Meanwhile, the poll also found that Senator Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., runs stronger against Trump in the key swing states than Clinton. Clinton is 94 percent of the way to the nomination, on track to capture it in early June.
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“Late Show” host Stephen Colbert last night had “the talk” with House Speaker Paul Ryan about abstaining from endorsing Donald Trump until he feels ready.
“What we’re trying to do is be constructive as possible by having real unification”, he said.
Mr Ryan defended his stance again on Tuesday, insisting that he was just being honest in saying Mr Trump had more work to do to show he could unify the party after alienating numerous voters including women, Hispanics and many conservatives.
He says a commission would examine all those issues, as well as the question of letting in Syrian refugees, and it would be “possibly headed” by Giuliani, the mayor when NY was attacked on 9/11.
Trump and Clinton both have much to prove to the American electorate. The New York billionaire’s bare-bones campaign has glaring deficiencies the party apparatus is uniquely positioned to address.
Quinnipiac released surveys from three important general election states on Tuesday, all of which award lots of electoral votes and could go either way in November.
Trump has previously said that he expects the general election campaign to cost more than of $1 billion, but would not say Tuesday how much of his money he’s planning to spend on this next phase.
Trump would not reveal the full list of possible running mates, but said his decision this week to appoint Christie to head his White House transition team did not mean the New Jersey governor was out of consideration. For that, he is likely to have to rely on help from the party’s extensive donor network. Jeff Sessions, Trump’s top ally on Capitol Hill. “This election may be good for divorce lawyers”. Trump could make use of that RNC data or leave voter targeting to the party.
The meetings mark a critical step to address tensions between the GOP’s presumptive presidential nominee and its national elected leaders. House Republicans joined in on Wednesday morning.
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In an interview to “The Wall Street Journal”, Mnuchin said his role in the campaign stems from a “long-standing personal and professional relationship” with Trump after their first meeting 15 years ago. “They are coming along”. A sign of how divided the party remains: Ryan made his comments while standing next to Rep. Bob Dold (R-Ill.), who’s facing a tough reelection and has sworn to never back Trump. “I believe between now and July we will be able to figure out how to unify our party”, Ryan added.
