The one sentence that shows how worried Senate Republicans are about Donald Trump

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"If he carries this message into the general election in Ohio, we’ll hand this election to Hillary Clinton — and then try to salvage the rest of the ticket."

That's a quote from Matt Borges, chairman of the Republican Party in Ohio. He's just one of several Republican operatives who recently told Jonathan Martin of the New York Times just how concerned they are that Republicans' chances of keeping a hold of the U.S. Senate are inversely related to Donald Trump's chances of getting the nomination.

Borges is in the thick of that right now. He's trying to keep Sen. Rob Portman (R-Ohio) in office in what is already a competitive reelection race in a presidential battleground state.

That's going to be tough to do even without Trump, who risks turning off potential Republican voters with his inflammatory rhetoric on women and minorities. (A November Washington Post-ABC News poll found that Trump is viewed unfavorably by 64 percent of women and 74 percent of non-whites.)

Republicans are defending 24 seats in 2016, many of them in potential swing states where the 2016 race could play a big role in deciding how the rest of the races go — states such as Pennsylvania, Wisconsin, Illinois, New Hampshire and Borges's Ohio.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/the-fix/wp/2015/12/03/the-one-sentence-that-shows-how-worried-senate-republicans-are-about-donald-trump/

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1. Yes, republicans prefer Hillary over tRump.....

even a Bernie supporter like me admits that. Hope your day is going great.

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2. I just watch a female ReTHUG strategist on CNN

saying Trumps pandering to the right wing with racist comments is a certain win for Hillary Clinton - they are now desperate.

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3. And yet if he's so unpopular, why is he 20 pts ahead of the next GOP dweeb?