An interesting theory, anon, and hope it gets more eyes being adjacent to a high-profile poster.
POTUS announced June 2015. But DNC identified him as a "pied piper candidate" in April 2015 (likely earlier TBH).
>The variety of candidates is a positive here, and many of hte lesser known can serve as a cudgel to move the more established candidates further to the right. In this scenario, we don’t want to marginalize the more extreme candidates, but make them more “Pied Piper” candidates who actually represent the mainstream of the Republican Party. Pied Piper canadidates include, but aren’t limited to:
>• Ted Cruz
>• Donald Trump
>• Ben Carson
>We need to be elevating the Pied Piper candidates so that they are leaders of the pack and tell the press to them seriously. [sic]