[DannyTN]

Trump has earned his place.

1. He started talking about trade policy before the last election.
2. He called out Obama on his birth certificate when no politician would dare do such a thing.
3. Trump more than any other politician has been talking about jobs and laid out more details on how he would get jobs than any other politician.
4. Trump called out the illegal immigration and went a step further blaming the government of Mexico for sending their criminals over. And as a builder with a record of getting things done that governments couldn't like the NYC skating park, Trump is believable when he says he will build the wall. And he issued a formal paper that brings immigration back under the rule of law.
5. Trump has highlighted the plight of American veterans.
6. Trump has issued position papers on the 2nd Amendment.

Trump has been leading in the polls because he is leading with policies.

[Guenevere]

trump

[867V309]

His vile generalization about Mexicans...

Vile, I tell you! Vile!

I'll tell you what's vile: the mischaracterization of Trump and his statements by this chump Shafer.

[joshua c]

The lib media shot themselves in the foot.

[mrsmith]

The media just won’t admit that they are ‘the establishment’ that everyone is disgusted with.

[Pollster1]

Trump is in part a media creation.

The GOP establishment and the media have made a concerted effort to stop Trump. That effort is proof of Trump’s main points and has strengthened him tremendously. The free publicity he gets for saying things that offend political correctness has allowed him to maintain a huge presence in our daily conversation for not much more money than Walker spent in his unsuccessful campaign.

Similarly, the orchestrated attacks on Trump, with even GOP debate questions centering on Trump over policy, has been a gift to Trump and his supporters. By centering their questions on Trump and calling him out for offending those whose policies offend voters, the media have made him a hero to patriotic Americans. By stacking the debate audiences with establishment shills, the GOP has reinforced our contempt for their business as usual governance and increased the demand for an outsider like Trump (or Carson or Carly).