feud with moderator Megyn Kelly, who he backhandedly called a bimbo this morning, and a run-in yesterday with FOX president Roger Ailes over a snarky memo about the GOP frontrunner, Trump took advantage of the opening to back out.

Instead, Trump will hold his own simultaneous event, certain to be telecast by the competing news networks, to raise money for one of his pet causes--wounded veterans, This is bulletproof. It's beyond reproach. It can't be criticized.

In the run up, all the cameras and microphones are trained on Trump.

This man will stop at nothing to get the GOP nomination. He will not lose.

When Ted Cruz said yesterday (something you may have expected if you read this blog) that he can't see how Trump can lose if he wins Iowa and then New Hampshire, he seemed to be foreshadowing.

Those would normally be strange words coming from the only candidate giving Trump any kind of competition. Not so strange, though, if you believe as I do that the master deal maker has already cut one with the Texas senator.

We'll see if Trump steals all the attention in the remaining hours leading up to tomorrow's debate, then changes his mind at the last moment, gives a big donation to the vets, and shows up ready to rumble.

Perhaps he won't be able to resist another go-round with Ms. Kelly. That would keep him atop the news cycle for at least another day.

Okay, so I got these super powers and they're YUGE!

I concede that he can outsmart the likes of me with his amazing super power: the ability capture the world's attention in a different ingenious way every day. Take a moment to think about this power and how well Trump wields it.

His super power allows him to run a champagne campaign on a beer budget. He can bully the likes of the Mother of Bullies, FOX News. He can even call Megyn Kelly a bimbo (nearly the equivalent of shooting someone in the middle of 5th Avenue) and still pick up voters and endorsements.

This begs the question: if Trump can run a winning campaign for 90% less than the professional politicians, can he do the same thing for the country?

This is what he's promising. It's looking  more and more like voters want to give him that chance.