[TheRealThing]

What I cannot understand is people who were willing to vote for McCain in 2008 and for Romney in 2012 who are unwilling to vote for Trump in 2016. To me, Trump is a better candidate than either of them ever were. Also, Obama, for all of his numerous faults was charismatic, young, and could stir up a constituency. McCain was a loser and Romney had a small chance but employed the worst presidential campaign strategy I have ever seen.

The difference in Romney and Trump to me from a strategy standpoint is that Romney was rich but hid from his riches. He almost seemed ashamed to have money. Trump flaunts it everywhere. In a down economy when people are starving they want to see an example of the american dream. Trump for all of his bravado and arrogance is doing a genius thing: he is offering to take America up with him. Romney seemed to run away from his riches and change the subject if it was discussed. Was that some of his humility, maybe. Do I value humility, absolutely. Is humility a necessary trait in a presidential candidate? NO! The only two places that humility is a bad thing is politics and a job interview. I've heard it said that running for the Presidency of the United States is the ultimate job interview.

Romney's candidacy sunk when a joke was made of his "binders full of women". Trump has had 3 public marriages/divorces, has made an empire with casinos, has called women ugly, fat, and other things, and the world knows it. Why is he doing so well? It is because the world knew those faults going in. Nobody has ever been as vetted as Trump. The whole world knows his garbage because he has lived in the spotlight. Also, he does not run from his words. McCain and Romney would run from anything and apologize if anyone was ever offended. Trump seems to say, "so what?"

What is happening is that people are starting to hear some good things about Trump. Slowly but surely private stories are coming out when he gets slammed. The best example I can think of is when the New York Times recently ran their slam piece and tons of women came on news radio, tv, magazines, newspapers, etc... to refute the NYT's claims and tell stories of how much they love Donald. What the NYT intended to sink Trump has actually been a factor is his numbers rising.

Last point, just 1 week ago today Hillary was up 50-39 over Trump in nationwide head-to-head polls (not the most reliable but it feeds media stories) but today I looked and the last few polls have Trump by 1 and Hillary by 1.

In battle-ground state head to head polls, (which matter more) Hillary only leads Trump by 2, in Ohio Hillary leads by an average of 1.4 (Trump leads one of the two most recent polls, Hillary leads the other), in Pennsylvania Hillary leads by 1, Trump leads every head-to-head poll in Georgia, Trump leads by 4 in the only polls taken since late April in North Carolina, Clinton is destroying Trump in Wisconsin still, in the only polls posted Trump is destroying Clinton in Indiana, and finally, in the only polls posted Trump is destroying Clinton in Missouri.

So, Trump appears to have a more than considerable shot of winning if he can win over Blue voters in Ohio, Pennsylvania, and Florida. I say this because the states that are Red states are rather solidly Red and even if people vote for obvious loser 3rd party candidates, enough will still vote for Trump.

Believe it or not, I'm rather confident that Trump will win. I am an ABC voter (Anyone But Clinton) so because I so desperately want her to lose, I will vote for Trump.

I believe that Trump is pro-coal and natural gas and Hillary has been on record as wanting to put coal out of business so that alone should convince KY, Pennsylvania, and WV to vote for him.

That indeed was a great post LWC. And I agree with 100% of all of it. You're exactly right in your observations and expectations of Mr Trump and I applaud you for clear minded lucidity.

And I could not agree more with your belief that Mr Trump will win this fall. Possibly the first man who does not run from his words to come along since Reagan. I respect anybody who knows who he is and what right is. He's called a spade a spade since his announcement, and the people love him for doing so. Case in point would be his candor during the first debate when he explained why he knew candidates are for sale. They had come to him in times past and promised any quid pro quo in which he may have an interest because they were desperate for money. He beat the field on his own money and as I have pointed out on a number of occasions, anyone contributing at this late date is buying into what he has campaigned and won the nomination on.

The poor shipwrecked souls of the Titanic, has they had opportunity would have happily climbed aboard the very steamer to come by, they certainly would not have held out for another luxury liner as the #NeverTrumps have vowed to do.