"Though flummoxed by Trump’s staying power and aghast at the coarse tone he has brought to the race, party elites said they have no plan to take him down. Donors feel powerless. Republican officials have little leverage. Candidates are skittish. Super PAC operatives say attack ads against him could backfire. And everyone agrees that the Trump factor in this chaotic multi-candidate field is so unpredictable that any move carries dangerous risks.
“No one has figured out how to handle Trump,” said former New Jersey governor Thomas H. Kean Sr. (R). “Everyone underestimated him terribly from Day One. But as someone who knows him and
knew his father — the whole family — I can assure you, that was a mistake.”
Jeb Bush’s latest tack illustrates the tension. The former Florida governor launched a tough verbal assault against Trump this week in New Hampshire, saying he is not “a proven conservative” and ticking through his past liberal positions. Yet Bush’s allied super PAC vowed not to spend money to supplement the candidate’s barbs." msn
The non-Trump candidates are falling into three categories:
Those who are emulating and befriending him in an effort to win over his supporters;
those who are assailing his background or calling him out for his views and rhetoric;
and those who prefer to stay silent, as if hunkering down in the basement to ride out the tornado.
“No one has figured out how to handle Trump,” said former New Jersey governor Thomas H. Kean Sr. (R). “Everyone underestimated him terribly from Day One. But as someone who knows him and
Jeb Bush’s latest tack illustrates the tension. The former Florida governor launched a tough verbal assault against Trump this week in New Hampshire, saying he is not “a proven conservative” and ticking through his past liberal positions. Yet Bush’s allied super PAC vowed not to spend money to supplement the candidate’s barbs." msn
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