“The problem is, he is going to suck the air out of the room and not go away.”
All according to plan. Just like Perot in 1992 and 1996.
VERY good analogy!
Except recall the problem --the disaster -- caused by Perot wasn't that he "sucked the air out of the room" (which, following the political changes and events over the past 20 years, is OK by me with all the RINOs/GOPEs running around attempting to hide their emnity for conservatives.)
No, the problem was that Perot ran as a third-party candidate (the Reform Party as I recall), that took votes away from the GOP candidates in the general election who were weak enough without Perot running. I don't think Trump has any plans to run if he's not the GOP nominee which is the right thing for him to do.
I say let Trump stir things up "real good" in these early stages ... right up to the primaries if he can last. His presence hurts the duplicitous GOP candidates the most ... and it's so very entertaining watching our "professional candidates" try to reconcile their political calculations with the truth which is proving to be very difficult for them indeed!
Only if the rest of the field isn't smart enough to follow the trail Trump is blazing. Only Senator Cruz was smart enough to say the Donald is right.
Cruz wants that 15% Trump tapped into. All the rest are telling that 15% to learn Spanish. Or FOAD.
Sucking the air from rinos. You make it sound like its a bad thing.
Yeah we could have had Bush 41 for a second term and Bob Dole.