"Trump, should he be the nominee, and I am not endorsing him, is the only Republican candidate who could potentially realign the national political landscape and win a Reaganesque-style landslide – even winning states thought, for the last 28 years, to be impossible for Republican candidates to win.
Let’s not forget that a big part of America’s political problem is the Republican Congress. For the last seven years, ever since Republicans won the House in 2010, and even more so when they won the Senate in 2012, the Congress has been in total appeasement mode – giving Barack Obama everything he needed to “fundamentally transform America†in his own image.
Like him or hate him, Trump is where he is as a frontrunner right now because of that – the total capitulation of the Republican Congress and leadership – as much as he’s there because of Obama’s failed policies."
Take it or leave it. There's a good deal of truth to the fact the GOP Congress has failed to stand up to Obama and the American people are mad as hell and Trump for better or for worse - is their tribune. The National Review team has no answer to this national anger except to loudly denounce Trump. Where were they when the GOP nominated liberals McCain and Romney? They sure as hell held their peace which is why they have no credibility with conservatives.
I don't know what Trump would do if he became President but I do know the American people believe the country is heading in the wrong direction. You don't need to endorse Trump to understand Americans don't like the inevitable decline of America the establishment appears to accept as a given. Trump wants to reverse all that and people are told its impossible. Of course, the critics used to say that about Reagan.
I agree with everything you say.
Enjoyed your post. Congress and the media have really low popularity. They were sitting ducks, low hanging fruit. And the just happen to be on Trumps radar screen.