He's operating like getting the nomination is like hyping up the season premier of "The Apprentice." Except the season premier (the RNC convention) 361 days from now. Shit, the Iowa Caucus isn't until February 1. He's gotta keep with at least 15 other people banging him and each other with steel chairs for another 7 months before the first state even votes.

This is why Sarah Palin likely never threw in her hat last time around; she was only interested in a coronation, not the long, grueling primary process.

So Trump can grab all the headlines he wants right now, but this is protracted process that going to damage him and bore him in about equal amounts.