[FONT=q_serif]1.Destroyed the role of money in politics: there have been no $2 billion in political ads this year and there will not be. Elected officials are not going to have to spend most of their time raising funds. Superpacs and political ads were used by the losers. Jeb Bush had the most and he became an object of ridicule for it. The candidates most obviously dependent on single big donors were exposed.
[FONT=q_serif]2. Destroyed the Republican Party, the far-right, the role of FOX in selecting the Republican candidate.
[FONT=q_serif]3. Made it difficult for those who relied on tele-prompters and scripted messages.
[FONT=q_serif]4. Exposed most political commentators to be bad at predicting anything, exposed them as unfair and biased, and as desperate as their chosen Marco Rubio.
[FONT=q_serif]5.Been the first Republican since Reagan to be in favor of taxing the rich, reform and regulation of Wall St speculators, defended the necessary activities of big government-such as social security, medical care and Planned Parenthood.