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Look, the issue with those people is that the first thing they're interested in is winning the election. So they almost always gravitate to the candidate they see as the most electable. Most of them would agree that they'd personally prefer a more conservative candidate, but they've become defeatist and no longer believe a strong conservative can win. So, they push for the more moderate candidates in the primaries even though they don't always prefer those policies..

For the most part, they're not evil or bad. They just think too "strategically: most of the time.

Look, the issue with those people is that the first thing they're interested in is winning the election.

Yes, they foolishly want to win and not have Hilary or Bernie Sanders select the next 3 or 4 SCOTUS justices.

So they almost always gravitate to the candidate they see as the most electable. Most of them would agree that they'd personally prefer a more conservative candidate, but they've become defeatist and no longer believe a strong conservative can win.

And they aren't fooled by Trump into thinking he is a "strong conservative." There is no evidence to support that theory, and lots to debunk it.

Look, the issue with those people is that the first thing they're interested in is winning the election. So they almost always gravitate to the candidate they see as the most electable. Most of them would agree that they'd personally prefer a more conservative candidate, but they've become defeatist and no longer believe a strong conservative can win. So, they push for the more moderate candidates in the primaries even though they don't always prefer those policies.. For the most part, they're not evil or bad. They just think too "strategically: most of the time.

If it's just about winning, why is there so much hostility to Trump, who is certainly capable of winning the general election against Hillary (and can probably bring over more disaffected working-class Democrats than Jeb or Rubio could)?

The GOP establishment's objections to Trump aren't ideological either, otherwise they'd be applying the same ideological purity test to Jeb. So if it isn't about electability or ideology, all that leaves as an explanation for their opposition is the sense that Trump isn't "one of them," i.e. not part of the establishment club. That's a very childish approach to selecting a candidate.