This is a hypothetical suggestion for such an imaginary scenario.
The master manipulator engineers a decisive victory in the Iowa caucuses and arranges for a subservient free press to greet such an "upset" with both amazement and extreme (but reluctant?) admiration. The most unexpected political comeback of all times!
This columnist can not imagine how such a mythical king-maker would arrange for the entire news media industry to "play along," but in this fictionalized account (a stealth Hollywood "pitch" effort?) let's just say that it happens.
Would America be gullible enough to read such Republican propaganda tripe and take it seriously?
Well, if Sarah Palin can be considered a serious contender for the Republican Presidential nomination, we will have to reluctantly concede the remote possibility that JEB could score a decisive win in Iowa and then further be ready to unquestioningly receive a torrent of "unexplained ground swell of approval" trend spotting stories in the ever cynical American free press.
If there is a massive display of "ground swell" spin in play after Iowa, would some subsequent early primary election wins be closely questioned? Not bloody well likely, mate.
If JEB gains traction and manages to somehow land the Republican Party's nomination, wouldn't America's free press be on "condition red" alert regarding the possibility that just like in 2000 and 2004, the Republicans (and by an amazing co-inky-dink) and a member of the Bush family could again score a "stolen" victory? Wouldn't the Conservative majority U. S. Supreme Court be over zealous in their efforts to prevent a sham election?
At this point would some hyper sensitive political critics might say that a minor clerical error on the part of one of the Supreme Court Justices would cause him to recluse himself from such a political death-match? Of course, but when the winds of paranoia are loosed in the realm of political speculation, all things are possible (especially if you believe in the power of prayer as most compassionate conservative Christians do).
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