"The fact that so many of us, all of us, were wrong in predicting anywhere near the extent of his success so far, may be partly due to the fact we didn't want to believe those currents could be appealed to so well and so deeply and successfully,” Remnick said.
Indeed, the knowing skepticism about Trump's chances that Remnick expressed last summer was quite common across the journalism profession, from the most serious magazine journalists, writing with the voice of history, to most street-savvy, ear-to-the-ground bloggers: Trump had a polling ceiling; the Republican establishment would coalesce to bring him down; he didn’t have sufficient ground game; one giant gaffe would inevitably bring him down; and on and on.
But barring an unprecedented convention floor fight, all signs point to the unimaginable. Trump will most likely be the Republican nominee for president.
Some columnists are still holding out the belief that Trump won’t actually win the nomination -- while acknowledging that their sweeping dismissals of the possibility were off the mark. And yet others say we’re witnessing a sea change moment in this country’s politics.
Read more:
The media's Trump reckoning: 'Everyone was wrong' - POLITICO
