Donald Trump is doing well and it remains to be seen just how far he'll go. Most do not think the Republicans are insane enough to let him go far enough to win the GOP nomination or even come close to doing it. However, he seems to be doing quite well despite saying and doing things that would have knock other politicians out of the race by now. Can you imagine Bush or Walker saying what Trump has been saying and somehow win their party's nomination. It works for Trump because he's the type of candidate that a TV writer might come up with. And Trump appears to be following that script or something like it and it is working so far.
Many of us want a POTUS like Jeb Bartlett from The West Wing. Or a kickass one that Harrison Ford played on Air Force One or even Jack Ryan from The Tom Clancy books. Each of us has an ideal president who lives in our minds or on the screens. It's why the real ones that we send to the White House continue to disappoint us term after term to some degree or another.
Trump might be some people's ideal candidate and president but for most of us, not so much. However, with today's media as it is and his experience as a reality TV billionaire who may or may not be work as much as he like us to believe, he knows exactly how to play the media by saying and doing things that such up all the oxygen in the room, leaving the rest of the field the only option available to them to get any kind of attention: that is by attaching themselves to Trump and that is usually picking a Twitter fight with him.
The current political and media atmosphere is ideal for Trump. Bashing illegal immigration is red meat for those on the right and a no-brainer subject for him to use to launch his campaign. And having establishment GOP like former GOP nominee John McCain coming at him helped him out as the guy who is not in bed with the national Republican agenda – though he did cross the line criticizing McCain's time as a POW.
Dignified candidates like Jeb Bush tries to stay above all that but depending on how well Trump's campaign can convert the media attention into votes, he may have to act should Trump find himself at the very top or winning in the early primaries.
At this point, we'll have to see how he does in the first GOP debate on Fox News in less than three weeks. If he holds his own, look out. His poll numbers could come back up to pre-McCain bashing levels. Not even a Youtube video of him stealing candy from a baby is going to derail him.
For the Republicans, they're wondering how far Donald Trump will take this. Even if his campaign loses some momentum for one reason or another (probably going to be a mistake of his own making), he may go the distance and quite possibly as a third party candidate. He has nothing to lose at this point. He's lost Mexico. He lost NBC, Macy's, and more companies are considering breaking off relations with him and his businesses, he might just continue through 2016 just out of spite.
As a reality TV candidate, his fans and curious watchers demand no less.
Many of us want a POTUS like Jeb Bartlett from The West Wing. Or a kickass one that Harrison Ford played on Air Force One or even Jack Ryan from The Tom Clancy books. Each of us has an ideal president who lives in our minds or on the screens. It's why the real ones that we send to the White House continue to disappoint us term after term to some degree or another.
Trump might be some people's ideal candidate and president but for most of us, not so much. However, with today's media as it is and his experience as a reality TV billionaire who may or may not be work as much as he like us to believe, he knows exactly how to play the media by saying and doing things that such up all the oxygen in the room, leaving the rest of the field the only option available to them to get any kind of attention: that is by attaching themselves to Trump and that is usually picking a Twitter fight with him.
The current political and media atmosphere is ideal for Trump. Bashing illegal immigration is red meat for those on the right and a no-brainer subject for him to use to launch his campaign. And having establishment GOP like former GOP nominee John McCain coming at him helped him out as the guy who is not in bed with the national Republican agenda – though he did cross the line criticizing McCain's time as a POW.
Dignified candidates like Jeb Bush tries to stay above all that but depending on how well Trump's campaign can convert the media attention into votes, he may have to act should Trump find himself at the very top or winning in the early primaries.
At this point, we'll have to see how he does in the first GOP debate on Fox News in less than three weeks. If he holds his own, look out. His poll numbers could come back up to pre-McCain bashing levels. Not even a Youtube video of him stealing candy from a baby is going to derail him.
For the Republicans, they're wondering how far Donald Trump will take this. Even if his campaign loses some momentum for one reason or another (probably going to be a mistake of his own making), he may go the distance and quite possibly as a third party candidate. He has nothing to lose at this point. He's lost Mexico. He lost NBC, Macy's, and more companies are considering breaking off relations with him and his businesses, he might just continue through 2016 just out of spite.
As a reality TV candidate, his fans and curious watchers demand no less.
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