Maggie's Farm

I'm not a Trump fan. I like a several things I've heard from him, but I'm wary of just how conservative he is and I'm not sure that his "undisciplined" comments won't make it more difficult to to do some of the things he says he wants to do. I also not sure how much his business negotiating skills transfer to the political arena - they may be a huge asset, I'm not sure.

I don't see him going away - at least not till the field gets whittled down a lot. The press, establishment politicians and advisers, and the commentariat severely misjudge the frustration and anger at politicians the public has. Scott Walker is deemed to be too much of an insider/politician even though he's proved he can do the things that most conservatives want done even in a blue state. The people who are having an outsized inpact on this primary season are those who are furthest from politics - Trump, Carson, and Fiorina. Everybody else seems terribly uninteresting at the moment. This even applies to the democrats with B.S.

Getting back to Trump, it could be difficult to knock him off. The immigration issue has the most juice now and opponents who try to get on the anti-illegal-immigration bandwagon will look more like politicians which will make it even harder for them. Somebody else will have to come up with other issue(s) that light a similar fire under voters while maintaining what is perceived to be a genuine anti-illegal-immigration stance.