with these democrat candidates? the short answer is probably not. reporter: you saw the surge, it was an intangible thing with barack obama that he would be the person that broke out there. but i do believe voters -- one of the things they seek out, they smell it, they snift, they understand it. is a then isity. you may not like everything donald trump says. but he's a stream of consciousness. he doesn't pretend to be to be he isn't. >> yes, you just nailed it. that is absolutely right. they always tell you knees political consultants. they say the most damaging political narratives are ones that change some preexisting version of you had of who that person was. there was no guesswork as to who donald trump was. you may not liked him but he was honest about who he was.