Trump: The Empire Strikes Back (Or Does It?)

Sorry, no sale. The Republican Party establishment really is not this weak. And Donald Trump, while far stronger than all but a few media experts thought until, well, a few weeks ago, is not this strong.

Trump rolled to three more easy victories this week in Michigan, Mississippi, and Hawaii, with the establishment-reviled falangist Texas Senator Ted Cruz taking Idaho. Trump did so in the face of what is supposedly the big GOP establishment counter-attack against the billionaire bully boy's front-running presidential campaign. Reality check: The big push against Trump isn't making a damn bit of difference in the Republican race. (Even his opponents backed away from taking him on in tonight's Florida debate.)

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