So Trump?

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(02-24-2016, 06:02 PM)6andcounting Wrote: If Trump didn't make a career out of being polarizing, mean and conterversal would he have a better chance? If he ran on all his beliefs evenly (many left leaning), and didn't pander to conversatives, would he do better in a general election? His biggest weakness is that he's just not likeable and branded himself (innaccurately) as a hardcore conversative for the primaries.

I think he went in it to stir the pot, to be extreme, not really thinking he could win, not really caring what people think of him.  But since he's still in it, the question is where does he go from here.  Hell, he's battling the Pope, for crying out loud.

If he backed off on the whack a doodle, who knows where it might lead?  There are a lot of people sick to death of the status quo.  An outsider could become president.  But, as you say, he has a serious likability problem and that matters a lot.  So...probably not this outsider.

Said likability problem will be an issue for Hillary too.