Clinton's cash stockpile strategy

[brooklynite]

Politico:

Hillary Clinton’s top fundraisers are encountering an unexpected obstacle a month out from the party conventions: big money donors suddenly reluctant to give for fear of running Donald Trump out of the race before he locks up the nomination.

“They’re worried about giving money to attack Trump before the convention,” said longtime Clinton ally James Carville, who has been raising money for the campaign in New York. “A lot of New York people think he’ll just quit. People think they will run his ass out of there real quick.”

There’s no evidence that Trump is considering dropping his presidential bid, and it’s unlikely Republicans will dump him as the party nominee. But Clinton’s well-heeled supporters are nevertheless worried by the prospect of running against anyone other than him.

“That's all anyone's worried about,” said a Clinton donor who attended a fundraiser in Manhattan last week. “People wanted to know from her, 'what do you think the odds are that Trump's not the nominee.'” Clinton, the source said, responded that the chances of that outcome were very low.

[ffr]

1. So unusual, this election. But I'm still voting HRC

Donors or no donors, America would be a really terrible place if Drumpf were to be elected. Plus, I don't like republicans. I think every elected republican should be voted out and held in the public eye of shame.

[onehandle]

2. Keep the powder dry until the day after his acceptance speech.

We want him to be the nominee.

Period.

[longship]

3. Interesting, but I think Trump is the GOP nominee.

R&

[Eric J in MN]

4. If the GOP replaced Trump

...the replacement would lose. Many people who voted for Trump in the primaries would stay home.

[tblue37]

5. But if he withdraws for his own reasons, they won't punish the GOP. If he fears an embarrassing GE

loss or has health or legal problems that make a GE campaign too hard, or if the party figures out how to bribe him without getting into legal trouble, his fans will tolerate his replacement.

[greymattermom]

6. He ran for the free publicity

And may start to regret it soon when the trump brand crashes