A series of debates across the length and breadth of the country are held. It is an arduous, grueling, protracted, expensive, no-holds-barred countrywide battle to sift the chaff from the corn, to churn the cream from whey, to unleash the top dogs from the respective party kennels. Candidates who make the grade must belong to the parties’ pedigree stable. Candidates are scrutinised from cradle, through the crèche, primary school, university, bedroom and workplace to check their suitability as presidential material.
The race for nomination of the Republican candidate is something of a sensation, with Trump leading the pack. Trump is the man the American establishment loves to hate. President Barack Obama has said Trump cannot (underline cannot) become the American President. Republican leading figures, among them, Mitt Romney a has-run in the previous presidential elections, is among those who are nervously mobilising the Republican camp to shun DT. The media revels in reporting Trump’s maverick antics, but are generally ambivalent about whether he will be the ideal Republican candidate. Meanwhile, DT’s caravan rolls on. He looks formidable and unstoppable!
