Karl Rove is Calling Ohio 2016 for Anyone but Donald Trump
- The response of GOP candidates to Mr. Trump should be guided by the June 23 Fox News Poll
showing that 64% of Republicans, 69% of conservatives and 55% of tea
party members consider his candidacy a sideshow. An analyst at the
FiveThirtyEight website pointed out that Mr. Trump has the worst
favorable/unfavorable ratings of 106 presidential candidates since 1980,
worse than even Al Sharpton and Jesse Jackson. Mr. Trump is disliked by
57% of his own party.…
- Mr. Trump could become the 2016 version of Missouri Rep. Todd Akin,
who tarnished the GOP brand in 2012 with an offensive statement about
rape. Republican leaders from Mitt Romney on down immediately condemned his words, but swing voters were persuaded that every Republican believed what Mr. Akin said.
