Just a couple months out from Iowa, with polls showing Donald Trump has decisively regained his footing with voters, Republicans are preparing for a loooong primary if they have any hope of dooming The Donald. MJ Lee reports:
Former Republican Utah Gov. Mike Leavitt, who was a close adviser to Mitt Romney's presidential campaign, said while Trump has clearly locked in a solid bloc of supporters, the majority of GOP voters are still up for grabs.
"In order to get the nomination, you have to get the majority of the votes at the convention. The presidential election is not going to be won in Iowa, New Hampshire or South Carolina -- it has to be won by a composite of all 50 states," Leavitt, who did not rule out the possibility of a Trump nomination, said in an interview.
He predicted that in the end, "there will be a consolidation of those who don't want him to be nominee."
Wow. The Republican establishment is now pinning its hopes on a slow process of eroding Trump's lead, if they can even do that. Of course, part of the problem is “muscular” donors like the Kochs and Paul Singer are too feeble to challenge Trump. Not to mention the candidates themselves.
"People are reluctant to take him on because he lashes back like ISIS," said former Nevada Republican Gov. Robert List, who believes there's only a "small chance" that Trump becomes the nominee. "He has a wicked tongue and no reluctance to use it."
Great, the party that's promising to take down ISIS is crouching in the corner while Trump tramples all over it. No wonder GOP voters are so desperate for real leadership.
