How low can Trump support sink in his own party?

[Monday 10 AM:   I wrote these four Trump pieces last night and set them to post after mignight -- with the intent to just get all the Trump news for the week out of the way on Monday.   Then I woke up this morning (Monday) to the news that Trump has fired his campaign manager, Corey Lewandowski.   As Trump himself admits, whenever things are not going well for him, he does something outrageous to change the subject.   I regret being part of the framework that gives him the attention, but you can't comment on the political news and ignore him -- though I look forward to the day when he will no longer make the news.   So, herewith, the four items (devastating as they would be to anyone) I had written before this latest bombshell.]

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Has there ever been a time before when leaders of a major political party refused to talk about its party's presumptive nominee?   Take a step back from the noise of the Trump campaign and think about that, as a general situation -- it's preposterous.

Here we have the Senate Majority Leader saying he "won't be taking any Trump questions today."   Another of the Senate leadership team, Sen. John Cornyn says he "won't be talking about Trump until after the election."

Top Republican leaders refuse to talk about their presumptive nominee?  Well, a couple of days ago, Trump did -- with some contempt -- tell the party leaders that, if they can't get on board with him, to "just be quiet."

Ralph