[WideRight05]

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.

I enjoyed reading your post, but I would differ that Trump used his own money for his campaign. He gave himself a loan, which is nothing unusual and common amongst political candidates. But it's likely he will pay that back from the amount he receives in the general election which, to my knowledge, he mentioned he would not be self-financing that - which I don't see anything wrong with. Where I do find fault, is him stating he would self-finance the primary while paying himself a loan that he intended to pay back during the general election through funding he receives.

My mind is still open to Trump, but I also feel set on Darrell Castle. At this point I just can't find enough consistency in Trump to satisfy me and I just don't like the attitude I am seeing from the movement. Honestly, I think he has told people in the Republican Party most of what they want to hear. The way he treated some of the other candidates (leaving Ted Cruz out of this) and considering he is surrounding himself with more establishment candidates (e.g. Christie) instead of making a big push to try to attract the Mike Lee and Ben Sasse types is a red flag to me.

We'll see what happens these next few months. I'll go ahead and say this just to get it out of the way. If someone from the Republican Party tries to run as a third party, I won't vote for them. Darrell Castle would have been in this race had it been Donald Trump or any of the other 16 Republicans winning. The third party run by a Republican such as Romney or Cotton would be just to draw protest votes. So they will not receive my vote either.