Chris Skeeza Cillizza doesn’t really understand “magical realism”.
It is a common literary style, especially in Latin American writing. It uses magic to explain unlikely, but occurring events, especially when those events go against socially expected actions, even though those events can be explained by usual, common facts.
In this case, magic would be used to explain a Trump victory over the GOPe in selecting him as the candidate.
I think he means “magical thinking”, which is a mental health term.
Yes. He probably meant to write "magical thinking."
But if the convention nominates a 105-year old Ronald Reagan or a 125-year-old Dwight David Eisenhower, we'll have to admit that Cilizza got it right after all.