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Originally Posted by Arles
Trump is in the Howard Dean, Ross Perot, Newt Gingrich, Ron Paul and even Bernie Sanders "leading early" club. There was virtually no chance that any of these guys would ever win the nomination - but they all had either nice leads or a rabid/devoted following 1 year+ before the election. Once the party starts getting serious on a nominee, these guys start tapering off.
For those of you hoping/worried about a Trump/Sanders battle for the presidency, the smart money (and establishment) will be advocating a Rubio/Clinton matchup.
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I agree that Trump will not win the nomination. He's like the run-n-shoot in the 80s. It looked really unstoppable at times. It was new and refreshing. And, when the rubber hit the road, it had significant flaws and lost to more traditional approaches.
But NFL offenses all adopted and incorporated the parts of the run and shoot that worked. Tonight, you will see Tom Brady spread the field with 5 wide and hit someone on a 4 yard option route.
I am afraid that political campaigns in the future will look at Trump and see what works. They will look at the fact that he suffers no electoral penalty for refusing to acknowledge objective facts, and the next round of politicians will adopt that approach. And we will all be worse for it.