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Is this campaign about a populist revolt or Trump?

By W. James Antle III
Published August 18, 2016 4:48am ET
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Is this campaign about a populist revolt or Trump?
For all Donald Trump's flaws and foibles, to say nothing of his near-daily gaffes, he still has a potentially popular message as a change candidate pitting Washington, D.C., and the special interests against the rest of us. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci) | Evan Vucci

Can Donald Trump’s presidential campaign be about issues and ideas or must it always be about the man himself? Is Trumpism a real thing independent of Trump?

The Trump campaign’s latest shakeup may give us some answers.

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