GOP Frontrunner All But Invisible, Focus on Losers

Happy Primary Day, Friends,

I didn't think it was possible, but even with a huge lead in all the polls, Republican frontrunner Donald Trump has today become all but invisible.

Aside from some news reports of Trump calling Ted Cruz the other "c" word that has two syllables and starts with a "p" (which probably won't hurt him), hardly anyone's talking about the obvious leader.

The media seems to only be focusing on who is going to finish in the next five places. No matter that Trump is forecast to be the clear victor by a double-digit margin, and that New Hampshire is pretty much dead-on in predicting presidential nominees, somehow the also-rans have become the story.

Paint any face on it you want. I'm the winner. Everybody else...LOSERS!

I have news for you news media. There is only one winner. And the story is about how a bombastic, billionaire jack-o-lantern who's never gotten a single vote, has been able to capture the imagination of the GOP since virtually day one.

It doesn't matter who else finishes where. Trump is the winner. Everything else is irrelevant noise to fill the 24-hour news cycle.

The GOP leadership seems to still believe its own narrative that a mainstreamer will somehow rise up from the field like a phoenix, pique the electorate's imagination, and capture the nomination.

After 10 months with Trump on top, is this really likely? My guess that after the votes are counted tonight, we'll be doing a lot more talk about how big Donald Trump's win was, and how he's on the fast track to the nomination.

The party leadership will eventually be won over. I don't foresee a brokered convention.

Meantime, expect a lot more talk about the losers, which ones lost less badly, and who'll be likely to stay in the race to lose again to The Donald in South Carolina.