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"If the party leadership embraces Donald Trump as the general election nominee than I think it will damage our party for a generation".
The nomination of a McCain, or a Giuliani, could result in the selection of a candidate whose macho posture and rascal charm make for a viable general election nominee.
As if to prove the point, Mr. Rivers, himself a Republican, noted that his wife just changed her party affiliation to Democratic so she could vote for Mr. Obama and that he, while remaining a Republican, planned to vote for Mr. Obama if he was the general election nominee.
That seemed the most likely outcome last week, if Specter would simply play ball just enough to ensure that appreciative Democrats would support him as their general election nominee.
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After the hundreds of millons in private donations being splurged on the primaries, public financing would limit the general election nominees to $85 million each.
They saw few options, citing a New York law that allows special election nominees to be selected by county party leaders rather than through a primary.
They're also not especially predictive when it comes to general election nominees.
While both general election nominees are perceived unfavorably by the public Donald Trump has the highest negatives of any major nominee in recent memory.
It's clearly not because of any history that suggests contested primaries weaken eventual general-election nominees.
During the 2012 presidential election, Republican nominee Mitt Romney regularly liked to joke that President Obama wanted the US economy to look "more like Europe".
And so I do believe, given that how long this has lasted and what has happened, that in many ways everyone will want to focus on the general election – our nominee and the general election.
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