GOP-donors in meltdown-mode bc Trump-scandals are blocking republican agenda.

[DetlefK]

http://www.rawstory.com/2017/05/people-are-in-meltdown-mode-inside-the-republican-donor-class-panic-about-trump/

At a Miami donor retreat and at a high-powered Washington dinner, on Capitol Hill and at political firms across the country, Republican donors and operatives this week watched the barrage of bad headlines about Trump with a mixture of awe, angst and anger, worrying about the political implications for their Republican majorities — and about the legal implications for the president.

"If you're not concerned, you're not paying attention," said Austin Barbour, a Mississippi-based GOP strategist and veteran fundraiser, who is primarily worried that the Republican agenda on Capitol Hill is being hamstrung amid a constant series of controversies involving the White House.

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"After Jeb (Bush) got out, others got out, you saw the establishment finance Republicans, many of them holding their nose, recognize that they want a Republican in the White House. That's the group that may be eroding right now," Jolly said.

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"At this time, as we speak today, I'm more concerned with, this is getting their legislative agenda off track," Barbour said. "And listen, they've got a year to get stuff done before the elections in 2018, and I know members of Congress and President Trump, these guys want to get this stuff done. But they're just so off message. They've got to find a way to get back to focusing on what people care about, what people elected him to do. If not, they're in real trouble."

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"I'm finding it hard to find people who say, 'No, this isn't that bad,'" said one Republican operative with close ties to the donor and lobbying worlds. "It's gradients of bad, (from) 'we were wrong before, he'll survive,' to 'this is the beginning of the end.' I'm not finding anyone who says this isn't a problem. Is this the beginning of a problem that knocks him out? ... What's the over-under on him making it four years? That's the conversation."

[BeyondGeography]

1. Trump is not the problem with their agenda

But keep thinking you're just one ineffective President away from making people love your bullshit. Cruelty and greed...YAY!

[HopeAgain]

2. I heard on the news

That Republicans in Congress are feeling a sense of relief because they think the pressure at home will lessen now something is being done on the Russia scandal.

They better think again...

[VigilantG]

3. Re: Repug SuperPACs, is anyone analyzing or auditing the origins

Of campaign donations? I know I have read about several having millions of dollars coming from Russians. I think that would help determine which Repugs might be more of a target, thus their resistance to the Russia-Trump collusion investigations.