[TexasFreeper2009]

they polled me for this.

said I supported Cruz but thought Trump would win.

[MichaelCorleone]

This can’t be right. Marco Rubio said so.

[Jim Noble]

Well, since Trump can pull up to 25% of Democrats who voted for Obama, and nobody else can pull any, YOU do the math...

[cripplecreek]

John McCain and Mitt Romney were most electable too.

[bray]

But, but, but Fox News...

[McGruff]

¡Ay, caramba

[Tupelo]

Now just watch the GOPe lower the BOOM on Trump. After last year’s Mississippi primaries, we now know they are even more vicious than the Democrats.
This could be fun. Or tragic.

[SamAdams76]

Trump will carry the Republican base and most Independents but will also bring very significant support (i.e. "Reagan Democrats) from the other side. This is the stuff of which landslides are made.

No other GOP candidate can deliver that mandate. I'm not sure very much will change overall if we get elected the typical Republican (i.e. Rubio) in a squeaker. Most likely however, a Rubio will lose just like Mitt Romney before him. And as much as we love Ted Cruz here (and I like him too), he only appeals to the conservative base - which we all know will not be enough to carry a general election. Perhaps a Trump Administration will soften the path for a Ted Cruz later on. Cruz is only 44, he'll have other chances.

[McGruff]

Obama: I Don't Think Trump Will 'End up Being President'

Who you going to believe, some poll or our Dear Leader!

[jimbug]

As abrasive as he is, Trump is by far the best choice for a few reasons:

1)He owes nothing, I say again nothing, to any special interest group nor will he since he is self-funded

2)Trump has the organizational skills and contacts to assemble a team that can turn America around on any issue--from a failed immigration policy to bringing back jobs from offshore

3)Trump is not afraid to confront the PC police, the whiners and Communists who infest every level of American society

We have had a bellyfull of 'professional' politicians who have made a career of laying in the public trough sideways and lapping up our hard-earned money as they make themselves wealthy by acting on inside information and creating legislation that is of personal benefit to them.

It's time to elect someone who has actually succeeded in the private sector.

[mmichaels1970]

Just LOVE watching the media, pundits, and GOPe squirm!

[LuvFreeRepublic]

There is another electability related article on TheConservativeTreeHouse that is a good read titled ‘Ted Cruz - The Reality of The Situation’. Cruz supporters won’t like it because it discusses Cruz’s slim to none chance to win the general election. Winning the general election should be a concern of every primary voter. Trump has crossover support. No other candidate has that. THAT is a big reason Trump can win. I don’t see any candidate winning the general if the can’t appeal to some Independents and fed up Democrats.

[TomGuy]

Had a chuckle watching CNN push the Dem debate this morning.

Commentator Julian Epstein (pro-Hillary) claimed that a recent poll showing Hillary in decline had a margin of error of — 10%!

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10%??????

That would make nearly everyone in the country ‘inclusive’.

[bgill]

But, but, obey said Trump wouldn’t win and the msm has been saying for a week he was dropping out and didn’t have the numbers!!!!

Very suspicious of what caused this sudden change. The other foot is going to fall soon.

[brydic1]

Taking a look at the Republican Primary and Caucus rules for 2016, I do not think it is possible to stop Trump. The rules overwhelming favor a candidate that gets the plurality of the vote, especially the primary system. The establishment cooked up this system to engineer a victory for the establishment candidate believing that the outsider candidates would split the vote of the more conservative voters (see 2012 and 2008) and the single establishment candidate would get the plurality and win the great majority of delegates to the convention. This has backfired bigtime. Unless there is an earthshaking development or a Trump withdrawal, Trump is almost fore ordained to win the plurality of votes in any primary. With almost all the big states having primaries that do not permit any delegates to candidates who do not reach a threshold of 20% of the vote. It looks like Trump would gather almost all the delegates in those states. As polls stand right now it is possible that Carson, Rubio and Cruz could gather a few delegates but insubstantial compared to Trump. There are 34 or so primary states and they are mostly the big states. The non primary or caucus states are where the establishment had a better hand but those are the very states that more conservative republicans have the better hand. Stopping Trump is going to be almost impossible if he continues to lead the field in popularity.