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Podesta to donors: Cruz is likely GOP nominee Read more: http://www.politico.com/story/2015/12/pod
Politico:Donald Trump's apparent belief that the Republican primary contest is now a two-person race between himself and Ted Cruz isn't exactly shared at the top of Hillary Clinton's campaign.
Clinton campaign chairman John Podesta handicapped the GOP race for 90 Democratic donors assembled at a private fundraising event in Berkeley, California, on Thursday night, according to a Clinton backer who was in the room, telling the crowd that he viewed Cruz as the likeliest nominee, followed by Trump, and then Marco Rubio.
Podesta's remarks — which he made sure to say represent his own views, not an official campaign position — came after the real-estate magnate proposed a blanket ban on Muslims entering the United States, and Podesta suggested that the resulting surge of attention being paid to Trump didn't change his belief that Cruz was the likeliest pick.
But he did confirm that the Democratic front-runner's recent moves to use Trump's remarks as an anchor to drag down the rest of the Republican Party was a concerted political strategy — and that the donors shouldn't expect the strategy to go away anytime soon.
Clinton campaign chairman John Podesta handicapped the GOP race for 90 Democratic donors assembled at a private fundraising event in Berkeley, California, on Thursday night, according to a Clinton backer who was in the room, telling the crowd that he viewed Cruz as the likeliest nominee, followed by Trump, and then Marco Rubio.
Podesta's remarks — which he made sure to say represent his own views, not an official campaign position — came after the real-estate magnate proposed a blanket ban on Muslims entering the United States, and Podesta suggested that the resulting surge of attention being paid to Trump didn't change his belief that Cruz was the likeliest pick.
But he did confirm that the Democratic front-runner's recent moves to use Trump's remarks as an anchor to drag down the rest of the Republican Party was a concerted political strategy — and that the donors shouldn't expect the strategy to go away anytime soon.
