"But as we've already seen," he says, "much of the eroded Bush support has gone to Reagan (Trump), not Baker (Cruz)." Neither party has power brokers any more, he says: "The candidates are organized like entrepreneurs, to win for themselves, not to deliver to someone else."
"Given the triumph of populism in politics today, the notion a candidate can enter late and take the nomination away from a candidate like Reagan (Trump), in it from the beginning, must be questioned," Mr. Ranney says.
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Did they say populism? Shhhhh, don't tell Levin.
It is freaky how history appears to repeating itself. Political déjà vu.