I liked him, I won’t say I loved him. I liked him because he was a fighter and seemed willing to fight hard for what he believed in, much of which I believed in to.
Trump was at his best, in his campaign, when Bannon was the CEO, and as much as people want to revise history Bannon was crucial to him winning. Could have have done it without him? Who knows. We know Paul Manaforte was actually a liability to Trump. We know Corey Landowsky was not great shakes. Trump still won primaries with them, maybe a third useelss advisor still could have been enough to get Trump to the White House, but probably not.
Trump and Bannon have a lot in common. Both tend to shoot their mouths off when silence would be a far more effective choice. In the end that has cost Bannon terribly, and Trump some, but not that much. That cold change quickly though. (For instance in his FBI interview).
I think I always correctly assessed both Trump and Bannon. I am not a Trump fan-boy. I voted for him because I liked his policies. As he sequentially abandons them I lose interest in him, it’s not that I wish I had voted for Hillary it’s just that Trump looks more and more conventional all the time.
Amnesty will probably jsut about seal the deal for me. I’m sure Bannon doesn’t secretly support amnesty, so while I’m not his biggest fan I do think he did a better job of representing “Civic Naionalism” than Trump did, a lot of the time.
It wasn't just Bannon. Kellyanne Conway was brought in simultaneously with Bannon to run the campaign.
Perhaps it was Conway who was the more disciplined force driving the Trump campaign?
-PJ