To date, I have to say yes.
The funniest part, of course, is that he has violated every stated, established rule, thereby discrediting the concept of "experts" in the field. So that's great and all, but when you look at the political performance itself, the complete enjoyment of the opportunity and experience, the obvious passion and legitimate authenticity, with a hyper-focused message, the quickest of wits, and as he is eager to tell you, great, great energy, and the accompanying results, it's hard to argue that it's been anything less than an all-time performance.
Obama's performance was unique in many ways, but in terms of actual political activity, his was simply a gotv machine process, combined with his obvious genetic political "benefits" (being African American...) rather than a truly brilliant political performance.
Sure, "no red states, no blue states" was a good political line, but his actual campaign performance was mediocre.
It will be fascinating to watch the next generation of politicians attempting to fake the authenticity that is currently rocketing Donald Trump to the head of the pack. They will never figure out why they fail at it, because they never quite understand what authenticity really is. It's a foreign concept, and like a psychopath pretending to be normal, the politician does his best to fool his audience into thinking he/she is a great leader. The legit political star needs not fool anyone. He knows he's a star and is eager to show it in a variety of potentially "challenging" circumstances.
His "product" is his actual self, rather than the crafted image of the average, desperate and pandering pol who believes that "authenticity" is nothing more than a marketing ploy.
The political highways and byways will be littered with copycat trumps who attempt to fake their way into such a successful campaign.
And then somebody else will come along and rewrite all of their textbooks yet again. And again, by that point, it will already be too late.
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