I don’t really trust Trump, and am not a fan of the idea of him as the nominee (a Cruz/Walker ticket sounds a whole lot better to me at this point).
That said, Trump is serving a useful purpose for the cause right now. He’s forced the GOP and some in the MSM to start taking a harder look at illegal immigration. He may not have put it in particularly artful terms, but he has made the issue resonate, and that is what counts. It is front and center in the public eye. And now, it seems he might be able to winnow down the candidate list in the GOP primaries.
I like both Bobby Jindal and Carly Fiorina, and regret they aren’t going to get a lot of air time under the setup. But it also means no-hopers like Pataki, and hamstringers like Graham (I’m convinced he’s only running to thwart Cruz in SC, and give the primary to Jeb) aren’t going to get disproportionate air-time (to their polling numbers) at the expense of candidates who the voters do want to see on stage.
All just MHO, of course.
A great deal is going to happen in the next six to eight weeks. Trump may well weed out the losers to a good number of serious people. My Dream ticket—Cruz/Trump. I am not so keen on Walker—the more I learn of him. Jebster is a Joke—Christy a sham, Huckleberry a hypster wantabe. Drop em and lets settle on a real GOP guy—but no RINOs.