Media admits its normal way of defeating Republicans is not working with Trump

NY Times:

Today in Politics: Polls Keep Bolstering a Trump Seemingly Impervious to Scrubbing

Donald J. Trump’s status as a front-runner has prompted an increased scrutiny that feeds his combative nature, further fueling that status.
Trump seems to gain political strength from the attacks and his reaction to them.  While the media is reluctant to admit it, his practice of reaction to negative attention is pretty similar to Obama's.  It usually involves an immediate counterattack with a few insults thrown in.  His opponents, both in and outside the media, seem to be having a difficult time adjusting to the technique.  It is going to require sticking to the real issues and being hyper-factual to slow his momentum.  The old empathy techniques just are not working.

Empathy can't hide the violence visited upon Americans by some illegal aliens who have remained here because of Obama's bad polices and the empathy of some liberal cities and jurisdictions.  Twisting his words to make them an attack on all Hispanics is not working.

I suspect his real vulnerability lies in his past support for various liberal policies.  But liberals in the media are unlikely to attack in that direction.

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