Rove deserves your animus, certainly.
But is Trump a proper object for your affection?
His conservatism is of a later vintage and even less convincing than Romney's.
Are you absolutely certain he's not the next Perot?
Good point
Since Romney stated last presidential election during the GOP presidential debates that he likes government mandates, and says they work, I'm perplexed how it's even possible for Romney to be considered conservative in any aspect.
Now, I personally don't trust Trump even as far as I can throw him, and considering the weight of that hair, it isn't far to begin with. However, he hates government waste, hates suck ups even more, and considering the crop of current 'front runners', he's shining simply because the Huckster and RomneyCare stink so badly.
My viewpoint is that Trump peels off votes from Huckster Rudy McRomney, who all need to stay at the top through the liberal state open primaries to knock out the conservatives in the race. To me, this is win-win - not only do we not have to pay Trump to do this, but just him running should kill a lot of Huckster Rudy McRomney fundraising, and also likely cause a lot of liberals to hold off on their donations, because if Trump does win the nomination, that puts a heck of a lot of electoral votes in play.
Palin doesn't need a lot to keep going, and it'd be easy for it to be a two horse race once the swing through the south is done. And all the while, the GOP will actually have a message coming from two people, vs the lack of message from Huckster Rudy McRomney.
Are you absolutely certain he's not the next Perot?
'Read my lips' Bush decided to neglect the issues that Perot brought to the race and took votes for granted. If the GOP candidate does the same thing, it is by their choice not to campaign for those votes, and gross stupidity, as far as I'm concerned. A lot of people like to blame Perot, but it was 'Read My Lips' Bush who backstabed the base more than once and declined to take up the issues Perot brought to the public.
Perot didn't cost the election, 'read my lips' did, and gave it to Bill Clinton. Won't even get into the utter disaster of the Dole campaign.