[2ndDivisionVet]

Agree? Disagree?

[catnipman]

If Trump can’t win, no one from the GOP can.

The GOPe has already tried two loser squishes in a row now, so a third won’t fare any better.

And WAY too many people find Cruz totally despicable, creepy, and/or appearing to be fanatically religious, including many in the GOP, not to mention Cruz has ZERO cross-over appeal; if anything, Cruz has negative cross-over appeal.

I personally know a whole smorgasbord of folks chomping at the bit to vote for Trump BECAUSE he’s a total outsider beholden to no campaign donors or other power players, and yet they would never vote for Cruz in a million years. And the kicker is that many of these people are Democrats, even some who voted for Obama, who are completely sickened at what has been going on and are desperate to vote for a total outsider as they see that as the only chance anything might actually change.

[central_va]

Trump wins in a 50 state landslide.

[orinoco]

What makes these so called journalist so credible? They do not have nearly the lifetime of success Trump has had. They do not say much about the community organizer from Chicago! Trump will out perform him with ease.

This is just another hit piece.

[Dalberg-Acton]

The stupid mantra goes on. They’ve been lying about Trump since day one.

[Disestablishmentarian]

Why are you posting this screed? Author is just another worthless mediocrity trying to boost his career by bashing Trump every day.

How do people like this even gave a job in journalism?

[irishMN]

Disagree. All the points the media point out I disregard. The more the GOP doesn’t want Trump simply equates to why I should vote for him.

Why are so many so scared of a guy that tells it like it is?

Because he’ll ruin their plans and fight for me.

[euram]

Washington Examiner, isn’t that owned by Bill Kristol’s son-in-law or owned by the Standard Weakling?

[moehoward]

85% (ish) of FR regulars disagree.*

*see nightly caucus results.

[Hostage]

Of course you agree.

[Greensea]

voters can think for themselves. if the gope doesn’t like trump, don't vote for him,but don't deliberately sabotage him just because you don't think he can win. Voters will decide, or maybe not,at least in Colorado.

[disndat]

PLEASE

SHILOH

COME

[smoothsailing]

If he’s the nominee, expect Trump to be relentless in elevating Clinton’s negatives. It will be brutal. All the polling cited in this article will be irrelevant.

[LibFreeUSA]

2ndDivisonVet a CRUZBOT, who has no qualms relying on "Timothy P Carney", an avowed conservative trasher, as well as anti-TRUMP and anti-Reagan mouthpiece, who co-wrote a ANTI-TRUMP article for the NY Times .... "Donald Trump's America"

TIMOTHY P CARNEY:

"Donald J. Trump's calls for barring Muslims from entering the United States and for rounding up and throwing out millions of immigrants (whom he called "rapists"), as well as his frequent falsehoods and his saying that a protester beaten at one of his rallies "should have been roughed up," have drawn comparisons to the days of Hitler and Mussolini. How can a man of such extreme views be the leading Republican candidate in the polls? What does Mr. Trump's popularity say about his supporters, and America?"

"Foot soldiers in an army formed by Reagan"

"The spectacle of hate-mongering unleashed by Donald Trump may be shocking, but it's merely a result of the natural evolution of the modern American right that drove the election of Ronald Reagan 35 years ago.

[Maurice Tift]

  Trump is actually the first candidate since Reagan that I really like. In 1980, I was a delegate supporting Reagan at the State convention in Georgia and I could see the way he upset the moderates (Bush supporters)(we just call them 'establishment' now). Anyway, Trump is making the establishment reveal themselves and for me, it's a blast to see it happening again and it's more public this time. You don't have to be an insider to see the establishment crackup, so - yes - from my point of view, this is exciting.

Reagan Can't Win - Ford Says (March 1980)

[fr_freak]

The very nature of articles such as these is quite a bit underhanded. The author here, and every author of such things, isn't trying to convince anyone of the worth of the candidate as he might perform in office, but is instead simply trying to demoralize the candidate's supporters by saying that none of the cool kids will vote for him. To me that is a highly manipulative tactic, although a common one. It is the same tactic used when people say things like "Stop fighting gay marriage - it's inevitable. You're on the wrong side of history."

If something is right, it is right, whether you believe it will win or not. And if a candidate is the right one - he is the right one, whether you believe he can win or not. Is there any rational point in voting for a wrong candidate just because "he can win"? What have you gained from that?

With that in mind, this author fails on three levels:

1) He is starting with a useless, irrational, and manipulative argument

2) He is claiming to know something he can't possibly know so far in advance of the election

3) He is implying that, since this frontrunner is unelectable, you must vote for the other frontrunner, failing to take into account completely the fact that the other frontrunner is likely less electable than Trump.

[Defiant]

Slimey Ted can't win. No one likes him.

Trump will win in a landslide.

[Lurker]

You go right on telling yourself that.

Please.

L

[aligncare]

Hillary’s got two criminal investigations on her tail and 147 full time FBI agents working it; FBI director Comey himself will reportedly question her — a very unusual occurrence.

Donald Trump will have no trouble branding Hillary like a prize dogie.

You recall Mr. Trump is good at branding: Low energy Jeb, little Rubio, lyin’ Ted. The next thing you know, opponents crumble. The brand usually sticks because there’s truth in them. He’s a wizard at it.

Mr. Trump hasn’t begun a general election campaign against Hillary yet. Once we see a direct, side by side comparison on the campaign trail and in debates, Hillary will be left shattered and sputtering. Trump wins.

Right now, however, he’s focusing on Ted Cruz.

[j_k_l]

Agree? Disagree?

Agree.

[Lakeshark]

It's a humorous problem for you vet.

I believe you once said you worked for the Reagan administration.

According to this article you couldn't have because in the Spring of 1980, he couldn't have won in the same exact way.