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Comment author: buybuydandavis 01 March 2016 09:51:19AM 3 points [-]

I think Trump's rise is interesting for a number of issues that people here have particular interest in.

How he wins. How his attackers lose. The power of his signature issues in trade and immigration. The potential for a political realignment with the Republican Party, and how that realigns US politics as a whole.

The media has been outraged, they have attacked, and they have failed to bring him down. His poll numbers just go up and up and up. That's interesting, and merits discussion.