Objectively, it can be argued that Trump has not only directed the entire direction of the Presidential campaign themes for 2016,risen to and stayed at the top of the GOP polling, he has done so without any political experience at all.
All in less than six months.
Who could have seen this coming last May?
And just with a couple million dollars.
As Doughty One has pointed out, he’s not only driving the presidential campaign, he’s already leading the nation, as Congress is rushing to do things before Trump can get credit for them. He provoked Obama to say that Americans don’t want to win. And the big issues wouldn’t even be issues right now if he hadn’t boldly brought them forward. A few candidates are unembarrassed about blatantly stealing his points and even his lines.
The election will just be a formal recognition, unless the GOPe and the media together succeed in fooling and further misinforming the great mass of the slightly informed.
Somebody who understands the power of Prime Time media image branding and the amiable gullibility of the American public?