With Trump, he's been in the limelight for decades and everything we know about him - real or imagined - has already been put out there. Political opponents really don't have the ammo they thought they were going to have. Trump can either adopt the Clintonian "That's old news" tack or he can just double-down and not only admit to whatever it was but state he's proud of it - a novel approach that his voters seem to love about him.
When Trump stated last week that he thought "eminent domain is a wonderful thing" - that just sucked the air right out of those critics who were hoping to finally have an issue to smack him around with.
Herman Cain exploded in popularity four years ago because people were even then so hungry for a non-politician that was successful in the private sector. Today, Trump is capitalizing on that and Carson is riding his coattails. My theory has been that Ben Carson provides a convenient place for would-be Trump supporters to park their vote for a while to see what happens with Trump. As it becomes more evident that Trump is in this to stay, look for a lot of the Carson support to peel off and go to Trump.
Between Trump, Carson and Fiorina, they have over 50% of the polling we have seen so far. The establishment candidates are polling in single digits and the only actual politician doing reasonably well is Ted Cruz - who is hated by most of the establishment.
This is a historical election and one that our grandkids will be asking us about many decades from now.
My theory has been that Ben Carson provides a convenient place for would-be Trump supporters to park their vote for a while to see what happens with Trump.
I agree may the best candidate win.