4. With Trump now not only saying Iraq war was mistake (others in GOP agree) but that Bush lied, Trump has put himself beyond the pale.
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5. What helps Trump is that although he's by far the front runner, he's not yet close to 50%. So: if party unites, Trumpism is minority
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6. Party uniting against Trump means of course, cutting some sort of deal with Cruz. But that really seems lesser of two evils now.
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7. If Cruz continues to tie up the evangelical vote, he'll have great leverage in anti-Trump coalition.
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8. The key here is that Trump isn't yet at 50%. With negative ads, they can keep his ceiling at about 35%.
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9. There is core of Trump supporters who will back him no matter what. Killing people on 5th ave, as he said. But that's about 25% of GOP
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@DouthatNYT The dynamic you're describing already existed before last night's comments. But the collective action problem remains.1 reply 1 retweet 4 likes -
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@DouthatNYT of course right: logic of needing to oppose Trump around for a long time but party too fragmented to do it.4 replies 0 retweets 2 likes -
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12. GOP is fragmented but there are still power brokers. Ailes, Koch Bros. Adelson. Let's say they start making calls to the candidates
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@DouthatNYT You have to get your act together or Trump will take over the party.
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@HeerJeet@DouthatNYT If that message didn't succeed before, why is it likely to succeed now? Voter preferences are divorced from the estab.0 replies 0 retweets 0 likesThanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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