Two days later, business mogul Donald Trump, who had been running neck-and-neck with the Republican leaders but was showing signs of faltering due to his affiliation with the birther movement, followed suit.
“faltering due to his affiliation with the birther movement”
The only reason he was popular at all was because he was the only one talking about the BC.
Yeah, I quit reading at that point. If the author is either that politically inept or that intellectually dishonest, the rest of his article is worthless.