But there could be (I don't have enough info  to say there "are") be valid economic reasons to focus on that sector. Maybe, "fast food" (I too am not how broad the definition may be for purposes of the proposal) has higher profit margins and/or lower labor costs in relation to value of sales and net profit than other employers.

  Maybe, it's that in NYC there is a disparity more pronounced than in other places between "fast food" min. wage employment and such employment in other occupations.

   Maybe, NYC is also a bit different because its retail is not as dominated by megachains as most of the country and far more people in that sector work for small independent employers for whom a wage increase would be difficult.

  There could well be other things worthy of consideration too. Just ease of implementation and enforcement is not an invalid reason sometimes.

Probably what is going to happen is that he's going to max out on people this appeals to in the GOP. It looks like his max is about 40% of the primary voters. So sooner or later when it drops down to two candidates somebody will be beating him regularly in primaries.

The big question to his show : is it reality or a summertime frolic?  And, is it different from the clown car mechanics of 2012?  True, all number of weirdos were number ones--for awhile.  They took turns for a few weeks each.  And, then after looking high and low, they went low--with Romney.  He was their man, after all.  They liked the idea of Rafalca, car elevators and Swiss bank accounts.

But, is it the same this time around.  I do not think so.  The clown car is loaded--some, rather than Romney's dog, must be strapped to the roof.  When Trump says some despicable thing, he is exalted. And, copied and one-uped.   If Trump falls  (how can he stumble more) where is the Romney this time?  

The reason the Trump phenomenon is so interesting to me is because it underlines a point I've been making for years.

When the intelligentsia was mocking George Bush's appeal, and pointing to his obvious lack of credentials, an interesting insight cropped up. I'm sure everyone remembers, and, predictably mocked the, "who would you rather have a beer with," meme. And, yet, very few of the political geniuses, and "consultants," understood the rock-solid value of that tid-bit.

In business, it is well known that, "people will buy from people they like." Liking someone, very often will trump accepted traits like, price, quality, appearance, etc. It's just that simple, and, should be, that obvious.

And, enjoying the thought of "having a beer with," or, being drawn to someone who, "tells it like it is," shouldn't surprise anyone.

What I'm really getting to here is, the tremendous success, and, popularity Trump is enjoying (for now, at least) should put to bed the ridiculous notion, and, accepted "wisdom," that Obama's skillful use of the "Bully Pulpit," would have been useless in light of the dogged, relentless assault by the Right Wing.

Just try to imagine, if Obama, immediately after his election, with such momentum behind him, with such a groundswell of public support, and, with such a huge majority of the public just dying to support the one who made, "change," his battle-cry, If he had spoken to the American people in a manner somewhat similar to Trump's outspokenness today, yeah, just imagine.

I believe the Republican's "finger in the wind" would've twisted right off their hands and, their rock-solid , unchangeable ideas, would've crumbled like a pile of bricks at a demolition site.

Universal health care, women's rights, job erupting infrastructure boom, education for all, and on, and on, and on. They would have been fighting each other to get out front, and position themselves as having wanted all those progressive things all along.

Cause, if there's one thing a politician worships more than god, family, and health, it's being elected. Maybe, it's all a pipe dream, but, the tragedy is not that we didn't get all those needed things; it's that we didn't try, we didn't try at a time in my life when the public stood united in saying, "The door's open Mr. President, we did our jobs, now, show us what you've got."