[Sontagged]

Unscripted, unhandled, uncensored, the only anti Establishment candidate Trump explains why it is the Summer of Trump. Makes fun of teleprompter-ers, too.

[nickcarraway]

Does he have an operation in any other state? BTW, he is the ultimate establishment, big government candidate.

[lewislynn]

I'll say it again. The way I feel now.

Republican, Democrat, 3rd party of any name. I frankly don't care where he goes, I'm going along with the ride.

[PhilDragoo]

This cat is killer. Nonstop truth of the type Nicholson screamed Tom Cruise couldn't handle.

[GoneSalt]

FULL: Donald Trump Gives Rousing Speech in Hampton, NH (8-14-15)

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=-w0MD0-vbu8>

[reviled downesdad]

I saw the speech and the Q&A. Thought he was a little disrespectful of the folks he was taking questions from. It’s not in his character - he’s not a nice guy like he says he is. You don’t win at business by being a nice guy.

[SamAdams76]

Everybody is waiting for Trump's eventual self-destruction. Eventually they say, Trump will say or do something so outrageous that all his supporters will abandon him and resign themselves to another inevitable Bush/Clinton matchup.

Many simply do not believe that a loud-mouthed, free-speaking, boisterous billionaire like Donald Trump can be a serious candidate for president. They are so conditioned by the candidates offered up in the past that they believe that you can only become president if you speak in carefully scripted soundbites, vetted by a team of handlers, and typed out for you on a teleprompter that follows you around the campaign trail.

Somebody as uncouth and plain spoken as Donald Trump cannot possibly be president they say.

Conventional wisdom continues to take a beating in this campaign. To everybody's surprise (and horror among many), Donald Trump actually rises in the polls with every "fatal campaign blunder" and draws ever larger crowds to his unscripted and unpredictable rallies. Today I believe, Donald Trump will be at the Iowa state fair giving kids a free helicopter ride.

Still there are many pundits who believe that this Trump episode is just a summertime fling and that come fall, people who support Trump are going to "come to their senses" and support an establishment candidate such as Bush or Rubio.

Many of us agree that Ross Perot is an unbalanced character and a bit of a crackpot. Yet when he ran third party in 1992, he received 20% of the vote. This was after his very bizarre summer behavior where he dropped from the race, got back in it, and accused the Bushes of trying to disrupt his daughter's wedding along with other odd behavior. Still, he got 20% of the vote because even back then, people were starved for a non establishment candidate.

Trump has more mass appeal than Ross Perot and the country is even more fed up with the Washington establishment this time around. He stands to get way more than 20% in a third party run. As Republican nominee, he could get closer to 60% of the vote and win in a landslide.