He tried to be someone he wasn’t, accomplishing nothing. He struggled to raise adequate campaign funds. He made a scoff-able statement about security in Iraq with soldiers and armory surrounding him. He edged back into favor with strong statements against torture, only to slip up with an insensitive remark about Christians in the White House. And yet, for all that, he’s still in the mix, still fighting, still viable, and still (in many ways) respected.
What’s more, I have a sneaking suspicion that, if he can minimize the gaffes from here to the finish line, he might still walk away with the GOP nomination. And if her highness Hillary stumbles, he might even be as shocked as the rest of us to find himself sitting in the Oval Office.