Good grief. @realDonaldTrump's convention speech was an unmitigated PR disaster https://t.co/ODFx8Q9buu pic.twitter.com/NHwUO4i4wv
— Christopher Ingraham (@_cingraham) August 1, 2016
Gallup: this GOP convention is first *ever* where more say they are now less likely to vote for the party's nominee. pic.twitter.com/1RVDEGKy76
— Matt McDermott (@mattmfm) August 1, 2016
It seemed like a good idea at the time: Let a celebrity “billionaire” waste his own money & credibility running against Hillary Clinton in what looked like an election that was the Democrats’ to lose. If only those oh-so-religious Repubs had paid a little more attention to the stories in that Old Testament they’re so fond of selectively quoting…
Losing Trump support as much of general elec issue as a primary one. Fear among GOP operatives: Trump voters just vote DT, skip downballot.
— Josh Kraushaar (@HotlineJosh) August 2, 2016
The dilemma: If GOP leaders disavow Trump, they're rejecting their voting base and I'm not sure anyone else would have them.
— Bob Schooley (@Rschooley) July 31, 2016
BREAKING: Trump tells @PhilipRucker he won't support Paul Ryan, John McCain in upcoming Republican primarieshttps://t.co/DC0lqLrfYp
— Matea Gold (@mateagold) August 2, 2016
… With Ryan’s Wisconsin primary scheduled for next Tuesday, Trump praised the House speaker’s underdog opponent, Paul Nehlen, for running “a very good campaign.” Trump said that Ryan has sought his endorsement — an assertion that a Ryan spokesman denied later Tuesday — but that as of now he is only “giving it very serious consideration.”
“I like Paul, but these are horrible times for our country,” Trump said. “We need very strong leadership. We need very, very strong leadership. And I’m just not quite there yet. I’m not quite there yet.”…
In making his comments Tuesday, Trump may have been seeking retribution for Ryan’s dragging his feet about endorsing Trump in May. Trump’s phrasing of his uncertainty about Ryan — “I’m just not quite there yet” — echoes what Ryan told CNN’s Jake Tapper in a May interview about endorsing Trump: “I’m just not ready to do that at this point. I’m not there right now.”…
Ya think?
This could be the exit ramp McCain and Ryan are looking for.
— Ryan Lizza (@RyanLizza) August 2, 2016
We’re approaching the two-month anniversary of Lindsey Graham calling Curiel the “off-ramp” for bailing on Trump. https://t.co/8Hx0H3BoyW
— daveweigel (@daveweigel) August 2, 2016
.@HelenKennedy @RyanLizza The S.S. High-Minded Principle sailed last month. We're now looking at the leaky freighter, the S.S. Desperation.
— Walter Shapiro (@MrWalterShapiro) August 2, 2016
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