Cigar
05-31-2016, 12:52 PM
Even as Donald Trump and Republican Party bosses diligently work Capitol Hill in hopes of bringing the party together after a fractious presidential primary, convention planners could still be looking at a block of empty seats for the July convention.
A growing roster of senior GOP figures – from governors to senators to, most notably, nearly every living GOP presidential nominee – is vowing to skip the convention in Cleveland, despite the candidate starting to win over the rank-and-file.
In an unconventional election season where Trump has capitalized on an anti-establishment fervor, the case can be made that Trump does not need the blessing of party elders, or their attendance.
“Trump is a master entertainer and more than likely going to put together a convention program that attempts to highlight his strengths and sideline some of the major absences,” Republican strategist Ron Bonjean told FoxNews.com (http://foxnews.com/).
Still, since wrapping up the nomination, Trump and his surrogates have been regularly meeting with Hill Republicans, showing at least an effort to pursue party unity – a message that high-profile absences in Cleveland could undercut.
http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2016/05/30/gop-convention-no-shows-threaten-to-undercut-trump-unity-push.html
It's Going to be a Big Show :laugh:
http://www.stripes.com/polopoly_fs/1.289064.1402780846%21/image/image.jpg_gen/derivatives/landscape_804/image.jpg (http://www.stripes.com/news/under-the-big-top-in-munich-an-ed-sullivan-show-1.10722)
A growing roster of senior GOP figures – from governors to senators to, most notably, nearly every living GOP presidential nominee – is vowing to skip the convention in Cleveland, despite the candidate starting to win over the rank-and-file.
In an unconventional election season where Trump has capitalized on an anti-establishment fervor, the case can be made that Trump does not need the blessing of party elders, or their attendance.
“Trump is a master entertainer and more than likely going to put together a convention program that attempts to highlight his strengths and sideline some of the major absences,” Republican strategist Ron Bonjean told FoxNews.com (http://foxnews.com/).
Still, since wrapping up the nomination, Trump and his surrogates have been regularly meeting with Hill Republicans, showing at least an effort to pursue party unity – a message that high-profile absences in Cleveland could undercut.
http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2016/05/30/gop-convention-no-shows-threaten-to-undercut-trump-unity-push.html
It's Going to be a Big Show :laugh:
http://www.stripes.com/polopoly_fs/1.289064.1402780846%21/image/image.jpg_gen/derivatives/landscape_804/image.jpg (http://www.stripes.com/news/under-the-big-top-in-munich-an-ed-sullivan-show-1.10722)