[HoosierWordsmith]

Saw this scary guy with F. Chuck Todd this morning...my first impression was that he was a Capo from the Cosa Nostra, dark silk suit with medium blue pinstripes...every hair in place...spit polished like Paulie Walnuts without the silver hair wings...Manafort must use the same tailor as another Trump hatchet man, Roger Stone!

Trump’s bringing in an “operative” who looks like a guy who knows guys who break knee-caps! He sounded like a ruthless, win-at-any-cost, enforcer...delegates may have a clear choice in Cleveland, bribes or threats!

[jjotto]

Given the average age, wealth and background of national delegates, bribes and threats won’t get anyone very far, especially not this cycle.

In case no one noticed, the GOP at the lowest levels and even at the state level has mostly gotten more conservative in the last eight years, and that will be reflected in the delegates.

[SJackson]

Not mafia, they're mainstream Republican guys. Both have worked for mainstream Republican candidates from Reagan to Dole. The differ only in that Manafort worked for GWB, not sure if Stone did. And Stone claims to have worked for Nixon though he seems a bit young. With no military service in his bio, doubt he's saying he worked for Nixon they way I did.

If Trump is going to win anything, he needs people who understand the system.