“We don’t bloc vote anymore.” The idea of a “Latin vote” is “disparate,”...

'He finished, on the subject of Jorge Ramos: “The elite have different notions from the grass-roots working people.”
OK. Old style: Jorge Ramos speaks for Hispanic America. New style: Jorge Ramos speaks for Jorge Ramos. Old style: If I’ve lost Walter Cronkite,
I’ve lost middle America. New style: How touching that an American
president once thought if you lost a newsman you’d lost a country.'

America Is So in Play - WSJ

By PEGGY NOONAN    
Aug. 27, 2015

Donald Trump’s staying power in the polls reflects a change in the electorate only now coming into focus.

... Here are some things I think are happening.

One is the deepening estrangement between the elites and the non-elites in America. This is the area in which Trumpism flourishes. We’ll talk about that deeper in.

Second, Mr. Trump’s support is not limited to Republicans, not by any means.

Third, the traditional mediating or guiding institutions within the Republican universe—its establishment, respected voices in conservative media, sober-minded state party officials—have little to no impact on Mr. Trump’s rise. Some say voices of authority should stand up to oppose him, which will lower his standing. But Republican powers don’t have that kind of juice anymore. Mr. Trump’s supporters aren’t just bucking a party, they’re bucking everything around, within and connected to it. ...

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