I would add that Trump succeeded in convincing people that he took the mantle of ‘anti-establishment’ from Cruz, and miraculously somehow managed to paint Cruz as a GOPe. That was quite an accomplishment. Also, Trump is a counterpuncher - he went after any serious contender and attacked their strengths. Bush championed his steadiness and quietness and Trump turned it into ‘low energy’. Rubio championed his underdog role and ‘a lot of fight in a small dog’, and Trump negated it with ‘Little Marko’. Cruz championed his honesty and integrity, and Constitutional Strength - Trump turned him into ‘Lyin Ted’ and part of the Establishment. It stuck and killed his campaign of momentum. None of these candidates had ever been exposed like this. The next fight, however, will be different. What could Trump ever say about Hillary Clinton that has not already been said? On the other hand, Trump cringed at the least amount of criticism from his opponents, even to the point of boycotting debates when he was asked tough questions. I get a sense that he is the candidate that the Democrats have been praying for. They have a ton of unexposed dirt that they will drop on him like a nuclear weapon. He has been covered by a compliant media so far, but only because he was good for their ratings and profit. Now the game will change to attack, because that will be even better for their ratings...In sailor terms, we have a red sky on the horizon this morning...
I disagree. Trump was probably the most vetted presidential candidate in modern history when he announced last year. His life has been under a microscope since about 1980 and just about every personal and professional detail about him has been printed in tabloids and other publications ad nauseam.
I believe that America has accepted the fact that Donald Trump is a bit of rogue and no altar boy. He's pretty much immune from such things as "bimbo eruptions" or "shady" business practices. He's Donald Trump!
Ironically the Democrats are going to get a taste of what Republicans went through during the 1990s when Bill Clinton was president and everything just bounced right off of him. Time and time again, we thought we had the dirt on Bill Clinton to bring him down and it never worked. When Clinton was caught lying about receiving oral sex from interns at the Oval Office, the Democrats just chuckled about it and essentially told us that "Bill's just being Bill, don't you just love him!" - and his polls went up accordingly.
More serious matters like Whitewater, Travelgate, etc. etc., all just got swept under the rug and anybody wanting to make an issue of it were lumped in with the "vast right-wing conspiracy."
Hopefully our guy (Trump) does not have the amoral and criminal inclinations of the Clintons but if the Left thinks they are going to defeat Trump over some silly sex scandal or questionable business transaction, they are in for a rude surprise. For better or for worse, the American people just don't care about those things anymore with regard to their president. That was established during the Bill Clinton presidency.