Here’s a simple and somewhat rhetorical question.
How much of Donald Trump’s running as a Republican, (given that he’s changed parties 5 times since 2004) is his recognition that there was no way on God’s green earth that he was going to be able to get by Hillary Clinton within the Democrat Party process which was already heavily stacked in her favor?
As a side question to that, how much of the way of primary activity, particularly in the open primary States, is coming from Democrats who recognize what a disaster both Hillary Clinton then Bernie Sanders will be to the party, and a the country?
It should give anyone who’s been watching this thing serious pause.