It still baffles me how Trump managed to rise to the top among all the other better Republican candidates.
The field he bested in the primary was a mile wide and an inch deep. While he was clearly the worst of the bunch, the first time he had credible competition was in the general. Mainstream Republicans couldn’t rally around a Romney/McCain candidate simply because there wasn’t anyone present of that caliber. When Chris Christie is among the most reasonable, principled voices in the room…