published Aug 14th 2016, 10:00 am, by Albert R. Hunt (Bloomberg View) — The lunch group in Monessen, Pennsylvania, is evenly divided between Trump supporters and Trump opponents. But the dark mood across the whole room suggests why this working-class town might end up favoring him in November. Monessen, once

©2015 Bloomberg View NUBIE36S972G (Bloomberg View) — Donald Trump’s eruption into the Republican presidential race has been held up as evidence of a new phenomenon in American politics. But it’s not. The real estate mogul has precedents, and there’s one historical doppelganger in particular whose bid for the presidency followed