… Presidential candidates always use Washington, Congress and political insiders as whipping boys in seeking to capitalize on voter discontent. But that approach has taken on an outsize influence in the 2016 race. …
What makes this venerable theme so striking is how rarely it succeeds. The last nonpolitician to win the White House was a five-star Army general, Dwight Eisenhower in 1952, just a few years removed from leading America to victory in World War II. CONT.
John Harwood, New York Times