Might be time for Republicans to panic about Trump [View all]
By Chris Cillizza June 17 at 1:01 PM
The Republican National Convention begins in Cleveland in 31 days. That means that one month from today, Republicans will (almost certainly) start the process of nominating Donald Trump as their presidential nominee to take on Hillary Clinton in the fall campaign.
That prospect looks increasingly problematic — somewhere between a stone-cold loser and a long-shot gamble. With not only the White House at stake but also Republicans' Senate majority and maybe even their House majority in real peril, the idea of nominating Trump should be cause for a growing sense of panic within GOP ranks ...
... The more Trump is exposed to a general electorate — at least in the early days of his time as the presumptive Republican nominee — the less that electorate likes him. (Seven in 10 voters in a new Washington Post-ABC News poll said they have a negative opinion of Trump.)
There is, of course, plenty of time between now and Nov. 8 for Trump to turn things around. But there is very little evidence he (a) sees any problem or (b) feels it at all necessary to overhaul his approach. Trump has repeatedly insisted that he won't change anything about himself in a general election. And with each passing day, he shows that his brash and bullying persona — and his willingness to clash with fellow Republicans — isn't a glitch, it's a feature ...
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