“There's a difference between having a challenger whose name appears on the ballot and that`s pretty much it, versus having a challenger who forces you into uncomfortable positions, says some things about you that makes you defend yourself.” NamesForceDifferencesPositionUncomfortableVersusBallots Author:Steve Kornacki
“The perception that Donald Trump has softened on immigration or is about to soften on immigration has some on the right concerned that he could lose support among his most loyal base of supporters, though he`d been drawn to his hard-line positions on immigration early in the campaign.” HardLosesLinesSupportPositionTrumpPerceptionConcernedCampaignsImmigrationLoyalSupporter Author:Steve Kornacki
“He [Donald Trump] found that sweet spot in the Republican Party, just politically, where you had the rest of the party saying it`s just impractical. You can`t deport 11 million people. You can`t round them up and deport them, and his position was basically, hey, Republican voters. Don`t listen them, you can and I will.” PeopleFoundPartyMillionsPositionSweetTrumpRepublicanRoundsSpotsHeyVotersRepublican Party Author:Steve Kornacki
“We played all that rhetoric, all of the thing - the provocative inflammatory things [Donald Trump] said over the last year, does that all add up to buying him enough wiggle room with his base that he can get out and change his position like that?” YearsDoeSaidEnoughLastsRoomsPositionTrumpAddBuyingLast YearRhetoricProvocative Author:Steve Kornacki
“Like the kind of voter who has been turned off to [Donald] Trump, who would normally vote Republican in an election like this, that`s who we`re talking about, can they get past - even if he comes to a position that`s more agreeable for them, a tone that`s more agreeable, can they get past the last year?” IfsYearsKindHas BeensLastsPastTalkingPositionTrumpRepublicanVoteElectionToneVotersLast YearTurned Off Author:Steve Kornacki
