Trump's only threat is if he runs as an independent. ANY independent that siphons off some of the anti-Obama vote (even 1%) could result in keeping Hussein in office. Trump has absolutely zero chance to be President, but by running an independent vanity campaign he might sucker some small percentage of anti-Obama folks into wasting their votes on a 3rd party. Some are delusional and think said 3rd party can win, others think they are making a statement.
Trump is not a conservative, will not win the GOP nomination (if he runs at all) and is sucking up the oxygen that could be spent attacking Hussein on real issues like the terrible economy, 4 dollar gas, etc, etc.
Nonsense. Just who do you think has been prevented from attacking Obama effectively on those issues? The BC stir by Trump lasted about six weeks, and before that it was Trump attacking Obama on the real issues beginning in January and sooner. The reality is Trump is the only prospective GOP candidate, or the only person period, who has brought media and public attention to Obama's failings in an effective manner. And that's exactly why Obama released that BC: to stop the bleeding Trump was causing him.
What's needed is GOP candidates and leaders with the backbone to attack Obama on the issues, and that's something that has been in short supply so far this year and, actually, going back to the pathetic McCain posture before Obama during the campaign.
The GOP needs prospective candidates speaking up on more specific issue, and more effectively. So far, only Trump and to some extent Palin and Bachmann have done that.
Who knows if Trump will actually run, but all your certitude about his chances if he did run is mostly wishful thinking. No one really knows how well he'd do since he'd be such a different sort of candidate.