Pressure mounts to reject Trump amid fallout from gun-rights remark

[procon]

Pressure from high-profile Republicans and rank-and-file voters mounted on Wednesday to reject Donald Trump’s candidacy as his campaign dealt with fallout from his remark that gun rights activists could stop Hillary Clinton from nominating liberal U.S. Supreme Court justices.

Nearly one-fifth of 396 registered Republicans in a Reuters/Ipsos Aug. 5-8 poll released on Wednesday want Trump to drop out of the race for the White House and another 10 percent "don't know" whether the Republican nominee should or not.

More: http://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-election-idUSKCN10L1JT

[longship]

1. There is no way to replace him on the ballot in about 30 states!

And he was nominated at the GOP convention.

So how do they replace him?

How?

[procon]

2. Its probably not so much a question of 'how', but 'why'?

Why would they want Trump out when he is the embodiment of all their secret desires? No matter how loathsome he becomes, regardless of his appalling ignorance, Republican leaders have no intention of getting rid of him and they do not care about the long term damages he is doing. Only the here and now is important, and in this election the voters adore him, so that's all that matters.

[longship]

3. Yes, that's another point.

But the big issue still might be: what the f*ck happens if there is an attempt to replace him?

All around, it is a clusterfuck for the GOP.

No other way to put it.

[sofa king]

4. Forrester vs. New Jersey Democratic Party Inc., 02-A-289

http://news.findlaw.com/cnn/docs/torricelli/frstrnjdp100402dopp.pdf

The argument won without comment from the Supreme Court as a whole, in no small part because they stole the election for W through a similar argument. The (overly simplistic) upshot of this particular case is that the opponent is not harmed by providing a new candidate after the deadline, while voters would be if they are prevented from voting for a replacement after a candidate withdraws. The Supremacy Clause guarantees that if the feds see it as okay, state laws do not apply.

Lautenberg won his case, and the election.

[Trekologer]

5. I remember that election very well

Forrester's whole campaign was "I'm not Bob Torreselli" so when his opposition dropped out, there was no real substance left to the campaign. Forrester ended up losing quite badly.

While I seriously doubt Trump is going to drop out, Secretary Clinton would be wise to make her campaign about issues and policy, not just being the anti-Trump.