Former Senate Majority Leader Trent Lott put it this way: By March 15, Republicans will know whether it is time to “throw up our hands in despair and panic”. But after Super Tuesday, when a quarter of Americans had their chance to vote, Mr Trump’s tone changed and he delivered a measured victory speech, abandoning the usual tub-thumbing vitriol.
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With hopes dashed for a one-on-one battle between Trump and Sen.
Super Tuesday was huge Tuesday for Donald Trump, who now seems unstoppable before the GOP convention in July.
“The reality is that there has been no sustained campaign against this guy until last Thursday”, she said.
Speaking from Louisiana, Mr Duke told The Independent that he would happy to serve in Mr Trump’s cabinet if he were elected and Mr Trump were to ask him.
The second is a path of a historic rebellion: rejecting the GOP front-runner and the values and principles he stands for, and pledging to oppose Trump — even if he emerges as the party’s nominee.
“It’s the only strategy at this point”, said Louis DeSipio, professor and director of the UC Irvine Center for the Study of Democracy. However, the sequence exposed Trump to questions about his judgment and fitness to be president. “And the likelihood is that he will be able to get to the delegate total that he needs”.
At the same time, some senators aren’t ready to concede the race to Trump.
According to the California class-action complaint in front of Curiel, a one-year apprenticeship that Trump University students were promised ended after students paid for a three-day seminar. Todd Ricketts, Marlene’s son, and hedge-fund mogul Paul Singer, a Marco Rubio backer, were among a few dozen business leaders on a conference call Tuesday, seeking fresh funds for the PAC, according to one participant who requested anonymity to openly discuss details of the private discussion. Rival Sen. Bernie Sanders vowed to keep up the fight, though his path to the nomination has become exceedingly narrow. But most political analysts don’t expect it to be much of a Democratic race once it gets to California.
“I thought there was a scenario that Trump would simply run away with Super Tuesday, and that didn’t happen”, Wasserman said. “I disavowed him in the past, I disavow him now”.
Ryan has publicly rebuked Trump twice during this presidential nomination contest. When he came second in Iowa, there were some who were relieved, believing they were about to be proved right. The same goes for every other Republican leader.
When Trump was asked whether he wanted to be linked to a fascist dictator, he told NBC’s Meet the Press: “I want to be associated with interesting quotes”.
Last week, after endorsing Trump, New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie foreshadowed the candidate’s about-face on a call with his biggest donors, suggesting Trump would raise money in a general election.
That is what the Cruz campaign has been counting on for months. “The whole premise of his campaign is that he’s a successful businessman who tells it like it is”, Packer said.
Boot’s reaction speaks to just how anxious Republican elites are about Donald Trump – and how much of a threat he poses to the ideas that have been central to their worldview for decades, particularly on foreign policy.
There’s been talk that somehow the Republican Party will refuse to accept Trump if he secures the nomination.
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The “Late Show” host said he’d previously offered advice to Hillary Clinton on admitting to accusations of lying by apologizing – which Colbert said was “the easiest question in politics”.
