Rethuglicans, here, in all of his absurdity, is your nominee:
behold your Republican nominee for President of the United States pic.twitter.com/WwOqpOdtJb— Jon Ward (@jonward11) May 10, 2016
As Jonathan Chait notes in his excellent article in New York Magazine,
"Why did almost everybody fail to predict Donald Trump’s victory in the Republican primaries? Nate Silver blames the news media, disorganized Republican elites, and the surprising appeal of cultural grievance. Nate Cohn lists a number of factors, from the unusually large candidate field to the friendly calendar. Jim Rutenberg thinks journalism strayed too far from good old-fashioned shoe-leather reporting. Justin Wolfers zeroes in on Condorcet’s paradox. Here’s the factor I think everybody missed: The Republican Party turns out to be filled with idiots. Far more of them than anybody expected." (emphasis added)All of them think professional "wrestling" is real, too.
