The fool who would be king. What will his legacy be?

[M.G.]

Trump is an obvious buffoon. I'd guess that even a sizable percentage of his supporters must, at some level, realize that.

Assuming he loses, as I suspect he will, I wonder what people think his legacy will be?

My guess is that he'll have a fairly minimal long-term impact on the GOP, except possibly pushing them further to the right on immigration and, maybe, opening some space for some their candidates on trade issues.

Broadly, I think the institutions of conservatism are sufficiently strong and well-funded to be able to blow off a buffoon candidate as the equivalent of an embarrassing drunken evening.

We may, however, see more celebrity political candidates in the future. It's not impossible to now imagine, say, an athlete or film director or hip-hop artist successfully mounting a Presidential bid. One thing I really take from this election cycle, other than how stupid a lot of Republican voters really are (yes, there are stupid Democrats, but we don't generally give the tent over to obvious fools) is that celebrity is more powerful than political accomplishment in winning votes.

Any thoughts?

[napi21]

1. y guess is that his effect on the Pub Party will be long term.

Every day it's looking like more & ore Pubbies are going to lose their House seats, and it's looking pretty god in the Senate race too. IF i'm right and the Dems retake the House & the Senate, and the newbies actually make things happen, the voters will see how bad the Pubs really are. As Norm Goldman says, "The Country COULD turn out to be just like Calif. There hasn't been a Pub majority in that State for a very long time!

[M.G.]

2. From your lips to God's ears! :)