Why Donald Trump Isnt Leaving the Race
Hillary Clinton's ads are clearly starting to get under Donald Trump's skin. At rallies on Wednesday, Trump saw fit to give point-by-point rebuttals to the claims and visuals in at least two Clinton campaign ads, including a powerful spot featuring children watching some of Trump's most offensive comments. So Trump spent 10 minutes re-litigating his criticism of Megyn Kelly, his apparent mocking of a reporter with a disability and arguing he didn't swing a golf club during his visit to Scotland after the Brexit vote. Forget his unconvincing defense, Trump's fixation was yet another indication of his inability to allow attacks to go unanswereda vulnerability set to be exploited by the Clinton campaign to force him off message over the next 96 days. The extent of Trump's dependence on the Republican National Committee for even basic support was made clear Wednesday as his campaign announced its July fundraising haul of 82 million. With 64 million coming from small-dollar donations, mostly online, the GOP has finally cracked the code of what has been a traditional Democratic strong point. But most of that money was raised by the RNC through a joint fundraising committee. Clinton mocks Trump over foreign-made products. A Koch Brother is backing Trump. And Newt Gingrich is critical of Trump. Trump's Shrinking Electoral Map There are growing signs that Colorado, a key Western swing state, is no longer in play Politico, Huelskamp's Defeat in Kansas Notches Win for GOP Leaders, Business Groups The loss is widely seen as the Republican Party establishment's first successful strike against Tea Party lawmakers Wall Street Journal, Pence Tries to Win Over Conservatives Despite Trump Gaffes A tough sell Associated Press, Fueled by Small Donations, Donald Trump Makes Up Major Financial Ground Republicans finally find a small-dollar candidate New York Times, The Trump-Ryan-Priebus affair It's getting personal The Wisconsin mafia is tested Yahoo, Sound Off, "She should get an award from them as the founder of ISIS."  Donald Trump on Hillary Clinton, "We're like a third-world nation."  Donald Trump on the U.S. space program at a rally in Daytona, Florida Wednesday, Bits and Bites, Even Newt Gingrich Says Donald Trump Has Been Very Self-Destructive' TIME, President Obama Commutes Sentences for 214 Federal Prisoners TIME, Mike Pence Strongly' Endorses Paul Ryan in Primary Race TIME, Here's What Donald Trump Has Said About Nuclear Weapons TIME, Voices From Donald Trump's Rallies, Uncensored New York Times, Bill Koch throwing Cape Cod fundraiser for Trump New York Post, Republican Donors Panic As Trump Melts Down BuzzFeed, Donald Trump just downgraded Hillary Clinton from the devil' to the founder of ISIS' Washington Post, Republican releases ad promising to stand up' to Trump Politico, Hillary Clinton Again Knocks Donald Trump Over Foreign-Made Products Wall Street Journal, In off-record conference call, top Clinton aide says Trump is tripping on himself' Yahoo