[20yearsofinternet]

evangelical turnout .... in relatively secular New Hampshire from 55,000 to 71,000

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But Cruz lost that demographic to Trump.

I think getting out the evangelical vote is great (more good people should vote anyway), but I don’t know if it’ll help Cruz if he’s blown his image as the “trust in politics” guy running a such a nasty campaign.

[Daniel Ramsey]

Who could deliver the best State of the Union address?

Without a teleprompter.

[MNJohnnie]

At this point in 2004 GW Bush was 12 points behind Kerry.

“Electablity” is a myth push polled by the Establishment to foist “moderate” GOP candidate like Dole, McCain and Romney on the base.

Too bad for the Political Establishment, neither party’s Base is having anthing to do with this nonsense this year.

[wny]

the combination of a Trump nomination and a Senate confirmation of Obama’s newest left-wing-judicial hack will spell the end of the Republican party.

[xzins]

Mitt Romney was clean cut, mannerly, temperate, and practiced in all the social graces.

It did not come naturally to McCain or Dole, both of whom didn’t shine at it.

All 3 were destroyed by their opponents. All 3 maintained that so-called ‘presidential’ aura throughout their campaigns. They even required it of their operatives in the field. I remember when talk radio host Billy Cunningham was told by John McCain to QUIT using Obama’s middle name. Cunningham just backed out of McCain’s campaign. I remember that warrior Sarah Palin was backstabbed so many times by the McCainiacs in charge of his campaign that she carried her own Hindu bed of nails around with her.

I remember Candy Crowley and the Mitt campaign mewly response to collaboration between a candidate and a moderator: they ratcheted up the ‘properness’ and coasted on their mannerliness. In the meantime, Obama was subverting Chris Christie and charging Romney will killing cancer-stricken employees.

So, let’s be clear. The boy scout, go-to-church image, nicey-nice image is not electable.

I want someone who will beat the sh_t out of the opposition and let the chips fall where the chips fall.

[Buckeye McFrog]

With the likelihood that the Supreme Court vacancy will not be filled this year, voters' minds are going to turn to questions of electability, writes my Washington Examiner colleague David Drucker.

Which only goes to prove that Drucker is smoking crack.

If I were close enough to Vegas I'd walk into a book and put a few bucks down on the GOP caving. I think that's FAR more likely than not.

And in any case voters this cycle are voting populist rage and what's best for their pocketbooks. Not some esoteric theory of who is most likely of giving us the best shot of nominating the next SCOTUS judge.

Perhaps they SHOULD be focused on that, but they're not.

[Trapped Behind Enemy Lines]

Rubio will win the electability vote.

Cruz will win the conservative vote.

Trump will win the Nationalist Populist vote.

[Jim Noble]

voters' minds are going to turn to questions of electability

These guys crack me up.

Well, you walk into the room
Like a camel and then you frown
You put your eyes in your pocket
And your nose on the ground
There ought to be a law
Against you comin' around
You should be made
To wear earphones

Because something is happening here
But you don't know what it is
Do you, Mister Jones?