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George Will and the Beltway hate the Donald? That can only help him against Hillary | Mulshine

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By Paul Mulshine | The Star Ledger
on May 05, 2016 at 6:35 AM, updated May 05, 2016 at 10:18 AM

A lot of my friends in politics assure me that Donald Trump has no chance in what is shaping up as a contest with Hillary Clinton for the presidency.

I beg to differ.

Anyone the Washington crowd hates as much as they hate the Donald is bound to be a hit with the American people.

Here are a few headlines from the Washington Post website the day after the Trump’s big win in Tuesday’s Indiana Republican primary:

“The Steady Downward Spiral of the Republican Party” … “The GOP awakens to a Trump nightmare come true”… “Don’t give up the fight against Trump.”

https://www.nj.com/opinion/index.ssf/2016/05/donald_trump_as_the_republican_nominee_its_no_reas.html

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Chris Christie Delivers Major Blow to Party Elites Resisting Trump

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Trump gained a powerful surrogate responsible for the lowest moment in the campaign of one of his last Republican adversaries: Marco Rubio.

The united Republican establishment front against Donald Trump started to crumble in a potentially profound way on Friday when New Jersey Governor Chris Christie backed the New York billionaire for president with an enthusiastic endorsement.

The move, combined with the endorsement of Maine Governor Paul LePage later Friday, adds the establishment bona fides of two sitting U.S. governors to a devoutly outsider campaign. It also comes just days after Trump’s first two congressional endorsements in Representatives Chris Collins of New York and Duncan Hunter of California.

In Christie, Trump also gained a powerful surrogate responsible for the lowest moment in the campaign of one of his last Republican adversaries: Marco Rubio.

The New Jersey governor also opened a door for other Republican Party elites, who spent recent days rushing to boost Rubio, and invited them to walk through. If beating Hillary Clinton outweighed all other factors, as the New Jersey governor argued, then other objections to Trump’s campaign—such as his bombastic and nativist rhetoric—should take a back seat. As a twice-elected governor of a blue state and former chairman of the Republican Governors Association, Christie could serve as Trump’s ambassador to establishment donors, lawmakers and behind-the-scenes operators across the nation.

https://www.bloomberg.com/politics/articles/2016-02-26/chris-christie-delivers-devastating-blow-to-party-elites-resisting-trump

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Mainstream Republicans fret as Trump and Cruz strengthen in presidential race

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By James Oliphant
Reuters
January 15, 2016

NORTH CHARLESTON, S.C. (Reuters) – With two weeks to go until the first contest of the 2016 presidential race, Republicans who fear their party has been hijacked by the likes of Donald Trump and Ted Cruz found little to comfort them in the latest debate.

Both candidates, one a billionaire developer with no political experience and the other a U.S. Senator from Texas with a reputation for clashing with his colleagues in Washington D.C., stood center stage Thursday night and, for the most part, dominated the proceedings.

More mainstream hopefuls such as former Florida Governor Jeb Bush, New Jersey Governor Chris Christie, Ohio Governor John Kasich, and U.S. Senator Marco Rubio from Florida were left nipping at their heels and squabbling among themselves.

With characteristic bravado, Trump dubbed himself the winner on Friday. Speaking to 250 people at Living History Farms in Iowa, he called the debate “interesting” and said “even the pundits last night were treating me nicely.” Trump told MSNBC the overnight polls showed him winning the debate, saying Cruz was “very strident” and made “inappropriate” comments.

“I don’t know that he’s a nice guy,” Trump said on MSNBC’s “Morning Joe” program. “I think he hurt himself last night.”

https://ca.news.yahoo.com/mainstream-republicans-fret-trump-cruz-strengthen-presidential-race-084308631.html