System Overload

Win or lose, Donald Trump completely rewrote the Presidential election rule book and beat the system. WaPo’s Jenna Johnson followed Trump to 170 rallies. And this is what she learned. “The first question I usually asked: Why do you like him? The answers were nearly always the same: He’s saying what I’m saying, thinking, feeling or wanting to hear. He’s not a politician and not part of the corrupt system. He’s honest and speaks his mind, even if it gets him in trouble. And he’s tough.”

+ “In the final days of the presidential campaign, Mr. Trump’s candidacy is a jarring split screen: the choreographed show of calm and confidence orchestrated by his staff, and the neediness and vulnerability of a once-boastful candidate now uncertain of victory.” The NYT with an interesting look inside Donald Trump’s last stand.

+ Slate’s Tommy Craggs makes the case that this election was about the issues.