“He’s spoken to 50 million Americans in the two debates. Trump has won.”
Won what? He’s polling at roughly 30% of the GOP electorate. As you said, his message is out there, and there are no minds to change on Trump, so.....where is he going to get enough additional support to win the nomination, much less the general?
The propaganda war. By directing the narrative of this election. How often do we bemoan how we are unable to do that? That's a victory. I certainly don't think Carson's 20% is going to hold. And we all know that a lot of Trump's support is not coming from GOP rank and file but the LIV "independent" voter.