3.01.2016

Notes from back East

The Daily 202: Why Donald Trump’s support keeps expanding - The Washington Post

"From Massachusetts, for instance, The Post’s Ben Terris argues that Trump is the favorite because he’s perfectly channeled the voice and spirit of a loudmouthed sports fan from the state. 'People follow politics here like they follow the Patriots or the Red Sox. They want to know a politician is a fighter and has their back,' state Rep. Geoff Diehl said. 'Nobody has been able to lay a fing-ah on Trump!' a Massachusetts man declared to a local radio station. As Ben puts it, 'These voters don’t care that the Globe recently ran an editorial entitled ‘Massachusetts Must Stop Trump’; they’re not even troubled by their own doubts that Trump can fulfill his promises. All that matters is that, for the first time in memory, a candidate is speaking their language.'"

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