Republicans beginning to make peace with Trump as nominee

[tabasco]

Source: Wash. Post

WASHINGTON — They thought it was impossible. Some still fear it. Others can barely believe it. But leading Republicans are beginning to accept the idea that Donald Trump will be their party’s presidential nominee.

In the wake of the businessman’s commanding wins in five Eastern states this week, a growing number of national Republicans and GOP lawmakers on Capitol Hill say Trump has taken on an indisputable air of inevitability. Some argue they should get behind him now and abandon the “Never Trump” efforts still nursed by some establishment Republicans. Embracing Trump, these Republicans say, may be the GOP’s only hope of blocking Democrat Hillary Clinton in November.

“Donald Trump is going to be our nominee,” Florida Gov. Rick Scott wrote on Facebook this week. “The Republican leaders in Washington did not choose him, but the Republican voters across America did choose him. The voters have spoken.”

“Republicans now need to come together,” Scott wrote, warning that continued opposition to Trump “will be nothing more than a contribution to the Clinton campaign.”

Photo caption: "Rep. Mike Kelly, R-Pa., listens to testimony from State Department officials as the House Foreign Affairs Committee on Capitol Hill in Washington. Congressional Republicans are beginning to accept, and even embrace, an outcome that was once unthinkable: Donald Trump as the GOP presidential nominee. “I don’t understand. I mean, it’s not ‘Never Trump.’ It’s ‘Never Hillary.’ Never, never, never, Hillary. Come on. Wake up and smell the coffee,” said Kelly, who earlier this week cast his ballot for Trump, along with all members of his large family and 57 percent of Republican primary voters in his state."

Read more: https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/republicans-beginning-to-make-peace-with-trump-as-nominee/20

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Republicans will rally around their nominee and turn out in droves to defeat Clinton. Anyone who believe this election will be a shoo-in for the Democrat are in lala land.

[tonyt53]

1. We all knew this was going to happen

The sad part is, most of that batshit craziness he spews are things the rest of the GOP wants to say. Come October, all will be forgotten as the GOP trots Trump around like a prized pony.

[Turbineguy]

2. Maybe it would help if they could find

somebody who is not dangerously crazed to run against him.

[MANative]

3. Republicans ALWAYS fall in line. It's part of the hive-mind of being a conservative.

A very small handful of more moderate (probably Northeast-dwelling) Republicans may buck the lemming trend because Trump is just that crazy. Where Democrats can make head-way is with Independents. Always has been the case; always will be.

[AtheistCrusader]

6. Tell us all about hive minds.

I'm dying to learn more about this fascinating phenomenon. Does it only apply to Republicans?

[pablo_marmol]

17. !

[PatrynXX]

4. yeah Republicans are well known to vote against their own interests

I'd hoped Democrats wouldn't make the same mistake . So Hillary will run against a Moderate. Should be interesting. Or very Boring depending on how you look at it.

[AtheistCrusader]

5. Fifth stage of grief already huh?

I hope their dignity rests in peace.

[0rganism]

7. acceptance, the last stage of grief - well, that didn't take long, i guess

probably the fact that their other candidates were just as crappy as Trump helped them through the bargaining phase.

sad for them that these scars, so freshly healed, will be split open again by their preposterous convention this summer.

[houston16revival]

8. Is Trump Real?

Trump values are inconsistent with 2/3 of the GOP rank and file. Ted Cruz
was right about that - New York values, or I would call them casino values.

Gambling. Glitz. These things undermine families. How can GOP voters
go for this?

Is he trying to undermine conservative GOP values? Because if they got
rolling, they'd be bad for casino business.

I just don't get it. Bloomberg is running a piece tonight saying that
Trump is ill-prepared to vet a VP candidate or fundraise for his campaign.
Everything is seat of the pants with him. Slough it off, whatever you feel like.
Mentally lazy. I would say that's the dominant operative here.

[sofa king]

9. Ha ha.

This is the third election in a row where Republicans have served themselves a shit sandwich. Really the sixth, going back to Bob Dole, but Bush the Lesser got close enough to steal it.

But it's not true that they all line up to take a bite. Each time, more and more of them stay home, and some of them never come back because Republican efforts to deny healthcare, tank the economy, and freeze wages are beginning to show results in the obituary pages.

I may live to dance and piss on the Republican Party's grave, at the same time. You, uh, might want to keep away from me when I do.

[lancer78]

10. He has no chance

He needs to get close to 75% of the White Male vote to win if the polls hold.

[Turbineguy]

11. The big advantage is

that it's destructive. Fox news will have them marching over a cliff.

Unfortunately, many undeserving souls will be caught up in it too.

A boon to the funeral industry. An inexpensive yet dignified service as a business model will do very well.

[Bernardo de La Paz]

12. Yes, tabasco. Democrats must Get Out The Vote.

Check registrations early and more than once.

Help people maintain or get valid ID to comply with laws, however ridiculous. Driving people to government offices can help those who have no access, ... one way to help.

Talk up the importance of voting when talking with progressives, liberals, democrats, independents, and undecideds.

And much more.

[tabasco]

13. Complacency, apathy - very real problems for the Democrats

I voted for Sanders in the WV primary today and I'll vote for H. Clinton in the general election, but I see her as a very weak candidate. Things will get better when Sanders throws his support to Clinton, but I still fear that many Democrats will stay home on election day. The possibility of any of the evil republicans becoming president is frightening.

[Egnever]

14. Republicans don't matter

They can't carry an election by themselves anymore.

Only Dems can defeat themselves.

Some perspective http://www.cbsnews.com/news/cbs-poll-hillary-clinton-leads-donald-trump-but-voters-view-both-unfavorably/

Independents vote Democratic against both Donald Trump and Ted Cruz no matter which candidate runs against them. Trump does particularly poorly with independents, losing them by 18 points against Clinton and 26 points against Sanders.

In contrast, just about half of Republicans view Donald Trump favorably, while less than half have favorable opinions of Ted Cruz or John Kasich. Negative views are also higher among Republicans for their candidates, particularly for Trump and Cruz -- about a third of Republicans have unfavorable opinions of each of them

This hair on fire nonsense is getting old.

[tabasco]

15. Keep telling yourself that.

[Egnever]

16. Funny

But completely ignorant of the different variables in the elections.

[tabasco]

19. The definition of ignorance is stating that the political party that controls

both the House and Senate and most state governments is irrelevant in the presidential election. Especially considering that this is the new era of Citizens United, when wealthy right-wing corporatists can spend unlimited amounts to install a republican puppet regime. Talk about being ignorant of the "different variables in the elections." I must not be sniffing the same vapors as those who think a Trump presidency is not a real possibility.

[Egnever]

24. Again not relevant

You are certainly sniffing vapors if you think local elections are comparable to national ones. They are two very different beasts.

[tabasco]

25. Senate and House of Representatives are "local" elections now?

LOL.

Citizens United not relevant?

Heavy, pungent vapors!

[Egnever]

26. Good lord you seem to have no concept whatsoever of how elections work.

Particularly with the house seats.

Heres some light reading that might help you.

http://billmoyers.com/2014/11/05/gerrymandering-rigged-2014-elections-republican-advantage/

[tabasco]

27. LOL! You seem to be completely unaware of how the electoral college works in the U.S.

Presidential candidates win states, just like senators. Nationwide head-to-head polls are truly meaningless.

And FYI, nobody educated in political matters calls congressional elections "local" elections. As a matter of fact, not even state government elections are called "local" elections.

But I tell you what, Professor. I'll bookmark this thread. If Clinton wins in a landslide, I'll publicly declare you a political genius. Has to be by more than, let's say, 40 electoral votes.

Anyway, since you've already decided that Clinton will win in a landslide, I'm sure you've done your homework. Tell me which states you think Clinton will win in her landslide victory --- or, since it's a landslide that you've predicted, just tell me the states you think she won't win. LOL.

[Botany]

20. Sure lots of dumb people voted for w but his "win" was because he cheated.

I'm from OH and I say "it" w/my opwn eyes and heard "it" w/my own ears.

[tabasco]

21. And George AWOL Bush did it WITHOUT Citizens United

This is a new era of unlimited republican propaganda in which we live. Don't think they can't do it again.

[Botany]

22. You can't rig a landslide

Trump will get beat by epic proportions .... He has already lost the women,
latinos, jews, and anybody w/a brain.

[forest444]

28. Absolutely. We should never underestimate these fascists.

However buffoonish and ridiculous they may seem.

[Kablooie]

18. Which will mean they officially embrace Trumps positions as their own.

And the Republican party as they have known it will be gone.

[IronLionZion]

23. Maybe some sensible Republicans will just not vote

it's interesting seeing what sort of people voted for him in the primaries mainly as a protest against their party's establishment. But some might just not vote at all.