Why do you say that?
As you know, this is an idea guy; he thinks things through and he is good at articulating his ideas. He is also the most populist of the current batch; he will pull some independent votes in. Can he defeat Hillary; I don’t know if any GOP candidate can. But I think that he will stand in very stark contrast to her over-packaged appearance, and he will not have to run back to the center to be elected because he already relayed a lot of his thoughts.
My feeling is that if he is the nominee, he will have a chance to make things happen, and it will be money from small donors and principled conservatives that gets him going. And, flame away if you want, but I have no problem seeing him tackle the CEO cash-rapists on, either...