Yes, I see your electoral map. That is proof that Trump can't win. He is from New York. Most the country will not vote for a New Yorker. Sorry, but a lot of people in the South, Midwest, and West will NEVER trust a New Yorker. One of the reasons Romney was such a mistake is because he was from Massachusetts. And Republican ones especially won't trust a New Yorker who was a Democrat a few years ago. This country hasn't elected a New Yorker as president since 1944, and it won't be anytime soon.
You claim only a liberal is electable. Well, we've tried that for 30 years. Can't we get a conservative once.
"You claim only a liberal is electable. Well, we've tried that for 30 years. Can't we get a conservative once."
I never said only a liberal can get elected.
Jobs, Taxes, Military, Supreme Court ( mentions Alito ), Illegal Aliens. These are the big issues and those are the ones that Trump is riding. Those also happen to be the four corners of the Reagan administration in hindsight.
They will never vote for a "New Yorker"? They have voted for a New Yorker as you grudgingly noted, FDR in a similar economy. Not only that, they *have* recently voted for a Chicago Communist.
Here's the sad truth that you cannot wrap your brain around ... in the big election it is NOT solely or even partly about ideology since all possible ideological candidates have gotten elected in the recent past. However there is a bias in the major media against (R)epublicans and especially Conservatives. The most Conservative one up there is Cruz. what are his chances of flipping Florida, Ohio, Pennsylvania and Michigan?
It is always about pocketbook issues. That is how you pull votes from the (D)ummycrat enemy ( if they are in fact your enemy ). Trump's plan looks like it is to get a few percent of each of the (D)ummycrat core constituencies. That is the only logical way to flip those States because every (D) crossover is the same thing as getting two (R) votes ( because they decrease by one, and we increase by one ).
So yes, I do believe with the wind at his back, a careful battle plan, a little luck, and help from God, he could thread the needle and flip Florida, Pennsylvania, Michigan, Wisconsin, Ohio, North Carolina, Iowa, Indiana, and make a decent run at Colorado, Nevada, New Mexico and Virgina. Especially if he goes straight into New York, California and Illinois and bleeds the enemy bankroll as they defend those major markets they they take for granted. He will need a 50 State strategy.
The problem that you and a few others will not accept is that pretty much all of our other candidates are not even in this game to begin with. They would have to do this exact same thing themselves. Now stop ducking and sketch out a scenario where one of the others can take on this challenge!