When This Blows Over

Among other strategic and tactical triumphs, Trump is exhibiting in pulsing
neon colors the contemporary political parallel universes of Common-Sense
America and Conventional Wisdom Establishment. *Common Sense*
*America is, and has been for some time been, so over the incompetent,*
*posturing national politicians as well as their irrelevant agenda issues and*
*their counterproductive policies. They are aching for candidates with*
authenticity who will address their everyday concerns. AND do not presume
a preference for their common sense world makes them redneck philistines.
Further, he is exposing the multiple fallacies of CW Establishment politics, to
wit: appealing to nontraditional GOP voters requires narrow and corrupt
Identity Politics tactics; message resonance demands mandatory acceptance
of any and all CW Politically Correct premises, including gratuitous, phony,
solicitous kowtowing to the media; that strict avoidance of
establishmentarian “third rail” issues is political kamikaze.
Once he gets to the debates, he will have to connect his bombastic
iconoclastic antics to authentic policy prescriptions, as well as demonstrate
his potential effectiveness by past performance metrics
Bottom line: he will not blow up, but could pump up overly-reserved
candidacies.
‘He is the voice of the GOP. Hell, he’s even the hair of the
GOP.’
By Paul Begala, political analyst for CNN and counselor to President Bill
Clinton.
When it comes to Mr. Trump, I know this: he reflects the views of today’s
Republican Party. Here’s proof: 64 percent of Republicans agree with the
broader statement that, “President Obama is hiding important information
about his background and early life.” And 34 percent of Republicans go fullon
birther: saying 34% of Republicans think it’s likely that president Obama
is not a US citizen; that he was not born in America (Fairleigh Dickinson
Univ. poll, Dec., 2014). This, of course, is an issue Mr. Trump has
highlighted. 68 percent of Republicans say Mr. Trump is right on
immigration. (Fox News poll, July 17, 2015). This was after he said those
rather, umm, controversial things about Mexican immigrants. 22 percent of
Republicans even agree with his hateful attack on John McCain—saying
McCain was not a war hero (PPP Poll 7/22/15).
Mr. Trump is the face of the GOP: angry, white and male. He is the
voice of the GOP. Hell, he’s even the hair of the GOP.