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The Republican leadership is reportedly resigning itself to Donald Trump being their party\u2019s presidential nominee. \u00a0 They are accepting the\u00a0inevitable\u2013now that Cruz has dropped out\u2013and are starting to get behind him.<\/p>\n

If you are a Republican who has been against him, are you changing your tune? \u00a0Or will you continue to oppose him when\u00a0he gets the nomination?<\/p>\n

From Philip Rucker,\u00a0With varying enthusiasm, GOP elites are accepting Trump as their nominee \u2013 The Washington Post<\/a>:<\/em><\/p>\n

Throughout the Republican Party, from New Hampshire to Florida to California, many leaders, operatives, donors and activists arrived this week at the conclusion they had been hoping to thwart or at least delay: Donald Trump will be their presidential nominee.<\/p>\n

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An aura of inevitability is now forming around the controversial mogul. Trump smothered his opponents in six straight primaries in the Northeast and vacuumed up more delegates than even the most generous predictions foresaw. He is gaining high-profile \u00adendorsements by the day \u2014 a legendary Indiana basketball coach Wednesday, two House committee chairmen Thursday. And his \u00adrivals, Sen. Ted Cruz of Texas and Ohio Gov. John Kasich, are making the kind of rushed tactical moves that signal desperation.<\/p>\n

The party is at a turning point. Republican stalwarts opposed to Trump remain fearful of the damage the unconventional and unruly billionaire might inflict on the party\u2019s down-ballot candidates in November. But many also now see him as the all-but-certain nominee and are exhausted by the prospect of a contested July convention, according to interviews this week with more than a dozen party figures from coast to coast.<\/p>\n

\u201cPeople are realizing that he\u2019s the likely nominee,\u201d said Tim Pawlenty, a former Minnesota governor and onetime endorser of Sen. Marco Rubio of Florida. \u201cThe hysteria has died down, and the range of emotion is from resignation to enthusiasm.\u201d<\/p>\n

[Keep reading. . .]<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/blockquote><\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The Republican leadership is reportedly resigning itself to Donald Trump being their party\u2019s presidential nominee. \u00a0 They are accepting the\u00a0inevitable\u2013now that Cruz has dropped out\u2013and are starting to get behind him. 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