This may have been the best speech of his tenure in the White House.
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McGinty’s campaign spokesman Sean Coit touted the poll numbers as evidence that “Pennsylvania is already saying, loudly and clearly, that the Trump-Toomey ticket is completely unacceptable”. Bernie Sanders, 60 percent of voters in MI say Trump is not qualified to be president. “Democrats, Republicans independents. We’re going to pull America together again”.
His obsessive feud with the parents of a Muslim soldier killed in Iraq over remarks they made about him at the Democratic convention seemed self-destructive as it cast Trump in a very bad light and kept him from exploiting a stream of negative news about his Democratic rival, Hillary Clinton. He stated then that he would not support either Donald Trump or Sen.
At the same time, President Barack Obama dismissed as “ridiculous” Trump’s recent warning that the election might be “rigged” if he loses in November. That’s an argument they did not make against former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney or Arizona Sen. John McCain in their primary campaigns.
“Everything he’s made he’s made somewhere else”, she said as she toured a Las Vegas electric manufacturer Thursday afternoon. So much of Trump’s pitch to voters was based on his standing in the polls – I’m winning and that means I am a victor and, therefore, someone you should vote for – that it was hard to imagine what he would even say if he wasn’t ahead.
This week, Republicans, your calls for Trump to tone it down shifted into panic mode.
State Rep. Phyllis Henderson, R-Greenville, said she will support Trump because he is the GOP nominee. Obama said at a news conference at the Pentagon.
RUSH: You mean from the Republican side, not the media.
“It’s probably a good strategy for her to try right now”. Trump himself helped the Clinton cause most with remarks on the economy and foreign policy during and after the Democratic convention, Clinton aides said.
But some longtime GOP voters appear persuadable, such as Don Campbell, executive director of the National Electrical Contractors Association, and a Republican who’s backing Clinton.
“I’ve never seen anything like this in my life”.
The officials, including one with direct knowledge of Priebus’ thinking, were granted anonymity to discuss internal strategy because they were not authorized to discuss the sensitive issuer publicly.
Rather, the target is moderates, particularly women, in the crucial swing counties surrounding cities such as Richmond, Virginia, Columbus, Ohio, and Philadelphia. And Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell-along with so many other elected Republicans and party stalwarts. Would you mind if I endorsed him?
Billionaire investor Wilbur Ross said he still backed Trump, but urged him to stop engaging in exchanges that benefit the Democrats and make the real estate mogul’s behavior the issue in the campaign. “And I certainly don’t trust Hillary”, Coffman said in the ad. There is talk of an “intervention”, inspired in part by Trump’s continuing attacks on the Khan family.
Trump’s operation has been beset by internal discord, including growing concern about general election preparedness and a lack of support from Republican leaders, according to two people familiar with the organization’s inner workings. Araft of such unorthodox positions on war, trade, and immigration has led to traditionalists from President Obama down to Trump’s own party colleagues questioning his judgment. The centerpieces of his performance at his rallies have largely remained identical to that of early this year, with little outreach to undecided voters or independents.
Days later, as Republicans recoiled over criticizing a Gold Star family, Trump dug in, the dust-up serving to reinforce the fears of his Republican critics that their candidate is incapable of letting go of a grudge.
Asked why they plan to vote for that candidate, the most common response for Clinton was that she was “most qualified” or “most experienced”.
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She added, “There’s just a lot more important things going on”.
