The G.O.P. Waits, and Waits, for Donald Trump to Grow Up

[brooklynite]

The New York Times:

The party establishment — including donors who should be writing big checks by now, experienced operatives who should be competing for top spots on the campaign, and Republican leaders who should be hammering out state-by-state victory plans — is waiting for Donald Trump to stop acting like Donald Trump.


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Those in Mr. Trump’s inner circle are waiting for the political conversation to turn to events that they believe will determine the outcome of the election: the vice-presidential pick, the conventions and the debates. Governor Christie, who has been given the vital behind-the-scenes assignment of head of the presidential transition, points out that even a politically weakened Mr. Trump still bests his Democratic opponent in a recent poll on questions about trustworthiness, fixing Washington and fighting terrorism.

To that end, his advisers are waiting for their candidate to recognize that learning just a few more things about national security and counterterrorism might reverse his June nose-dive. Even polls in battleground states taken during what has been Mr. Trump’s worst month in his bid for president show that he’s neck-and-neck with Mrs. Clinton on questions about who can better protect the country. Those advisers must be waiting for the night when Mr. Trump goes to bed with a copy of “The Looming Tower” instead of his iPhone and Twitter feed.

As I recall all too well from my dating days, waiting for a man to change is a fool’s errand, but in the case of Mr. Trump, it may be the fools’ only choice.

[leftofcool]

1. Hold your breath and turn blue boys.

[Lance Bass esquire]

2. I can't believe they actually thought he would.

I am what I am.

I do what I do.

I have a very good brain and use only the bestest words.

Everything that comes out of Trump Monkey's spokes hole begins with I .

There's no "we" in his message.

They (RNC) broke it..they bought it.

[Thinkingabout]

3. At this point in Trumps life expecting him to grow up is not going to happen.

He is like a high energy hunting dog, calm while on a leash and when released runs wildly and never puts his nose on the ground to locate the prey, useless as a hunting dog, the same as he will be as president.

[Orsino]

4. They're not waiting. They're paralyzed and without a plan.

My guess is that a bunch of swine cosmetician consultants are going to make a lot of money off Trump's campaign, for little or no return.