Deborah Kalakis,
I don't recall David Brooks ever condoning, or giving Bill Clinton a pass on his sexual liaisons while in office, or truthfulness. So you comment fails the test of logic.

As for Trump, you're a little late. About a month ago it looked like he was cruising to the nomination on the first ballot. Since then, a number of self-inflicted wounds and unforced errors, like questioning Mitt Romney's Mormon faith in the Utah primary, tweeting an offensive picture of Heidi Cruz, doubling down after his campaign manager assaulted a female reporter, choking on a question about abortion, and generally behaving like a 10-year old on the campaign trail, caused him to lose the Wisconsin primary by double digits.

Sorry, he's toast. He will never get the nomination, let alone get elected president.