Ok Barring a strong third party run, or republican funny business, we have 5 potential candidates... Here is my opinion on the electability of each:
Kasich... in a normal election he would be incredibly high on the electability list... he is virtually a democrat in a dozen issues and would pull a large section of the moderates, though he wouldn't energize the far right wing of the party at all. He also is far too nice a guy to mudsling with Hillary.... However the only way he gets the nomination is through a Brokered convention, and Trump would surely run as an independent in that case.... witch makes him virtually unelectable this year
Cruz... Well he plays well to the tea party crowd, but as a moderate who even shares a few of his viewpoints, I can say that his far right wing stances and obstructionist history will play poorly outside of the middle and southern states. Hillary would take the moderates vs him, and while some of Bernies anti establishment voters might swing over, the vast majority wouldn't agree with his conservative viewpoints.
Trump, Welll all we have heard is that he is unelectable... he has singlehandedly committed every faux pas in the book and is still trumping along... considering the amount of fed up and whacky people in the country Id argue he is electable, if it weren't for the surefire political sabotage that is certainly coming at the convention... after all the establishment cant go 4 years without one of their own in there...
Sanders... Look, he is doing as well as a open socialist can in a democratic world... the problem is, as it always will be, that he has an affinity to communism that he cant deny and that this country will ultimately reject... if Trump wins in November vs Hillary... it will be with a closer vote, but with a guy that can be painted as a communist... my gosh the Hardcore Hillary voters might actually bail to a third party person... Trump may be able to ride naked down 5th avenue on a horse kicking orphans in the head and still win. Remember... Americans hate communists... almost to an irrational sense....
Hillary... in this election ... any other woman with the credentials and political views she has would probably be a slam dunk, but her baggage and personality cause all sorts of issues for her.... read this... its everything Ive been saying for months, only from a rational democrat's viewpoint and much more eloquently assembled... http://static.currentaffairs.org/20...s-a-trump-nomination-means-a-trump-presidency
So there you have it... everyone is unelectable... we will have no more presidents
Kasich... in a normal election he would be incredibly high on the electability list... he is virtually a democrat in a dozen issues and would pull a large section of the moderates, though he wouldn't energize the far right wing of the party at all. He also is far too nice a guy to mudsling with Hillary.... However the only way he gets the nomination is through a Brokered convention, and Trump would surely run as an independent in that case.... witch makes him virtually unelectable this year
Cruz... Well he plays well to the tea party crowd, but as a moderate who even shares a few of his viewpoints, I can say that his far right wing stances and obstructionist history will play poorly outside of the middle and southern states. Hillary would take the moderates vs him, and while some of Bernies anti establishment voters might swing over, the vast majority wouldn't agree with his conservative viewpoints.
Trump, Welll all we have heard is that he is unelectable... he has singlehandedly committed every faux pas in the book and is still trumping along... considering the amount of fed up and whacky people in the country Id argue he is electable, if it weren't for the surefire political sabotage that is certainly coming at the convention... after all the establishment cant go 4 years without one of their own in there...
Sanders... Look, he is doing as well as a open socialist can in a democratic world... the problem is, as it always will be, that he has an affinity to communism that he cant deny and that this country will ultimately reject... if Trump wins in November vs Hillary... it will be with a closer vote, but with a guy that can be painted as a communist... my gosh the Hardcore Hillary voters might actually bail to a third party person... Trump may be able to ride naked down 5th avenue on a horse kicking orphans in the head and still win. Remember... Americans hate communists... almost to an irrational sense....
Hillary... in this election ... any other woman with the credentials and political views she has would probably be a slam dunk, but her baggage and personality cause all sorts of issues for her.... read this... its everything Ive been saying for months, only from a rational democrat's viewpoint and much more eloquently assembled... http://static.currentaffairs.org/20...s-a-trump-nomination-means-a-trump-presidency
So there you have it... everyone is unelectable... we will have no more presidents