My acquaintance on the"other side" of the Hill just texted me (NBC confirms)

[Godhumor]

Serious whispered conversations happening on just pretending they don't have a presidential nominee among at least a few of the Capital Hill creatures.

Many of the staffers have now completely written the election off.

I might have sent the big smile emoji to him in response...


NBC just tweeted a similar conversation as mine. It is universal!
Trump campaign staffer: “This one matters ... I don’t even want to say what I think,” but “no idea” how can be spun in Trump campaign favor.
https://twitter.com/NBCNightlyNews/status/784546462587883521

[Lucinda]

1. :)

[Godhumor]

2. Shockingly, he hasn't responded. N/t

[Bernardo de La Paz]

16. Donald J tRump has issued a non-apology apology. . . nt

[sarcasmo]

19. It was a Sheldon Cooper apology.

[tavernier]

25. And he added at the end,

Bazinga

[ailsagirl]

3. This is it, folks-- the proverbial straw that broke the camel's back

WE'VE WON

[elmac]

23. This must be the October surprise everyone was talking about

[herding cats]

4. This makes my heart happy, but...

We need to GOTV still. We need the down-ticket votes, and right now we're in a great position to make some serious gains!

Sorry for the tiny burst of negative (?) in such a glorious moment!

[Hachetman]

5. Overconfidence can kill us

Overconfidence can kill us...get out the vote, get out the vote, get out the vote!

[christx30]

26. In my mind, Trump is still a threat to the country,

and I will continue to conduct myself like that until January 21st.

There are still people that will support him no matter what. We don't know how many of them there are, so best just to continue on as we are until January.

[ailsagirl]

28. GOTV, yes!!

Always-- that goes without saying!!

But this thing is so big, so destructive, that it can't be spun

[anamandujano]

33. "can't be spun" Excellent! Trump can no longer be spun! GOPers fatigued of spinning Trump!

Endless possibilities.

[Bigredhunk]

6. Lovely!

And...

VOTE!

VOTE!

VOTE!

VOTE!

[Ligyron]

7. Just reading about this.

OMG! This is uuuuuge!

I yet to discover who found and released the video.

Was it wiki-leaks?

[mobeau69]

32. Nicholas Kristof just said it was sent to NBC

but NBC was going to hold it until after the town-hall. Someone at NBC thought screw that and sent it on their own to Farenthold. Props to that person whoever they are.

[uponit7771]

8. IE tRump has STOPPED spending in swings and is buying hats !!!!

[Rose Siding]

14. Now they say Make America Gasp Again

[uponit7771]

15. lol

[Bernardo de La Paz]

20. DUzy!

[pinboy3niner]

9. A lot of downballot Republicans have to be very worried right now

Trump's sinking hurts them in November, too.

[Cakes488]

10. I just found out my radiator is cracked....yet I'm jumping for joy tonight..thanks Trashpot Trump!

[Godhumor]

11. Bump for OP edit n/t

[ToxMarz]

12. Julian Assange right now on Trump once again sucking all the oxygen out of the room

[TeamPooka]

13. GOTV!

[randome]

17. Youthful indiscretion? He can't comment on this because he's under audit?

It's Meredith McIver's fault?

Remember when the GOP referred to 'Wine Wednesdays' during their bogus Benghazi investigation? I imagine every day is wine day for the Trump staff now.

Sweet, isn't it?
[hr][font color="blue"][center]A ton of bricks, a ton of feathers, it's still gonna hurt.[/center][/font][hr]

[world wide wally]

18. We better get started on Pence!

No time to waste!

[George II]

21. Pence wouldn't move up to the Presidential candidate in an election, that only works if...

...they're already in office.

[world wide wally]

22. If Trump withdraws, i would imagine they could put up anyone they want

[calimary]

24. I bet they'd move Pinocchio up to the top slot, especially after the reaction to his

debate performance. The performance. NOT what he said during that performance - which was just one flat-out lie after another after another.

[GulfCoast66]

29. I politely suggest

That you are incorrect. In Florida it is already too late. Trump's name is on the Ballot. Now, they could try to insure that his delegates would be faithless and all vote for the same 'fill in'. And then try to broadcast to all Americans that voting for Trump is actually voting for the 'fill in'. But the basket filled with the deplorables will go ape shit crazy.

I think this may actually be the first time in a long time that Liberals are going to actually destroy the republicans. But I am not over confident. We HAVE to GOTV!

[Hortensis]

35. Yes. Vox does say that it would be legal for Trump

legally turn over the duties of the presidency to his vice president and remain as a figurehead president.

(Who knows. Since he wouldn't be needed in the White House, maybe he might choose to be our first reality cable show President. My speculation, not Vox's.)

[George II]

31. Yes, that's the way it would probably work. But since the ballots in most states are already set...

.....people who want to vote for their new candidate would have to use the write-in line, not the republican line.

Knowing how stupid republican voters are, they'd probably screw it up and still vote for Trump.

[still_one]

27. If trump stepped down, the rnc can appoint a replacement, and if they appoint someone who never

endorsed trump, that could be problematic

[Stonepounder]

30. I think that even if Trump steps down (or gets booted)

It is even worse for them. Whoever they pick it is going to be someone that people never voted for, who doesn't have any time to put forth a coherent policy, who doesn't have any time to put himself forward as 'Presidential'.

And the GOP is right now trying how best to stop the absolute hemorrhaging down-ballot.

[AllyCat]

36. People are already voting. In fact, I cast my vote yesterday for HEC

here in Wisconsin.

[TheOther95Percent]

34. The Optics On This Are Awful

It was too late to jump ship on Trump. If you continued to endorse him after he said all the vile, bigoted things about brown and black people, jumping ship now because he's a sexual predator against white women (where's that fainting couch?) just reconfirms to racial minorities that the GOP only cares about whites.