Hey everyone, first diary here. This just got reported on Politico on a conference call from Ryan to GOP donors:
Speaker Paul Ryan told top donors on Wednesday evening that he’s growing concerned about whether House Republicans will be able to weather the political storm this November — and suggested the outcome for his party could be dire. Read more: www.politico.com/... Follow us: @politico on Twitter | Politico on Facebook
As that DCCC poll showed Republicans are in a lose-lose situation regarding how they handle Trump, going from a D+7 generic ballot to D+12 if the disavow him or if they stick with him.
During a conference call, Ryan said he believed that House Republicans had taken a serious hit amid Donald Trump’s freefall following release of the now-infamous "Access Hollywood" video, according to a person who was on the call. Ryan noted that Republicans lost more than 20 seats in 2008, when John McCain lost to Barack Obama by seven percentage points. By comparison, Ryan pointed out grimly, Trump is trailing by around 10 percent nationally. Read more: www.politico.com/... Follow us: @politico on Twitter | Politico on Facebook
Wow! Of course this is all before the Trump sexual assault accusers even went public. There's only one way to go from here and it isn't up. I smell a Speaker Pelosi in our future.
Thanks for reading!