Clinton And Her Backers Begin To Shift Their Focus To Ted Cruz
Within the confines of the Democratic Party's vast and amorphous universe of "strategists" and "operatives," theories about the dangers of an imminent Donald Trump nomination have shifted.
A month ago, he was a nonconventional pol with emotional appeal to struggling working-class white voters in the Rust Belt, someone who could put traditionally Democratic states into play. As Trump's self-inflicted injuries have piled up, the anxiety has softened. Increasingly, Democrats see him less as a threat and more as an anchor they could tie around the neck of the Republican Party.
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