Trump cheats at golf - the ONE and ONLY politics thread

Less than Hillary. Less than Romney four years ago.

But, a lot in the last 10 days of the month, and a lot of online contributions, so it's trending well.

He might actually end up with some money to spend.

Donald Trump raised more than $26 million through online and mail solicitations in June and another $25 million at events with the Republican National Committee, his campaign announced Wednesday, a hefty haul that his allies hope will put to rest anxieties in the party about his fundraising prowess.

The combined $51 million falls short of the $68.5 million that Democratic contender Hillary Clinton and the Democratic Party collected in June, which included $40.5 million she raised directly for her campaign. But it was the biggest monthly take by far for the presumptive GOP presidential nominee, who did not begin to hold fundraising events until late May. And it suggests Trump has the ability to quickly inject large sums of money into his campaign coffers by tapping into the fervor of his supporters.

Much of the campaign's money appears to have come in during the final 10 days of the month, when Trump’s operation began aggressively soliciting money online for the first time. The Trump campaign announced Wednesday that more than 400,000 supporters made donations in June, with more than $3 million coming in just one day. That indicates that the billionaire will be able to post far larger totals in the coming months if he continues to actively urge his backers to give.

Aides said the pace of donations has continued in July and they believe Trump could build the kind of online fundraising juggernaut that drove Sen. Bernie Sanders's Democratic nomination bid.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/news...n-june-including-26-million-for-his-campaign/

 

The underlying WSJ article makes clear that Trump used the charges of racism and anti-Semitism just to embarrass the other clubs and their members who opposed him. The membership policies of the club were never at issue, it was a zoning dispute with the town. The ADL asked him to stop using charges of anti-Semitism as a legal/PR cudgel.

The town council agreed to that, but placed restrictions on the club, such as allowing no more than 500 members, to allay residents' fears about traffic congestion and noise. In the spring of 1995, the Mar-a-Lago Club officially opened, and is now charging $75,000 for membership, plus annual dues....

Last December, after the council refused to lift the restrictions, Mr. Trump filed a lawsuit in U.S. District Court in Palm Beach, alleging that the town was discriminating against Mar-a-Lago, in part because it is open to Jews and African-Americans. The suit seeks $100 million in damages....

Even the Anti-Defamation League in New York, which in a 1994 battle forced Palm Beach's Sailfish Club to open up its membership, was concerned that Mr. Trump was using the charge of anti-Semitism for his own mercantile ends. The league's national director, Abraham Foxman, met with Mr. Trump soon after to air his concerns. According to Mr. Foxman, Mr. Trump agreed to modify his claims to allege only that the town council has treated Mar-a-Lago unfairly, compared with other clubs in town.​

 

What do you think his percentage chance of winning the election is, in light of yesterday's Clinton news?

 

Frankly, American exceptionalism --- in its current incarnation --- is as offensive to me as the cartoonish "racism" that Trump spews every other sentence. Unfortunately, you have to embrace it to the hilt to win elections.

 

You're looking at two years. The midterm losses in Congress will be massive in 2018. Her only chance to achieve anything will be to get SCOTUS justices confirmed. If no luck there, she'll be absolutely inconsequential.

 

I would guess that the 20% chance that Nate Silver has used is pretty accurate.

 

Starman Files:

Corker floats Ivanka for VP, calls her 'most impressive.'

Bob Corker: Donald Trump's best VP would be ... Trump's daughter - CNNPolitics.com

 

Personally, I'd go lower than that, because the model doesn't account for *literally no ground game in place whatsoever*. But if someone wants to go with 20%, I can respect that.

 

Custer's last stand:

GOP group remarkably close to first hurdle in dumping Trump.

Still a lot of hurdles after that, though.

Chaotic convention still possible.

http://www.wsj.com/articles/anti-donald-trump-forces-see-convention-coup-as-within-reach-1467839099

 

But for who?

 

It would have been interesting to see what happened had Hillary been charged and pled out. I don't think a party has ever nominated someone with a criminal record before.

 

It could only be Romney, right?