Thanks for the response. Unfortunately, I don’t see Trump winning, either. You have to be able to appeal to women voters. And his negatives are almost comically high. I hope I’m wrong, but I’m seeing too many people thinking this is going to be a cake walk and I’m hearing almost verbatim claims of winning that I heard 4 and 8 years ago. It’s in my nature to be nervous.
Well, I don’t buy that at all.
1) You don’t win-—and win women-—at the rates he does and be so “unpopular” with women.
2) I’ve written extensively on the “unfavorables.” They are bogus because of Trump’s celebrity/”Apprentice” persona. They are like those of “The Undertaker” in WWF or J. R. Ewing, or Richard Petty. People “say” they “hate you,” then buy the action toy, wear your jacket, or see your show . . . or vote for you. It’s a psychological kind of “villain” that people “hate” but love.
There is no other way to explain his significant success. It does not comport with those numbers. Moreover, he BEAT Cankles by 35,000 votes in OH . . . where he came in second! So I think there is a real, legit shot for him to beat her in FL (where he has led most polls), NC (ditto), OH, NV, MI (ditto-—he did very well against her there), and VA. That right there is the election.
These national “unfavorables” don’t comport with the Electoral College, where he does very well. We haven’t even talked about PA or NH or IA-—states that all Republicans lost since 2008 and NH since 2004.
I hope I’m wrong, but I’m seeing too many people thinking this is going to be a cake walk and I’m hearing almost verbatim claims of winning that I heard 4 and 8 years ago. It’s in my nature to be nervous
At the time, Limbaugh had a whole segment called “ everything points to a Romney landslide but the polls.” And he outlined the reasons that sound the same today. On election night, a Freepers from out East posted that he went to the polling place in his area to vote and he warned that from what he saw, it wasn’t going to be a good night for Romney and was dismissed by others
Performing well in a primary election isn’t the same as the general. The fact is, Hillary will have the base on board in Nov. Not anywhere near the same excitement level as 2008 Obama, but they will come around to her. She’s going to offer all kinds of freebies and Trump is going to have a difficult time countering that. And then Trump would have to keep not only the same enthusiasm with his current supporters he would gave to build on it and there’s no guarantee that’s going to continue
Now, this isn’t sour grapes because Cruz isn’t going to be the nominee as I’ve said the same things about Cruz when it comes to the general. But, as conservatives, we half to be very realistic to what any GOP candidate will face in the general election. Thank the unlimited immigration crowd for that
Personally, I don’t know who would want the job in 2016 America