All Trump, All The Time?

It certainly feels that way right now, and I admit, I'm fascinated watching it all play out. No need for despair, however, he's really not going to be the next president, or even the next Republican nominee. Political scientist/blogger Jonathan Bernstein took to Twitter after the debate to provide some context. This post is going to take up a lot of space because I'm going to embed all 18 of his tweets. Read and ponder:

2. I've had enough of all this "Trump does all this stuff and it doesn't hurt him, so who knows if the next one will"

— Jonathan Bernstein (@jbview) August 8, 2015

4. He's terribly unpopular! People have freaked about Jeb! being unpopular, or HRC, but Trump is far, far, less popular.

— Jonathan Bernstein (@jbview) August 8, 2015

6. HuffPollster has him at 28%/60% fav/unfav. He peaked weeks ago; he's lost five pts of favorable in the last 2+ weeks.

— Jonathan Bernstein (@jbview) August 8, 2015

8. But that's not all! He's dug a huge hole with party actors, and keeps digging deeper. He has basically *no* endorsements.

— Jonathan Bernstein (@jbview) August 8, 2015

Why? Because the stuff Trump does hurts him. And keeps hurting him.

— Jonathan Bernstein (@jbview) August 8, 2015

12. We know once people pay attention, it won't last. In part, because all the things he's said and done guarantee it.

— Jonathan Bernstein (@jbview) August 8, 2015

14. It's about as meaningful as who wins a straw pall somewhere. IOW, not at all, pretty much.

— Jonathan Bernstein (@jbview) August 8, 2015

16. Instead, people have been more and more confident in denouncing him, and less and less tempted to jump on the bandwagon.

— Jonathan Bernstein (@jbview) August 8, 2015

18. We've seen this so many times before. The pattern is clear. OK? That's all.

— Jonathan Bernstein (@jbview) August 8, 2015