From DEADLINE:
Word that Ted Cruz had edged out Donald Trump in the first real test of the 2016 presidential election cycle sent TV News pundits into an ecstasy of relief tonight. They’d spent much of the day speculating with grim geniality that if Trump finished ahead of Cruz in tonight’s Iowa caucuses he’d been unstoppable.
Six months earlier, virtually all of them had dismissed as reality-TV drivel Trump’s announcement he was running for the White House and their slow, begrudging acceptance of his viability has been a major storyline of the presidential election cycle – that and their shock at the record-breaking audiences Trump has brought to GOP debates. Even today, some continued to complain they “could not believe” Trump was still in the race and going strong. “Six months ago, nobody believed this man would be leading the pack and very possibly going to win tonight,” marveled one, who added, “he’s turned into a real candidate – he’s acting like a politician!”
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