Michael Barbaro and Megan Twohey, two members of The Times’s politics team, know that as well as anyone.

Both have been writing about Mr. Trump’s campaign. Mr. Barbaro has also covered Marco Rubio and Jeb Bush, as well as Mitt Romney’s 2012 presidential run. Ms. Twohey, an investigative reporter who recently joined The Times, also wrote about Ted Cruz’s troubled half sister.