Can Donald Even Last These Final Hundred Days? - By Gene Lyons

[DonViejo]

The question isn’t so much if Donald Trump can win the election as whether or not he’ll still be the GOP candidate come November. Nobody can predict what mad trajectory the Republican nominee’s campaign might take. But given Trump’s erratic, politically self-destructive behavior, it’s reasonable to suspect he might get forced out or quit in a huff rather than face the ultimate indignity of losing to a girl.

Just the other day, Rep. Richard Hanna of upstate New York became the first Republican member of Congress to disavow Trump and endorse Hillary Clinton. Describing himself as “stunned by the callousness” of the candidate’s remarks about Khizr and Ghazala Khan, the Gold Star parents whose son died fighting in Iraq, Hanna called Trump “a national embarrassment,” and “unfit to serve.”

Hanna added that while he disagrees with Hillary Clinton on many issues, “she stands and has stood for causes bigger than herself for a lifetime. That matters.” The implication, of course, is that Trump’s only cause is himself and his grotesquely swollen ego. How long before Sen. John McCain, whose own heroic service as a Vietnam POW Trump has impugned, decides that he too must act? How long before his patriotism forces him to agree with President Obama that “there has to come a point at which you say enough?”

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http://www.nationalmemo.com/can-donald-even-last-final-hundred-days/

[piechartking]

1. Hilarious. n/t

[democrattotheend]

4. I'm genuinely worried about this

Given that Hillary remains unpopular and can't seem to put this e-mail thing to bed, I am afraid if the GOP has the chance to pick a more "normal" candidate they might win.

[longship]

2. They had freaking 17 candidates and this is apparently the best they have.

[Hortensis]

3. I've heard the GOP leadership MUST support Trump.

They are fighting desperately to keep control of the House and Senate. Plus, they are fighting for GOP control of state governments.

Reportedly, they must have the Trump voters, nationally speaking, to keep control. Offend the trumpists, and they could lose everything.

McCain could be in trouble in AZ. Democrat Ann Kirkpatrick is polling very close. I don't know if turning on Trump would help him there or not, but it might become a national event. His primary is Aug 30. He had 3 Republican opponents. One just dropped out, but his name will remain on the ballot. He's unlikely to be primaried, but wouldn't that be lovely?