Just as Obama owned Democrats in 2008, so "Donald Trump is hypnotizing the GOP. Literally."

"America has become an idiocracy."

James Pethokoukis

. . . "These and other of Trump’s “master persuader” tricks and techniques — including engineeredinsults like calling Jeb Bush “low energy” — have been outlined and explained since last summer in a series of prescient blog posts by cartoonist Scott Adams. Best known as creator of the Dilbert comic strip, Adams is also a Berkeley MBA and trained hypnotist. While many analysts dismiss Trump as an idiot clown benefiting from America’s anxious id, Adams sees Trump as a savvy communicator “highly trained in the art of persuasion [who] literally wrote the book on it …There is a reason Trump’s message penetrates the crowd noise” while the other candidates flounder." . . .

"I don't get this Trump phenomenon"  On the contrary, I always enjoyed him on TV and agree with him on some things.  However, we are talking about the presidency, and I don't see Mr. Trump as the right man for that job.

National Review is Against Trump  . . . "Trump’s political opinions have wobbled all over the lot. The real-estate mogul and reality-TV star has supported abortion, gun control, single-payer health care à la Canada, and punitive taxes on the wealthy. (He and Bernie Sanders have shared more than funky outer-borough accents.) Since declaring his candidacy he has taken a more conservative line, yet there are great gaping holes in it." . . .

"Since 1984, when Jesse Jackson ran for president with no credential other than a great flow of words, both parties have been infested by candidates who have treated the presidency as an entry-level position. They are the excrescences of instant-hit media culture. The burdens and intricacies of leadership are special; experience in other fields is not transferable. That is why all American presidents have been politicians, or generals."

 Much more of NR's case against Donald Trump here.