Monica Crowley: Trump The Street-Fighter

Above, Monica Crowley.

Columnist Monica Crowley (who used to work for another street-fighter, Richard Nixon) has a new article in the Washington Times on Donald Trump as the GOP's much-needed street-fighter.

I think she nails the current GOP establishment "nervous Nellies" and losers like Mitt Romney (who made an ass of himself today) quite well.

Here's a snippet:

The Republican powerbrokers then told themselves that given Mr. Trump’s outrageous statements and caustic personality, most GOP voters would come to their senses, get serious and fall in line as they have always done quite reliably. Mr. Trump, they argued, could not win a single primary state. 

Then actual voting began. And the first-timer, the brash anti-politician, began racking up resounding victories in New Hampshire, South Carolina and Nevada. He even placed second in Iowa, an evangelical-heavy state that conventional wisdom suggested would never have even considered the New York showman in the first place.

We can credit (or blame, depending upon your point-of-view) the establishment wimps of the Republican Party for the rise of street-fighters Trump and, to a degree, Sen. Ted Cruz. By not standing up to Obama and the Democrats, they have angered the rank-in-file voters.

To read more, go here.