1) It is not just an angry vote, as you note. People believe he can lead on a number of fronts.
2) Wishful thinking on Zito's part that Trump has "peaked." A few people in the lower tier---Fiorina---and in the lower half of the top tier---Cruz, Carson, Rubio---have gained some, dividing up the vote more.
Carson, Cruz, or Fiorina can't win, I don't think.
Rubio can mount a significant challenge if every other GOPe coalesces behind him.
However, when the---to use her horrible and ill-conceived word---"populist" candidates who can't win align behind Trump, he will have more than enough to defeat Rubio, an likely before Super Tuesday is over.
Wishful thinking that Trump has "peaked." The more Trump campaigns, the lower his opposition sinks. Fiorina, Carson, Cruz, and the rest, can't win. Trump is Fort Knox....all the rest are chump change. When Trump appears, he exudes power, wealth, success, glamour....and, more importantly, he wants to be our president.
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Even more significant, Trump's massive support is fueled by a belief that he can give us the leadership we have been lacking on a number of fronts.
The Obama legacy is DOA.The WH ding-a-ling's hopey-changey flops; his incompetence; his visceral I-hate-America that imbued his every move....... 8 forgettable years of Obama's effeminate hipster “boy” fad has run its course....
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Let's not forget the 8 dismal years of the phony Clintons.
