Can Trump Win the Republican Nomination?

The question of whether businessman Donald Trump might actually win the Republican nomination seems to be getting asked more often. The biggest reason for the increased attention to Trump’s campaign is obviously his polling numbers, and just this weekend The Des Moines Register released a new poll showing him maintaining a lead in the crucial first-in-the-nation caucus state:

Iowa Poll: Trump blazes to lead; Carson quietly rises

A new Des Moines Register/Bloomberg Politics Iowa Poll finds that Trump, the flamboyant real estate …