[Verginius Rufus]

Jeb's not going to be the Republican nominee, and he won't run as an independent. He's the Rudy Giuliani of this cycle--someone who appeals to some of the pundits but who will fall flat when it comes to getting actual voters in the primaries to pick him.

I don't know if Trump is a Democrat or a Republican. Just because he loudly states a conservative point of view on a few issues doesn't mean that he is a conservative. He may be conservative on economic issues but he may be more liberal than Romney on the social issues.

[Lurkinanloomin]

I was responding to your contention that Trump would go third party and cause a Dem. win.

Trump only goes third party if the RNC screws him and us and nominates ¡Yeb!
In a three way Trmp-Hillary-¡Yeb! race, Trump only loses if GOP voters are suicidally stupid.

[Mustangman]

We can’t intelligently talk about immigration, gay marriage, abortion, religion, minimum wage, or women in the work place bc as soon as you don’t tow the liberal line, the PC police nail us. Trumps appeal at this time has much less to do with his political philosophy and much more to do with his attitude and his ability to effectively take on the PC police.

Maybe the Donald fades away and maybe he doesn’t. In any case, I hope his presence in this election cycle at least effectively weakens the media and PC crowd to the point where we once again can talk like adults on many different issues facing this country.