Too bad Trump will take the spot of a much more deserving candidate, but his flame is going to flicker the more he opens his mouth, especially in a somewhat controlled environment.
I agree he's taking all the wind out of better candidates.
however, i disagree he'll suddenly fizzle once he gets in a debate. he's used to live TV (apprentice finales, many interviews over 30 years), so he knows how to look at camera, he knows how to smile, hold shoulders. He will be the star up there. He hasn't fizzed despite 24/7 interviews with every news channel.
he's already said he'll grow up a little in the debates.
And every time he's opened mouth, he's gone UP in the polls. DOUBLING walker in Iowa now? and that's a conservative place that Santorum won in 2012, remember?
DE, I think you WANT trump to fail, but you also said he'd never do well in polls without spending tons of his own $. He's OWNING the polls by just talking. The base, the tea party, they WANT this reformed liberal, despite his immaturity and jackass nature. They loved palin too - also immature, promiscuous, and not all that bright. They love venom, and trump and palin both had it.