March 12, 2016
CHRISTIAN, PATRIOT, REPUBLICAN:
Rubio wavers on supporting Trump as GOP nominee (Eli Stokols, 03/12/16, Poltico)Marco Rubio on Saturday said he is no longer sure he can support Donald Trump should he become the GOP presidential nominee following the protests and unrest sparked by a planned Trump rally in Chicago.
"I don't know," the Florida senator said after being asked directly if he stands by his pledge to support Trump if he's the party's nominee. "I already talked about the fact that I think Hillary Clinton would be terrible for this country, but the fact that you're even asking me that question ... I still at this moment intend to support the Republican nominee, but ... it's getting harder every day."
It will be hard to fight the down-ticket drag of a Trump candidacy, but two things the party could do are : (1) Cancel the convention; (2) fund a campaign that implicitly endorses Hillary and explicitly encourages voting for Congressional Republicans to check and balance.
Posted by Orrin Judd at March 12, 2016 9:37 AM