Alex.
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"Mr. Trump inherits a Republican Party that has been traumatized and torn apart by his campaign. A majority of primary voters in the later contests ultimately chose him, but potentially crippling divisions persist on the right: In Indiana, roughly a quarter of Republican voters said they would be scared to see him elected president, according to exit polls.
The Republican National Committee has already swung behind Mr. Trump, with Reince Priebus, the party chairman, declaring Tuesday night that Mr. Trump was the presumptive nominee. But others in the party — most significantly, a half-dozen senators running for re-election in Democratic and swing states — face a tougher choice.
Republicans opposed to Mr. Trump gravely misunderstood their own party. Many believed that the bulk of primary voters were firmly set against Mr. Trump’s candidacy and saw his early successes as a function of the large, fractious group of candidates running against him. As the Republican field dwindled in size, they expected a majority of the party to rally around a single rival.
There was no anti-Trump majority left to rally, if it ever existed in the first place."
http://www.nytimes.com/2016/05/05/us/politics/indiana-primary-highlights.html
Trump is truly in the big leagues now and must work to unite his party through his words and actions in approaching the Democratic party's nominee. It is more than picking a Veep who will reflect the will of those who oppose Trump, he must rehabilitate how own image and act more presidential.
The Republican National Committee has already swung behind Mr. Trump, with Reince Priebus, the party chairman, declaring Tuesday night that Mr. Trump was the presumptive nominee. But others in the party — most significantly, a half-dozen senators running for re-election in Democratic and swing states — face a tougher choice.
Republicans opposed to Mr. Trump gravely misunderstood their own party. Many believed that the bulk of primary voters were firmly set against Mr. Trump’s candidacy and saw his early successes as a function of the large, fractious group of candidates running against him. As the Republican field dwindled in size, they expected a majority of the party to rally around a single rival.
There was no anti-Trump majority left to rally, if it ever existed in the first place."
http://www.nytimes.com/2016/05/05/us/politics/indiana-primary-highlights.html
Trump is truly in the big leagues now and must work to unite his party through his words and actions in approaching the Democratic party's nominee. It is more than picking a Veep who will reflect the will of those who oppose Trump, he must rehabilitate how own image and act more presidential.