[Ads-l] new(?) political metaphor

[James A. Landau]

Google News gives 15 hits for "Trump lane" or "Trump's lane"

https://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/right-turn/wp/2015/07/01/gop-candidates-shouldnt-try-to-outdo-donald-trump/
GOP candidates shouldn't try to outdo Donald Trump
Washington Post (blog)-Jul 1, 2015
"The lesson for other serious, mainstream contenders is this: Don't compete in Trump's lane."

http://fox6now.com/2015/09/02/scott-walker-in-danger-of-having-his-votes-sucked-up-by-other-candidates/Scott Walker: In danger of having his votes “sucked up” by other ...
fox6now.com-Sep 2, 2015
"The miscalculation that Walker may have made is getting in (Donald) Trump's lane to begin with," 

and the earliest without the 's:

http://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2015/09/25/rising_rubio_hits_back_calls_trump_insecure.html
Rising Rubio Hits Back, Calls Trump "Insecure"
RealClearPolitics-Sep 25, 2015
His exit leaves more room for candidates like Rubio, operating in the more establishment-oriented, non-Trump lane.

I don't know if the "lane" metaphor has been used for earlier Presidential nomination campaigns.

- Jim Landau

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