“One GOP Congressman named Carlos Curbelo actually suggested that Donald Trump may be a 'phantom candidate' that has been planted by Democrats. The DNC strongly denied this - while Hillary said, 'Crap, they figured it out! Take off the wig, Bill.'” MayHas BeensSaidTrumpBillsDemocratCandidatesDeniedCrapPhantomsCongressmanWigsGop Author:Jimmy Fallon
“The GOP's freak out over Donald Trump. Just two months to Iowa, can anyone stop him?” TwoMonthsTrumpFreakTwo MonthsIowaGop Author:Al Sharpton
“The more you push back on Donald [Trump], whether you`re in the media or whether you are in the GOP establishment, the stronger his base of support comes.” SupportMediaTrumpStrongerEstablishmentGop Author:Rachel Maddow
“Here's a guy that inherited $200 million. If he hadn't inherited $200 million, you know where Donald Trump would be right now?” IfsKnowsWould BeGuyMillionsTrumpRight NowDebateGop Author:Marco Rubio
“How about something more interesting? How about you come forward and say, [Donald] Trump supporters, I absolutely know what you think about the Republican Party and the Republican establishment and how disappointed you are. Guess what, I'm going to tell you what you're right about. What they've disappointed about. The Republican Party is always eager to tell you the flaws of the Democratic Party. Take Trump supporters seriously by conceding what is true about their critique of the GOP.” ThinkingKnowsInterestingPartyTrumpRepublicanDemocraticFlawsDisappointedEstablishmentSupporterRepublican PartyDemocratic PartyCritiqueGop Author:Bernie Sanders
“Republican party leaders have been worrying about the damage a [Donald] Trump nomination could do to the party, but also what might happen if he left the GOP and took his supporters with him. But Trump said he would stay a Republican and do everything in his power to beat Hillary Clinton.” IfsHas BeensSaidMightHappensLeftPartyLeaderWorryTrumpRepublicanBeatsClintonDamageSupporterRepublican PartyNominationsGop Author:Ted Cruz
“If Donald Trump loses badly, it could mean the end of the GOP as one of the two significant parties.” IfsMeanTwoEndsLosesPartyTrumpSignificantGop Author:Chuck Klosterman
“You have two parties that are funded by deep corporate interests, largely overlapping, that you begin to see a convergence. You have the Republican intelligentsia and the Republican spokespeople, and 50 GOP security figures who have all come into Hillary's [Clinton] camp. Not to mention Mitt Romney, who has defected from [Donald] Trump, although it's not clear where his vote is going to be. But everyone from John Negroponte to Meg Whitman have all declared allegiance to Hillary. And Hillary has likewise, very formally opened the door to encouraging Republicans to come in.” TwoInterestPartyClearDoorsSecurityFiguresTrumpRepublicanVoteClintonCorporateCampsRomneyAllegianceGopConvergenceMegOverlappingSpokespeople Author:Jill Stein
“Donald Trump's blaming the media, he's blaming the GOP, he's saying that America can't run a fair election. He is swinging at every phantom of his own imagination because he knows he's losing.” KnowsRunningAmericaImaginationMediaTrumpLosingFairsElectionBlamePhantomsGop Author:Tim Kaine
“I keep reading that Donald Trump is the most pro-LGBT GOP presidential nominee of all time - and I actually think that's true.” ThinkingReadingTrumpAll TimePresidentialLgbtGop Author:Steven Petrow
“In Utah, where the states` Mormon GOP electorate is especially unfavorable to [Donald] Trump.” StatesTrumpGopElectorateUtah Author:Chris Hayes
“I think the Trump thing is particularly egregious, and I think he's as much a product of the GOP lie machine in the era of Roger Ailes as he is of television. And also, of the Twitter era. Of the everything-is-as-reductive-as-it-can-be. To me, the most telling thing is we have a man who cannot complete a sentence. Certainly could never get to 140 characters, or past it. He thinks in tiny little bursts - the way he tweets.” ThinkingMenWayLittlesCharacterPastLyingTelevisionProductsTrumpMachinesSentencesTinyErasTweetRogerGop140 Character Author:Joss Whedon
“If [Donald] Trump loses narrowly, it will make it much harder for the GOP to unify. Under that scenario, the Trumpists are likely to argue that the election was lost because the Republican establishment failed to rally around the choice their own voters made.” IfsMadeChoicesLostLosesTrumpRepublicanHarderElectionArguingVotersEstablishmentScenariosGop Author:Mara Liasson
“If [Donald] Trump drags down a bunch of Senate Republicans, the post-election GOP assessment will be much more pessimistic.” IfsTrumpRepublicanElectionBunchPostsSenateDragPessimisticAssessmentGop Author:Mara Liasson
“Monica Langley of the "Wall Street Journal" is reporting that Donald Trump's strategy is essentially two-pronged. that he's trying to use the split in the GOP to rally his base and trying to depress Democratic turnout.” TryingTwoUseStreetsWallTrumpStrategyDemocraticSplitsDepressingJournalGopMonicaWall Street Journal Author:Anderson Cooper