I’ve been pleasantly surprised by the primaries so far, but Trump is a few years too early and a few years too old. I’d like to see him win the nomination even if he goes on to lose the general, but maybe the phenomenon is good enough.

Our elites have been engineering their “orange revolutions,” their “springs” and their invasions and all that crap for a generation. Someday soon it will turn around on them. Trump’s success to this point will only embolden people. He’s broken the paradigm. Even if the wealthy republicans can put him in his place, there’s a real wellspring of dissent bubbling up that won’t be easily contained.