The Donald has an appeal FAR beyond merely the disgruntled libertarians and some conservatives within the Republican party. Many more of the “unaffiliated” voting age population, some of whom have not voted in years, or NEVER voted, are sufficiently attracted so that now they have or are planning to register to vote this next November. And as noted, even a few disaffected Democrats may be willing to cross over and pull the lever for The Donald.
This is shaping up to be a landslide for Republicans (through no fault of their own) similar to what put Reagan in his second term in 1984. Minnesota and DC went for Walter Mondale.
Graveyards are the site of a lot of whistling right now.
The cold willies are out and about for the Democrats.
Many more of the “unaffiliated†voting age population, some of whom have not voted in years, or NEVER voted, are sufficiently attracted so that now they have or are planning to register to vote this next November. And as noted, even a few disaffected Democrats may be willing to cross over and pull the lever for The Donald.
This is one of many reasons I do not like Trump. When was the last time we heard exactly what you posted regarding a presidential candidate? Obama.
You are describing the lowest of the low information voters supporting a candidate, not on the basis of the candidate’s platform, but merely on the cult of personality.
I have been engaged in a deep, personal struggle as to whether or not I would support Trump should he run in the general. He would be another life-long leftist running against another life-long leftist. Not much of a choice, in my opinion.
The one and only redeeming quality he might have would be the destruction of the Republican party as we know it. Even that is not a given but it is the last straw left to grasp at.
The overwhelming passage of the budget bill has convinced me that all is lost with the Republican Party. It was long ago infiltrated by leftists and is now dominated by them. It is not a conservative party. It is simply the Democrat Party with another name.
In Trump’s recent comments regarding the “little bit of a maniac” Cruz, he differentiated himself from Cruz by saying he could work with Democrats and Republicans whereas Cruz could not. In that case, Trump brings nothing to the table. Nothing.
Democrats and Republicans work together just fine to pass leftist legislation as it is.
If Cruz does not win the nomination my only hope is that Trump runs 3rd party and actually makes the GOP go the way of the Whigs.
That is not likely to happen either.