Trump is more a media person than a business person. He has his role. He is “in role” as an insulting, sarcasting nativist. But an actor can easily adapt and play a different role. The polls show most Repubublicans want a non-politicians (adding up Trump, Carson and Fiorina), and if Trump can’t adapt his character to a more presidential one (i.e. not insulting people, not turning off potential supports, failing to reach beyond his core base), Carson is right behind (and in all fairness, Carson views are more that of a mainstream conservative, and he is preceived as more statesmanlike and more of a “mentch”.
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