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Tuesday, August 18, 2015

A Debate or a Negotiation?



A black & white Trump delivers a stark, black & white message.
Watching Donald Trump romp through the Fox News debates on Thursday, August 6, caused me to reassess the nature of his candidacy for the GOP nomination and 2016 presidential run.

Prior to that “debate,” Trump said that “I’m not a debater.”  He emphasized that he “just knows how to get things done.”

Trump is right.  He is definitely not a debater.  Yet he continues to lead the pack of GOP contenders with a 25% lead, double that of the next person, with all of the others falling well behind.

Despite the fact that his entrenched popularity appears to be at odds with many of his seemingly outrageous comments, poll respondents seem to love what he says and the style by which he delivers it.

So what’s going on?  Here are at least two clues: