[JediJones]

Good analysis. The main point is that Republican nominees since Roe vs. Wade have always won the popular vote by winning Catholics and evangelicals and Trump may not be the most attractive candidate to the "values voters."

[EQAndyBuzz]

Just a question, why do Catholic voters in Boston vote for Democrats? I would think if they voted Republican, the Republican would win Mass.

[EQAndyBuzz]

Just a question, why do Catholic voters in Boston vote for Democrats? I would think if they voted Republican, the Republican would win Mass.

[stormhill]

What is the logic of supporting a screeching fanatical advocate of abortion on any whim because her opponent is not perceived as a sufficiently strong pro-lifer?

Seems like virtually any Republican would be an improvement over Hillary.

[Jim W N]

That’s why he’ll have Cruz. Trunp isn’t perfect but right now he’s the best viable candidate. Cruz as Trump’s VP could very likely walk into the presidency after Trump and finish what Trump started. Potentiality eighteen years of recovery for America.

TRUMP/CRUZ!!!

[Buckeye McFrog]

If Republicans do not run a strong pro-life candidate for president, they don't have enough else in common with Catholic voters to win the Catholic vote.

As a Catholic, allow me to say...

BULL-FREAKING-PUCKEY!!!!

Catholics TALK a good game about Pro Life, but when they enter the voting booth whatever Democrat spins the better line about Social Justice and being "for da Workin' Man!" will always get their vote.

I submit to you that ambulatory vegetable, Sen. Bob Casey as Exhibit "A".

Trump however DOES appeal to the Catholics who vote their Union Newsletter due to his stances on trade and immigration. Certainly way, way more than Mitt Romney did, or any of his clones would.

Personally I wish Catholics WOULD vote their Pro Life convictions, but the facts on the ground prove otherwise.

[JRandomFreeper]

Sounds like more fabricated crap from the media. I'll believe it when I see Trump falling off. But it's BS until then.

/johnny

[Perseverando]

A candidate who mocks what spiritual conversion can do to renew someone's life, as Trump just did during a campaign stop in Iowa last week, is going to have a hard time energizing evangelicals.

I can see it now. Trump will seek to turn the weekly "church bingo night" into a full fledged "casino night." That you can bet on.

[KC_for_Freedom]

Trump’s position on life:

I am now pro-life; after years of being pro-choice

Donald Trump shocked attendees at the conservative CPAC conference in February when he declared himself pro-life after years of supporting the pro-abortion position. Several months ago, when questioned about his position, Trump responded by saying the public “would be surprised” by his stance and, in an interview with Laura Ingraham from Fox News leading up to the conference, Trump characterized himself as “pro-life” and he repeated that apparent reversal when he told the audience at CPAC, “I am pro-life” and pledged to fight for the reversal of ObamaCare, which contains abortion funding loopholes.

While not a “pure”pro life, his other qualities make him the best candidate for this time. His “weaker” position will probably strip votes from Democrats who are “pro choice” but would like a leader with more graits than Hillary.

[Navy Patriot]

President Trump? Part 2: What if he's the nominee?

Then America has a chance.

[Hostage]

Correlative only, not causitive.

What wins elections is turnout.

McCain, Romney lost because of lack of turnout=uninspiring.

If Pro-Life was the defining issue, Huckabee would be the pick. But Huckabee lacks inspirational force.

Trump is VERY inspiring to a broad spectrum of demographics. He is also unabashedly Pro-Life.

He has landslide potential.

Sorry, this writeup is mush loaded with plausible yet absurd bunkum.

[kabar]

The Rep base is non-Hispanic whites. Romney won them 59% to 39%. If Trump can attract white, Reagan Dems, he can win the election. Do the so-called value voters prefer Hillary? Will they stay home or vote against her?

Trump can also make inroads on the black vote. Blacks agree with Trump on immigration. One poll showed 25% supporting him. If he gets anywhere near that, he can be elected easily. Also, Hillary has some problems with the black vote given Bill's remarks during the 2008 Dem primaries.

[Night Hides Not]

Donald Trump is no Ronald Reagan, but I recall where I was 35 years ago.

I was stationed in Germany, nearing the end of my 4th year in country. I lived in a small town along the Mosel River, and spoke very good German by then.

German MSM spewed lies that Reagan would start WWIII, and my neighbors pleaded with me to vote for Carter. For about two months, we'd have discussions at the neighborhood gasthaus, where we discussed the election.

Using my knowledge of contemporary American civics and world history, I allayed their fears by stressing that the world is a safer place when America is strong. Although I voted for Carter in '76, there were a multitude of reasons (well known) why he did not deserve a second term.

Shortly after Inauguration Day, I was invited to sit at the stammtisch, a table reserved for family and friends of the family. Anyone who's spent any time in Germany knows that I was accorded a rare honor.

Back to Trump: although Cruz is my first choice, Trump's pledge to "Make America Great" resonates with me. At least he won't be apologizing for America on the world stage.

[Mollypitcher1]

Just another “Hit” piece. Trump DID NOT mock Christian awakening. Just another case of trying to put words in his mouth so they can destroy him. “They” being the Establishment who are determined to undermine someone who is gaining ground with REAL Americans every day. They see their carefully constructed Democrat lite political structure threatened.

[LS]

Except now Trump is getting very large numbers of those voters, more so I expect after Carson drops. More silly analysis of why Trump can’t do what he is doing.

[Parley Baer]

Question. Is not the Catholic Church taken in some of these Muslim Syrian refugees?

[RitaOK]

Who wrote this twaddle?

When, and IF, the race for the nomination comes down to TRUMP and ANYBODY BUT, Trump should continue to win in a walk.

It seems to me that judging by reality, Republicans have NEVER nominated an evangelical Christian Right candidate.

We support conservative evangelical candidates who run for the nomination, but they sure as shinola, do not WIN the nomination.

Nationally, even Republicans are not now all that evangelical and you would have to high tail it back to the founders, practically, to find one who was.

For the nomination, Trump meets the LIFE requirements of conservative evangelicals, but also he is a more secular believer who can win the rest of the secular party.

Between an imaginary Cruz and Trump contest, Trump wins.

Even the nasty GOP who shamefully despise Cruz, in the end, would prefer Trump to Cruz.

If TRUMP should be taken down by the forces of the GOP/globalists, who else can stand? It will be the GOP candidate, bought and covered.

[William of Barsoom]

Trump will not be the nominee. Bush will be.

The primary rules before March 15th are designed to keep the delegate count diffused and spread out among the many candidates by using Proportional Allocation.

After March 15th, the rules become “winner takes all,” and a less-than majority candidate takes all the marbles. These are also the bigger higher delegate-count states.

This amounts to a GOPPY fix, favoring Their Guy, Jeb.

Watch it happen.