But Is He?
As someone else has noted, to say that Donald Trump is leading the GOP pack when there are at least seventeen so-called major candidates, is something of an overreach. As other candidates fall by the wayside voters will inevitably coalesce around other candidates, boosting their numbers.
For now, however, Trump is the darling of the sensationalist media. This does the voting public no good, for as usual, the issues take second place to the cult of personality of Mr. Trump. (It is noteworthy that buzz about a Trump candidacy goes back all the way to 1987.)
The current issue of Newsweek tells more.
Why Donald Trump Is Tromping the GOP Field
As someone else has noted, to say that Donald Trump is leading the GOP pack when there are at least seventeen so-called major candidates, is something of an overreach. As other candidates fall by the wayside voters will inevitably coalesce around other candidates, boosting their numbers.
For now, however, Trump is the darling of the sensationalist media. This does the voting public no good, for as usual, the issues take second place to the cult of personality of Mr. Trump. (It is noteworthy that buzz about a Trump candidacy goes back all the way to 1987.)
The current issue of Newsweek tells more.
Why Donald Trump Is Tromping the GOP Field
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