Does the Republican Party have any leverage over Donald Trump whatsoever? It seems like party leaders’ public and private answers are different.
Republican National Committee chairman Reince Priebus has begun stating in private meetings that the party has sway over its at times unwelcome front-runner because it has tools Trump will need to use to win a general election — voter data and field, digital and media operations that a nominee typically inherits from the party infrastructure.
Dangling access to these resources, Priebus thinks he can help steer Trump toward partywide policy goals and away from the inflammatory rhetoric that Republican officials see as divisive and dangerous, especially outside of the primary, according to two Republican sources who have spoken with the RNC chairman.
In public, though, it’s no, hell no, please, Mr. Trump, don’t believe we said we had any leverage over you.
So now the Republicans are opposed to anonymous sourcing … can we expect that to hold the next time Politico runs anonymously sourced attacks on Hillary Clinton or any other Democrat?