Trump Can Win the GOP Nomination

GOP strategist Alex Castellanos emails: “I’ve resisted the idea that Donald Trump could and would become the Republican nominee. Unhappily, I’ve changed my mind.”

“Republican voters went through a period of doubt about Trump, an understandable window of buyer’s remorse. They went shopping for someone else — but returned, finding no acceptable alternative who could match Trump’s bad-boy strength and his capacity to bring indispensable change. … Fearing they have only one last chance to rescue their country, they found no one else as big as their problem.”

“In my experience, once voters doubt but return, doubting again is less likely. A candidate’s vote hardens.”

Over at CNN, Castellanos compares Trump to a “bad biker boyfriend.”