What does a TRUMP presidency look like?

[Barrister]

Cruz is a good candidate. That's funny.

It's pretty telling who DerS considers a good candidate and a bad candidate. Calling Jeb! "as terrible a candidate as you can get" while thinking Cruz and Rubio were good ones?

I think he was referring to Jeb's abilities as a retail politician - which indeed were far from impressive (though "as terrible a candidate as you can get" is ridiculous hyperbole since we had the example if Ben Carson running against him).

Thinking Cruz would be a good President required expecting a certain kind of "pivot" from his bomb-throwing reputation in the Senate.  But he seemed smart enough that he might pull it off.

[Jacob]

Cruz is a good candidate. That's funny.

It's pretty telling who DerS considers a good candidate and a bad candidate. Calling Jeb! "as terrible a candidate as you can get" while thinking Cruz and Rubio were good ones?

Seems reasonable enough if one of your key metrics for "good candidates" is the ability to motivate turnout among the spiteful identity warrior and fiscal nihilist wings of the Republican party.

[Habbaku]

Cruz is a good candidate. That's funny.

It's pretty telling who DerS considers a good candidate and a bad candidate. Calling Jeb! "as terrible a candidate as you can get" while thinking Cruz and Rubio were good ones?

Seems reasonable enough if one of your key metrics for "good candidates" is the ability to motivate turnout among the spiteful identity warrior and fiscal nihilist wings of the Republican party.

That does seem to be a prerequisite these days. 

[derspiess]

I think he was referring to Jeb's abilities as a retail politician - which indeed were far from impressive (though "as terrible a candidate as you can get" is ridiculous hyperbole since we had the example if Ben Carson running against him).

More specifically, I was thinking of Jeb!'s historically embarrassing $ spent per vote.  He performed terribly as a candidate, ergo he was a bad candidate.  As I mentioned (and I guess it was ignored) I think he'd have made a decent president.

[frunk]

I don't think you can separate out "things that make it likely to be elected" from "things that mean he'll do a good job once elected".  Being electable is a key qualification for being a politician.

As a voter I think it's very important to separate out the two.

[Habbaku]

He performed terribly as a candidate, ergo he was a bad candidate.

Glad we got that cleared up.

[derspiess]

Cruz is a good candidate. That's funny.

It's pretty telling who DerS considers a good candidate and a bad candidate. Calling Jeb! "as terrible a candidate as you can get" while thinking Cruz and Rubio were good ones?

They both ran laps around Jeb!.  Cruz got 7.8 million primary votes, and Rubio got 3.5 million.  Jeb! got 286,694.

[Habbaku]

And Trump lapped all of them. Therefore, he's your best candidate.

[derspiess]

I don't think you can separate out "things that make it likely to be elected" from "things that mean he'll do a good job once elected".  Being electable is a key qualification for being a politician.

As a voter I think it's very important to separate out the two.

For sure.  Sometimes. 

[derspiess]

And Trump lapped all of them. Therefore, he's your best candidate.

He won, didn't he? 

[Eddie Teach]

And Trump lapped all of them. Therefore, he's your best candidate.

He won, didn't he? 

Something something popular vote.

[frunk]

For sure.  Sometimes.

And that sometimes exception is how we get Trump.

[crazy canuck]

For sure.  Sometimes.

And that sometimes exception is how we get Trump.

Perhaps the best summary of the election thus far 

[Grey Fox]

Trump is the best candidate a right leaning american voter can wish for. All the others were unelectable in a general election.

Altho, it is a surprise that Trump is.

[derspiess]

Trump is the best candidate a right leaning american voter can wish for. All the others were unelectable in a general election.

Altho, it is a surprise that Trump is.

I think the GOP had multiple candidates that could have beaten Hillary.  Rubio and Kasich are the first two that come to mind.