when you boil all that down, i am afraid what you are left with is the old “only Rudy can beat Hillary” line of crap and that has been discredited here long ago. the reason fred is doing as well as he is, before he has even entered the race, is the extreme dissatisfaction with the field of republican candidates. NO ONE is enthused about them. Fear of hillary will only do so much and it won’t get boots on the ground, and $$$$ contributed to a lackluster candidate who is only grudingly supported by people who are voting simply because they are terrified of a hillary win. that’s why rudy can’t win. that, and the fact that libs are going to vote for a dem, not dem-lite rudy.
That's right. When presented with a choice between a Democrat acting like a Democrat and a Republican acting like a Democrat, the voters will select the real thing.