They didn't take a hit when Izzy left either.

It might be easy to play Adler's parts, but he brought his own sound that hasn't been replicated in GN'R yet.

I see the label wanting something less elaborate. This only appeals to hardcore fans.

Hopefully what happens is a new album or a live disc to get out of the contract, then the vault stuff for a NIN type release. Cut the label out of the equation and Axl could make a lot of money even if only forum goers turn out.

Most likely thing would be a live package imo. If it's one thing Axl wants it is full control over new material, and I'm not sure the label is willing to give him that even with the reunion. In either case the time is right to strike the iron in some way or the other.

I'm pulling for a Trump vs. Sanders. That shit would be epic, like a Hitler/Stalin rematch.

People are dumbfounded Trump is doing so well, but what about Sanders? Guy has a hardcore communist past and looking at his rhetoric that hasn't changed. I can easily imagine him next to a Lenin or a Trotsky, demagouging the hell out of the impoverished masses.

This could actually be a big opportunity for Bernie. Normally he would look like the wacko extremist, but Trump is taking a lot of edge off that. Many will probably consider him a lesser, more sophisticated evil.

If it's Hillary we can already hand the white house over to Trump. She's way out of her league here, and her platform is dubious as well. She's banking on being a continuation of Obama. That is a "safe" position, but in this election that might prove to be less important than ever before.

With anti-trade message, Trump targets 'Reagan Democrats'

To hear Donald Trump tell it, blue-collar workers here are suffering as much as ever, their livelihoods endangered by the familiar combination of foreign competition and U.S. companies eager to hold down labor costs.

It's Trump's mantra. He repeats it again and again at campaign stops like the one he made here last week. A leading contender for the Republican presidential nomination, Trump has made the health of the U.S. manufacturing a cornerstone of his insurgent campaign.

In doing so, Trump is targeting a big pool of potential voters among disaffected blue-collar workers, even if it means alienating the business community and conservative free-market advocates and brings accusations of demagoguery.

He vows to slap penalties on goods produced by U.S. companies outside the country, make it harder for China and others to export their goods, and tear up trade deals that he says hurt the U.S. industry. “I wonder how many Chevrolets are in the middle of Tokyo?’ he told the Anderson crowd to applause. “I would say none.”

And at the economy-themed Republican debate held Wednesday in Boulder, Colorado., Trump pledged to “bring jobs back” from China and Mexico.

There are signs that Trump’s strategy is working.

Polls show that the bulk of Trump’s support comes from men who lack a college degree and make less than $40,000 a year, the kind of workers who once formed the backbone of the U.S. manufacturing economy. They have helped propel Trump to the top of popularity rankings in South Carolina, a key early primary state, where he is outpacing rival Ben Carson.

“Some of the Republicans get so tied up with free trade,” said Lee Cole, a Republican attorney from nearby Williamston who attended Trump’s event. “Over the past 20 years, we’ve lost all of our manufacturing jobs,” Cole said of his hometown. “Anything that talks about getting some of that back I think really resonates well here.”

Government data shows that less than 30 percent of Americans have four-year college degrees and more than half of U.S. workers make less than $30,000 a year, so at stake is a vast pool of potential voters.

"He's tapped into an uneasiness, and he's done it cleverly," said Chip Felkel, a Republican strategist in Greenville, South Carolina, who is not aligned with Trump. "He's played it to the hilt."

TRUMP DEMOCRATS?

At the Anderson event, Trump talked up his blue-collar support, comparing himself to Franklin Roosevelt. His campaign brings up another name: Ronald Reagan.

Ed McMullen, Trump's campaign strategist in South Carolina, says the billionaire contender has his sights on “Reagan Democrats” - working-class voters who tend to support moderates. Those moderate voters famously switched sides and helped Republican Reagan win the 1980 election and the Trump campaign believes it could happen again in 2016 if he makes it to the general election.

According to a Pew Research Center survey taken late last month, Trump’s supporters tend to attend church less frequently than the entire Republican electorate and more often identify themselves as "moderate" or "liberal."
http://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-e … HX20151031

James is always talking about how we need another Reagan. Who would have thought that Trump might be the one.

Interesting analysis:

Trump is going to take this I think. Don't see anyone outmatching him in a debate. Look at how he just unmanned Jeb in those clips.

He is playing this like a game of chess. First the took on Bush, now he's pounding on Cruz. Next will be Rubio.