Anti-Establishmentarianism?

Kyle Wingfield blogs for the Atlanta Journal-Constitution. His topic today is Trumpism or, more accurately, the anti-establishment views of many voters.

A month ago, what I’ll call the Not-Washington Crowd of candidates — Trump, neurosurgeon Benjamin Carson and businesswoman Carly Fiorina, plus anti-establishment Sen. Ted Cruz — collectively got about 38 percent of voters, excluding undecideds, in the Huffington Post Pollster average. Eight current or ex-governors got a combined 45 percent.

Now, the tables have more than turned. The Not-Washington Crowd has 50 percent, and the governors have fallen to 35 percent.

The biggest risers have been Trump, Fiorina and Carson, in that order. The biggest drops: Scott Walker, then Jeb Bush. (Everyone else in the 17-person field has been virtually flat.)

Blame the lame Congressional leaders: Boehner and McConnell for repeatedly promising what they cannot or will not deliver legislatively.