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Found this in a Politico article.
The tension is mounting ahead of a 5 p.m. call among members of the Republican National Committee. RNC Chairman Reince Priebus has largely been hunkered down Monday members described radio silence from his inner circle about what to expect on the call. But a new NBC News/Wall Street Journal poll underscored the peril of their position: Trump is trailing Clinton by 11 points in a four-way matchup, and Democrats are surging to a lead in voters down-ballot preferences.
Among the RNCs considerations is whether to redirect party funding to down-ballot races. Before Ryans move, most RNC members seemed poised to redouble support for Trump, but Trumps campaign continued to spiral on Monday, shaking their calculus.
Read more: http://www.politico.com/story/2016/10/will-republicans-stay-with-trump-229536#ixzz4MiSJ6cMb
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alcibiades_mystery
(36,437 posts)Guaranteeing that the saner elements of the GOP can't cut bait.
It's a big shit sandwich, and they're all gonna hafta take a bite.
underpants
(182,819 posts)Pull people in so they depend on him if they have any chance of digging out of the hole he created.
He did it with the banks, the media, even his own children. Now with the RNC.
malaise
(269,020 posts)and receive the backing of the party hierarchy deserves to be whipped at all levels.
MADem
(135,425 posts)message discipline and their enforcement/arm twisting methods to keep even the New England liberal wing of their party "in line" during key votes--now they've become like the Wild, Wild West, with everyone running around in a panic and no one listening to anyone.
What can Rinse Penis say at this point? "Every man (or woman) for him(her)self?" How easy or hard will it be to cancel those ad buys?
I never understood the Teabagger thing. Okay it was the Kochs and Rove thinking they could seize the party but by creating drama? That's not their game. They get a product early and start selling it. And ALWAYS stay on one message.
None of that ever made sense to me