Trump is "very popular" among a distinct minority of voters. Most of the rest seem to dislike/despise him. A few weeks ago, I had hope that he was turning a corner, and really might be able to turn himself into a decent general election candidate. Then he retweeted that picture, screwed up on abortion, and that all went to hell.
I personally am convinced now that he is most likely to be crushed in November, and he'll take down a lot of GOP members of Congress with him. So I've gone from reluctantly accepting his candidacy, to thinking we have to get that idiot out of there. I'll admit there is a theoretical possibility that, if he stays off Twitter permanently and stops sabotaging his own general-election chances, that maybe he can partially recover from this. Maybe keeping his nose clean and some fortuitous outside events can give him a slugger's chance in November. If he repairs enough of that damage and closes the gap with Hillary, then maybe it won't be worth the turmoil to deny him the nomination.
But the "Trump will fix this" is too leaky a boat for me to have any faith, so I'm hedging my bets, and want to keep him as far from 1237 as possible to give the party flexibility going into the convention. If he's done a good job at rehabbing his images, or if he just wins it anyway, fine. But as of now, I think he'll get crushed in November so I want to keep options open.
And your support of all this is helping Hillary.
And I think nominating Trump is the surest way to hand the election over not just to her, but to give a major boost to Democrats running for Congress.
Given Trump's command in the delegate race, I was rather desperately hoping it wouldn't come to this. But he just can't resist alienating everyone except his most ardent supporters. Even Gingrich (particularly) and Coulter, both of whom swam upstream to support Trump, have been taken aback by his latest antics. And Trump being Trump, I don't think it'll be more than a temporary haitus until he does it again.
So you see, I don't want to lose to Hillary either. We just see the odds differently.
The problem you have with your entire premise is the fact that the behavior of the Democrats is the exact opposite of what your bogus polls cited say they should be doing.
Actions speak louder then BS Polls. They fear Trump.
"Trump is "very popular" among a distinct minority of voters."
I see the all the time from posters here and talk-show hosts there, but it really doesn't fly. If Trump is popular among a "distinct minority", what does that say about Cruz and/or Kasich, who have less votes than Trump? And I don't put much stock in the "liability" factor. Cruz is highly disliked as well. Hillary is disliked. I'd say most politicians are disliked to a large extent by the very nature of being a politician. I'm not electing a neighbour or buddy, I'm electing someone who can get the job done.
“So you see, I don’t want to lose to Hillary either. We just see the odds differently. “
Fair enough.