I'm not speaking about policy, etc..
Speaking about drawing vote power only.
Like it or not, Earl, it's the semi-finals of 'American-Idol'.
You still don't get it. The finals were already settled in Cleveland. This was an unwinnable race for Hillary Clinton. Never before has someone with so much baggage been elevated to be her party's nominee for President. There wasn't a candidate out there that she could beat, save one - Donald Trump.
Cleveland settled this race. The Republicans snatched defeat out of the jaws of victory by nominating the worst possible candidate they could have ever come up with. Every day for the next 100 days, we will see unforced error after unforced error after unforced error by this GOP nominee. The more people see Trump, the more will know what a complete joke he is. He is certifiably insane. There is not a single redeeming quality about him.
Take a look at an electoral map and see it for yourself. If by some miracle Trump keeps his mouth shut for the next 100 days and hires some professionals to do some high quality ads, he could pull off wins in North Carolina, Florida, Ohio, and Colorado, and he would still lose. But you and I know that Trump won't shut up.
So back to your first line. It reveals the root of the problem. Because it is ALWAYS about policy. If it had been about policy with you, then we wouldn't be stuck with a candidate who does not hold a single Conservative value. Think about it. You nominated a liberal Democrat as the Republican candidate. And now you come here and say that we have to choose
your liberal Democrat over the other liberal Democrat? If that is your best argument, then this race is already over.
Cleveland settled it. Cleveland ensured that there would be no one in this race fighting for Republican values.