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by frogpelt 3741 days ago
> "People are more aware of Trump than they are of, say, John Kasich."

This is as anecdotal as it gets, but to your point. In a recent political discussion one of my co-workers had no idea how to pronounce Kasich's name. If he was all over the news, this would not be a problem.

> "Be outrageous. Be different."

Or be a Clinton.

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"Or be a Clinton."

Exactly.

Both Trump and Clinton have preexisting celebrity going for them, and Trump fuels that fire with a steady trickle of media-baiting tactics.