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Originally Posted by Osem
Is it just a transient media obsession with him (a la Farage) or are his republican competitors really so insignificant?
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It's just his is the most news friendly of the lot whilst retraining electoral credibility. Most of the others come out with predictable and safe comments typical of those seeking election Trump comes out with sensational statements that beg to be made front-page news. Like Farage he also taps into populist opinion but unlikely Farage he doesn't care about saying something that just stays within the line and instead stampedes over the line into outrageousness.
It's not so much the status or the weight of the other candidates but our tendency to remember and look for the extremes of a debate/issue.