His ability to use flamboyance and outrageous remarks in order to gain free on-air time is, without question, stunning. He dominated the primary news cycles and sucked all of the oxygen out of the room for his Republican rivals.
Whatever his weaknesses as a businessman and whatever the manifest defects of his character and personality, and despite his obvious weaknesses as a potential president, he is a consummate and well-practiced reality-show performer.
Will that be enough in the general election? Will he once again defy conventional wisdom and cruise to victory without running a traditional campaign, without buying television and radio ads?
Is that what he’s trying?
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