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Originally Posted by Iowa_Flames_Fan
It's weird to be saying this for (I think) the second time--but here is a good article by David Frum, regarding the dilemma that Republican conservative voters face in the US right now:
http://www.theatlantic.com/politics/...o-vote/504977/
Although I am not of that stripe I can sympathize with the issues set out here, and while we are all mocking the GOP for nominating such an obviously unqualified boor, it is worth asking: what if Democrats had done the same? What if Trump were running as a Democrat against a tarnished and unpopular but still-competent GOP candidate? (Romney 2.0, let's say).
I suspect the shoe would be on the other foot in every sense, and though Romney would likely win (for the same reasons that Clinton will likely win) there would be a lot of "deplorable" democrats holding their noses and casting ballots for Trump. It is an unhealthy side effect of the polarized two-party system. |
I think Romney would win pretty handedly in that scenario. But Trump would never end up as the Dem nominee in his current form. He wouldn't have made it passed the primaries spouting his nonsense. It would be interesting to see what type of tone he would take, because Democrats just don't tolerate most of what he says. He'd have to be a completely different person.