There is a part of me that wants to agree with the author, but I'm certain that both McCain and Romney lost because of being 'nice'. GW Bush nearly lost for the same reason both times.
Trump has taken to the gutter against every other candidate in the republican primary and he's been beating them.
But the real difference between Trump and the others is that THEY also went to the gutter. They just did it through surrogates, through their PACs, and only on the debate stage according the rules of decorum established by losers.
Trump takes it to them in public. And they are having a cow.
Anyone who doubts that Romney viciously attacked conservatives when not on stage is fooling themselves. But he was a little kitten when he got in the general election.
WHO will attack Hillary Clinton on stage? Who will call her an enabler of perverts, a criminal, the killer of those killed by her treasonous handling of classified information, a liar to the families of the deceased?
WHO will attack her as she should be attacked...head on, in her face, and with truly righteous indignation?
I think there's only one candidate who will play in the gutter the way democrats play in the gutter.
That's Trump.
And any know nothing who wants to know about the details of his proposals from healthcare to taxes can go to Trump.com and read ALL about them in minute detail.
Trump definitely has the advantage, here, against Hellary.
The others look like altar boys, up against her. She will make mincemeat of ABT (Anyone but Trump).
Romney needs to take his magical clad @ss back to UT or CA or wherever it is he claims as home. He couldn’t even fend off Candy Crowley!!! She beat his butt like cake batter. So will Hellary.