[thesloppy]

To be clear, my post wasn't about beating Trump in a primary, it was assuming Trump loses that nomination in some other fashion (and to be even more clear, I'm not arguing the likelihood of that happening, I'm just saying IF it did, for whatever/any reason).

I think Trump's base has demonstrated the memory and patience of a fly and though they seem to be strongly coalesced behind Trump and only Trump I think they'd just as easily fall behind practically anybody else as long as Trump was truly removed from the picture & folks who may have thought they didn't care one-way-or-the-other would be motivated by the simple offer of something different, entirely regardless of facts/policy/primary/debate.