Much as I hate to say so, I agree with Chris Wallace. While I still can't imagine myself voting for him, I have gone from thinking the idea of Donald Trump as POTUS was unimaginably preposterous to imagining it actually possible, even likely. What I got from watching that interview this morning was that Trump is getting more and more disciplined while at the same time maintaining that incredibly compelling TV personality. Practically everyone else running looks like a lightweight in comparison, and the field is filled with eminently qualified and seasoned political professionals.
We are just a few months away from the first caucus and primary, and no one is really making any headway against Trump. If he wins Iowa, then New Hampshire, then SC and NV, it's over. Right now he is near 50 percent in SC and NV. He remains solidly in the lead in IA and NH. Who is going to be appointed by the GOPe to step up and take him on successfully? Bush? No way. Carson? Possibly, but a long shot. Cruz? Maybe, but unlikely.
Rubio seems the most likely, and I think in the coming weeks we are going to see a lot of pressure being brought to bear on Bush to step down in favor of Rubio so that the establishment can make one last ditch effort to "restore sanity" to the GOP. Even if it happens I see the odds favoring Trump.
All of that said, I still cannot vote for Trump in the primaries. I am just too philosophically opposed to his protectionist point of view, and I am very doubtful about his psychological stability. Still, he's better than Hillary, so I'd obviously support him in a general election.