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My opinion differs. At this point I see Trump pulling it out just because of Hillary having all the red tape she does. I just don't see her pulling it out. Trump's base is much smaller than they want you to think, but they are fired up a great deal more. Although Trump has a few unenthusiastic voters, I would say that most of Hillary's base feels the same way about her that Mitt Romney's base felt about him in 2012. Not much enthusiasm, but they think she is better than what the opposition offers.

Overall, most people are disappointed in the outcome of the primaries. At least over the course of my lifetime, it has been tough to take either candidate seriously but this one really takes the cake.

I used to like Newt a lot but not as much now considering he has leaned a little bit to the left on a couple key issues in recent years. Newt is very, very smart - to the point where it impacts his ability to socialize and in speeches.

I do respect that Newt goes to such lengths in his speeches. He is the type that an informed political voter would enjoy listening to whether they agree with him or not.

I just can't see him picking Newt as his VP though. The reason, Newt is the type that will call something out if he sees it as wrong. Trump needs more of a "yes man."

Cotton isn't a "yes man" either, thus I honestly see it being someone like Mike Pence that runs with him.

I understand your position, but Trump is not displaying very good political instincts and he already trails by nearly 5 points in the RCP average of polls.

Hillary's campaign is going to outspend Trump by a wide margin. Interviews of families who have been ripped off by Donald Trump because of his serial bankruptcies and other failed projects (e.g., condos in which people invested heavily that were never built) will play a large role in this election. Small family business owners and employees will be sympathetic subjects of negative ads against Trump.

The fraud cases that are pending against Trump will also hurt him badly.

This should be a very easy election win for Republicans, but Trump is even a worse general campaign candidate than I expected he would be. The electoral map is looking very shaky for Trump.

IMO, it is very telling that so many Republican politicians are already distancing themselves from Trump. When the Speaker of the House is criticizing his own party's presidential candidate behavior, the road ahead is not going to be a smooth one.