[cincinnati65]

As I said from back in September, if you keep engaging Trump on Trump's terms, you're going to lose. That's the mistake all 16 candidates running against Trump made. They all danced to the tune Trump was playing, and they all had to pay the piper in the end.

None of them learned after watching the Jeb debacle. Trump could have been defeated, but every candidate played it wrong. Heck, what was Cruz's strategy for the past two months? "I'm not Donald Trump!"

[Buckeye McFrog]

As I said from back in September, if you keep engaging Trump on Trump's terms, you're going to lose.

Best news I've had today! I truly don't believe that Hillary is capable of engaging him on HER terms.

[Cboldt]

-- Trump could have been defeated, but every candidate played it wrong. --

I don't think any of them had the chops or moxie to develop their own game, one that would be superior to Trump at persuading the public, and one that effectively counterred Trump's parry.