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Not so. The people who are horrified of giant Mexican walls and war crimes against Muslims are not going to vote for the guy, period. The people who want giant Mexican walls and war crimes against Muslims are not going to vote for the guy if he suddenly decides that Syrians are people, too. There is no moderate path forward for Trump, period.

So honest question: what level of "promise" are we talking about here? Because I'll point out that Obama has promised to close Guantanimo every year since 2008 and has failed, and that's literally 300 prisoners at a military base. "Go after big banks" is an easy thing to say but a tough thing to do. "the health insurance establishment?" Near as I can tell, he's got 500 words of free-market doublespeak that basically say "repeal Obamacare and make Congress do the rest."

"Congress" has not been particularly effective to date. So what level of credibility are you going to require of Candidate Trump in order for him to earn your support?