"Less than three months before the kick-off Iowa caucuses, there is growing anxiety bordering on panic among Republican elites about the dominance and durability of Donald Trump and Ben Carson and widespread bewilderment over how to defeat them."Everyone was waiting for Trump and Carson to self-destruct, but that keeps not happening. Focus groups on how to attack them haven't come up with any good strategy.
Trump's responses to attacks have been so withering that they backfire. And Carson's appeal is more spiritual than political. Donors are still sitting on their checkbooks, waiting to see how this plays out, hoping a front-runner will emerge. There's even talk of a Romney making a late entry into the campaign.
On top of that, Democrats are beginning to worry a bit too. Although Hillary Clinton seems unbeatable at this point -- as they say, what if she hits a banana peel and Trump or Carson is the Republican choice and actually gets elected?
Now I'm worried too.
Ralph
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