There seems to be a broad consensus among punditry of all stripes that a Trump candidacy might spell disaster for Republicans next November.  Maybe, but maybe not.  Trump might beat Hillary, and he might beat her decisively. If this sounds counterintuitive, then think about this: everything this election season is counterintuitive.  Trump in a general election battle with Hillary would have several potentially devastating advantages. He represents outsiders in a way that few politicians in modern politics do.  Trump has run hard and openly against the establishment of the Republican Party, and the leadership has snipped and snapped at him as much as he has snipped and snapped at them.  Trump is running, more or less brazenly, outside the Republican Party. Bernie Sanders has done something like that in the Democrat primary.  Neither man really belongs to the party whose nomination he is seeking.  Both are running, in many ways, against the...(Read Full Article)