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Best op-ed piece on Trump in a long while.

NY Times link

Effectively ruining any chance they had to withdraw their endorsement of him--if they did now they would just look petty.

best12bars wrote: "Best op-ed piece on Trump in a long while.

NY Times link"

When you read this piece, read the comments posted as well. I am so very afraid for this country right now.

MichelleCraig said: When you read this piece, read the comments posted as well. I am so very afraid for this country right now.



" Those NY Times readers are very scary

Trump's Twitter comments are epic on both sides - many hateful people and so many comedians!

I was listening to that segment, and former CIA Director Michael Hayden was their guest. Scarborough pressed Hayden for info about the process for the use of nuclear weapons. Obviously, Hayden couldn't provide specifics, but he stressed that the emphasis on that process was speed, not deliberation and checks & balances.

John Harwood at CNBC just reported that the Trump staff is "suicidal" and Paul Manfort has all but given up. Manafort went on Fox News to deny it.



http://www.cnbc.com/2016/08/02/ally-of-trump-staffer-paul-manafort-the-staff-is-suicidal-hes-mailing-it-in.html

I think the nominee would be brought up by a group of delegates160 around. I heard something on NPR, they also said this would have to be done by early September. I guess we have to hope he holds on for another month, because I'm totally skeered that whomever they come up with will beat us in November. This is indeed a crazy, turning point election and time in our history. Hang tough Donald. We need ya.

I predict it will happen Labor Day.

It's depressing thinking about Trump being replaced on the GOP ticket, admit it, you're skeered, I am.

If Trump does drop out, the GOP would have to make a massive and swift recovery. He's made the party leadership look inept and cowardly. It would reinforce his narrative of a "rigged" system. It cost the RNC a massive amount of time and resources. Not only would the GOP have to deal with their terrible platform and policy proposals, they would now have to deal with the fact that they even backed Trump and wasted time and energy doing so. They would face a swath of angry Trump supporters who will make the Bernie or Bust folks look calm and measured by comparison.

The train has left the station on Trump. It's either stay on it and crash, or derail it and crash.

In the unlikely event of a Trump dropout, the RNC would almost certainly move Pence to the top of the ticket. Although he didn't run, he was approved by the delegates at the convention.