Carson threatens to leave Republican Party

Now, some Republican leaders are trying to distance themselves from Trump. “But if it is, I’d certainly go all the way – and I think I’d have a certain disadvantage”. From the NYT/CBS poll: “A month ago, only 4 percent of Americans said terrorism was the most important problem; now, 19 percent say it is, above any other issue…” And if that means demonizing Mexicans, Muslims or whoever else happens to irritate his voter base in the party race, he’s up to the job.

It’s one of the many festivities surrounding the annual Pennsylvania Society dinner that typically draws thousands from the state’s political and business establishments. The first is that, although the GOP gives bonus delegates to states with a record of supporting Republicans, other features of the party’s nominating process give an unexpected advantage to Republicans who live in blue areas of the country.

As the speaker of the House, as the party’s immediate former nominee for vice president, as a frequently boomed prospect for the presidency himself, Ryan has the authority and the stature that most of the party’s presidential candidates lack. “No, I’m running – I’m running as a Republican”.

“I don’t agree with it”, he said Thursday. It is hard to say whether Trump can capture Pennsylvania in the April 26 primary election, and there is concern over Trump’s attention to detail and the way he expresses his views, Dumeyer said.

The billionaire’s appeal is very disproportionately tilted to the blue-collar half of the Republican electorate – many are the old Reagan Democrats who have long since defected from the party of their fathers.

How are some other Wisconsin Republicans handing the Trump question? The second (and opposite) point is from the Free Beacon’s Continetti: Trump’s rise is perhaps due to the fact that the Republican Party’s membership has changed – and they’re changing the party.

“An independent Trump candidacy is highly unlikely, even given the egomaniacal approach he takes to politics”, one said.

Upon leaving, several attendees said they would soon share with one another memos about delegate allocation in each state as well as research about the 1976 convention, the last time the GOP gathered without a clear nominee. If Trump stays at or above it, chances are he will win.

“I don’t think it’s going to be a brokered convention”.

The party leaders know the sound bite will surely make for eye-popping news, sucking oxygen from their lungs and revealing insidiously what too many Republican Party voters believe deeply inside; but never admit publicly or socially.

Can Trump switch midway through the primary? . What moved Trump to the top of the polls and keeps him there is his utter dominance of the information environment.