Trump’s brawling tongue also obliterated – at least for now – the potential of the GOP’s next generation of political rock stars, “Lyin” Ted Cruz and “Little” Marco Rubio.
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McConnell said in a statement: “As the presumptive nominee, he now has the opportunity and the obligation to unite our party around our goals”.
Rick Dearborn, chief of staff to Alabama GOP Sen. In a theoretical head to head matchup against Trump (and, for that matter, either of the two Republicans who just dropped out), the more likeable Sanders fares much better than the unpopular Clinton.
That could present a particularly stinging scenario for Republicans in Texas, the biggest base of support for Cruz, who suspended his campaign for the nomination on Tuesday after holding the runner-up spot for months. “Sanders is going to remain in this through the middle of June; that’s fine by us”, Fallon said.
Kasich won only one state, Ohio, earning a total of 153 of the 1,237 a candidate needs to clinch the Republican nomination.
However, the USA economy, much healthier than it was in the recent past, is outperforming most of the industrial world; wages, at last, are ticking up.
Both parties believe control of the Senate over the next two years is crucial. But he said Trump would likely appoint a conservative to the US Supreme Court, a priority for many on the political right. “They’ve spent tens of millions of dollars by now and gotten zero message, zero movement”, said one Republican familiar with the workings of the movement. “There will not be the rally effect that you normally get with a presidential candidate”, Wilson said. They discussed plans for Trump to meet with key congressional Republican leaders, as well and other rank-and-file members interested in hearing about campaign strategy on Capitol Hill.
“Well he’s certainly a capable guy, so it’s something we can think about”, Trump said. After watching Kasich’s announcement Wednesday that he is suspending his campaign, I still do not know why Kasich, who lacked the ability to win the needed number of delegates long ago, waited until he was the last Republican left on the field to fold up his tent and go home.
Donald Trump is tapping private investor Steven Mnuchin to lead his presidential fundraising.
“I’m not there yet, but I don’t have a lot of choice”, Beightol said.
Sen. Ben Sasse of Nebraska, an up-and-coming Tea Party Republican many view as a future leader of the party, wasted little time disassociating himself from the current unofficial one.
Democrats were already seeking to capitalize on the dynamic of Trump at the top of the ticket. While Mr Trump and Mr Cruz emphasised their outsider status, he ran unapologetically as a candidate with experience.
Apart from being prepared for the day-to-day battle with Trump, Fallon said, is making sure that Democratic voters do not fall into the trap of complacency in assuming that victory in November is assured. Likewise, the personally popular but politically powerless John Kasich was the most competitive Republican. The WSJ’s Monica Langley and Rebecca Ballhaus write that the change will be “also likely to put off some Trump supporters, many of whom have said his reliance mostly on his own funds makes them trust him more than other politicians”. But he told CNN he planned to skip the convention in Cleveland.
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Donald Trump is struggling in his efforts to unify the Republican Party behind his presidential campaign, the difficulty immediately underscored Thursday by a startling exchange of negative comments with GOP House Speaker Paul Ryan who said he was not ready to support him.
