I first began tweeting my support of Donald Trump for the Republican nomination a few days ago and now the latest poll shows that Trump has surged to the head of the Republican pack.  Well done philosophers!

UPDATE:  Reader Howard Berman writes:  "You know of course, if Trump actually gets elected, he’ll redo the Whitehouse into the Taj Mahal financed by a regressive tax on the middle class and poor.  People I know in the business class detest him, perhaps for them he's like their reflection in a funhouse mirror. I recall the late Roman Empire had her Trumps too."

ANOTHER:  I was startled that some readers think the Trump Bump in the polls was due to his rude remarks about Senator McCain, rather than my endorsement.  I realize the American electorate is an appalling sewer of stupidity, but, let's be real:  the idea that even Republican voters would gravitate towards a draft-dodging rich kid who insults a veteran, well that's insulting.  Seriously, do you think Republican voters are that base and stupid?  If you do, you probably believe in the Marxian theory of false consciousness.  Jeez.