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Most of Trump's numbers are a result of his name recognition, (years of being all over the news and on reality TV), the very generous media coverage, and most importantly...hitting the exact chord on illegal immigration. I was a Trump fist pumper too in the beginning listening to him bash the establishment, (I loathe Jeb), but eventually i expected he'd start to look presidential, would start to talk substance, and yet he hasn't. Trump seems incapable of MAKING THE CASE for conservatism, unlike Cruz or even Carson. I watched his interview on Stephanopolus, (sp?), yesterday, once again HOPING he'd surprise me and yet it was the same old blather. Once again he gave the dems more talking points, biggest one being that the middle east disaster we face today is due to us going into Iraq in the first place, (apparently it has nothing to do with the vacuum Obama created). Isn't that the stance of Bernie Sanders? He proudly professes and reminds us all that he was against the Iraq war. Whatever. The rest of what he said was his usual superficial crap. Interestingly he still doesn't seem like he REALLY wants this. There is just something in his tone, maybe it's something he lacks, but I just get the feeling that this might have gone farther than he is even comfortable with. For the first time he has started mentioning, "if I start doing bad in the polls...then...". This was never even something he considered or made mention of in the past. In the end I will hold my nose and vote for whoever the repub is....trump, cruz, or even...gag...bush. But if the last election has taught us anything, it's that staying home and forfeiting the election to the dems, is putting your own selfish agenda above the country. Love him or hate him, had Romney won, the world would be a much different place today, and the country would be as well.

“eventually i expected he’d start to look presidential, would start to talk substance, and yet he hasn’t. “

You should have watched him on Meet the Depressed. He was calm, focused, had a grasp of the issues and had details at his fingertips, and best of all, didn’t let the pretend journalist get the better of him.

And his policies he’s released on immigration and taxes are top notch.

I suspect were never a supporter and that there’s nothing he can do to win your support, short of endorsing your RINO candidate.

But if the last election has taught us anything, it's that staying home and forfeiting the election to the dems, is putting your own selfish agenda above the country.
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I hope that you aren't referring to the provably false assertion from 2012 that 4 million conservatives supposedly refused to vote for Romney and stayed home? (repeated ad nauseam as a way of attempting to discredit conservatives). The truth is that Romney received 1,000,000 more votes in 2012 than McCain in 2008. Unfortunately, Obama had received 10,000,000 more than McCain so started way ahead.