Now you know how George W. Bush “appeared out of nowhere” and ended up as the Republican nominee in 2000. And why they called it “The Reagan Revolution” back in 1980.
The game isn’t rigged exactly, but it’s definitely stacked in the house’s(GOPe)favor.
GW Bush started the 2000 campaign by winning the Iowa caucuses and went on from there. Hardly ‘out of nowhere’.