Millionaires, Attack Politics and Economics

It looks like I'm otherwise engaged today for at least a big portion of the day.  So here are some quick impressions of some recent news events that I don't want to just let slip by without commenting on.

Could I be 180 degrees wrong on the Trump candidacy?

A few times in recent days I have argued the point that Donald Trump is a potential Manchurian Candidate of sorts - sent by the Democrats to steal votes away from the Republicans in the middle and to push low turnout among conservatives in the 2012 general election. That would ensure an Obama second term, or as I like to think of it, Jaws 2 (not as popular despite a bigger budget). But I could be 180 degrees wrong about the Trump candidacy and there's two different ways that's possible. Both are interesting scenarios, the second one especially so.