Posted on 05/10/2016 5:50:31 PM PDT by jazusamo
Far from irreparably fracturing the GOP, Donald Trump is quickly winning the backing of many of the party’s top elected officials, with senators returning to Washington this week pledging their support for him as their nominee.
Outside of Washington, Republican voters are likewise warming to Mr. Trump, and are decidedly cool to calls to recruit a third-party alternative to Mr. Trump and likely Democratic nominee Hillary Clinton, saying there’s too much at stake to give Democrats another four years’ control of the White House.
“I think it’s a great idea, but not for this particular election,” said Gregg Mattox, standing outside an Omaha polling station in Tuesday’s GOP presidential primary. “You split the vote and you’re going to get a liberal Supreme Court and Hillary Clinton in the White House for four years. The timing is just bad.”
A week after he chased his remaining opponents from the race, Mr. Trump is steadily — if somewhat shakily — earning over Republican voters and lawmakers who supported someone else in the bitter primary.
“I’m for the nominee of the party. If it is Donald Trump, I’ll be supporting him wholeheartedly,” Senate Majority Whip John Cornyn, Texas Republican, told reporters at the Capitol, where lawmakers reconvened for the first time since the Republican National Committee chairman declared Mr. Trump the presumptive nominee.
Even Sen. Marco Rubio, who ran against Mr. Trump for the nomination, said despite deep policy differences, he’ll stick by his pledge to back the GOP’s eventual nominee, saying voters have chosen the billionaire businessman.
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NOTE IN BEN SASSE’S HOME COUNTY TRUMP IS WINNING 67% OF THE VOTE.
WORD TO JACKSASSE, YOUR AGAINST YOUR VOTERS WATCH OUT THAT IS CANTORIZABLE OFFENSE.
I hope he gets primaried, and they kick his sorry a$$ out!!
I had the pleasure of meeting this fine American twice.
“I couldn’t help but notice that when Dick Cheney said that the third party nonsense needed to stop, it stopped.”
All kidding aside, I am glad to see this healing process gaining momentum. That, and I have great respect for Cheney, and wish that he could have been President at some point.
Seems more like a scene from MASH the movie...
Hotlips O'Houlihan: If you don't turn them over to the MPs this minute, I - -I'm going to resign my comission!
Colonel Blake: Goddamnit, Hot Lips, resign your goddamn comission!
Hotlips O'Houlihan: My comission... my comission... my commission...
Colonel Blake: Little more wine, my dear?
Kristol is one of the most arrogant, self-absorbed people in a city of very arrogant, self-absorbed people.
Agreed!
They are grasping at straws.
What did they disagree on-anything?
They both agreed on everything!
By not putting in a young VP Bush guaranteed the Democrats would pick up the open Presidency.
Consider that he’s the only gop elder who’s not acting like a 16 year girl who didn’t make the cheerleading squad, it makes sense.
Couldn’t agree more.
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