CNN couldn’t stop Donald Trump. Neither could Fox News.

Some of the nation’s most influential conservatives, from Glenn Beck to Bill Kristol, were powerless. Karl Rove and the Bush family had no effect. Scandal after scandal failed to put a chink in his armor.

And the 16 other GOP contenders, comprised of some of the party’s brightest and budding stars, proved to be impotent.

But some observers say one man may have had the power to prevent Donald Trump’s accession within the Republican Party: Matt Drudge.