No one had ever heard of Obama before he gave an off-hours speech at the DNC, either. No one's ever heard of any of the guys who end up running until a year before it happens. The only ones you've heard of are Clintons, Bushes, Kennedys, and that's the opposite of what you want.

Not everyone is happy.

"Have mixed feelings about" = 46% of Republicans experiencing cognitive dissonance?

There is nothing positive to hang our hats on right now, even the Houston situation is being twisted into everyone's favorite Bacefook narrative.