As one person said to me , Republicans know [Donald] Trump is a stain on their party. — Mara Liasson Copy Share Image
Republican candidates have won whites with college degrees in every presidential election since polling began. — Mara Liasson Copy Share Image
For a long time, many Republicans thought if they just took two aspirin and laid down, [Donald] Trump would go away. — Mara Liasson Copy Share Image
Republican voters are coalescing behind [Donald] Trump, but many Republican elected officials still say they can't support him. — Mara Liasson Copy Share Image
If [Donald] Trump drags down a bunch of Senate Republicans, the post-election GOP assessment will be much more pessimistic. — Mara Liasson Copy Share Image
Republicans like Trent Lott, saying [Donald] Trump would be more flexible [then Ted Cruz]. — Mara Liasson Copy Share Image
Romney still enjoys the Republicans' traditional advantage among voters who are veterans, but the Obama campaign is confident it can chip away… — Mara Liasson Copy Share Image
If [Donald] Trump loses narrowly, it will make it much harder for the GOP to unify. Under that scenario, the Trumpists are… — Mara Liasson Copy Share Image
As one conservative intellectual said to me - he said if the choice is between [Joseph] Stalin and [Adolf] Hitler, I'd pick… — Mara Liasson Copy Share Image
Republicans think that [Ted] Cruz would be like Barry Goldwater. He'd lose in a landslide and pull the party down with him.… — Mara Liasson Copy Share Image
The GOP establishment, in particular, is facing a pick-your-poison kind of decision. Many establishment Republicans dislike [Ted] Cruz personally. He has no… — Mara Liasson Copy Share Image
If Pat Toomey of Pennsylvania wins, for instance, it will tell Republicans that their own brand hasn't been hurt too badly by… — Mara Liasson Copy Share Image
As those states and others in the South and West become more diverse and educated, they will become harder for the Republican… — Mara Liasson Copy Share Image
Donald Trump has said he wants to keep Medicare and Social Security the way they are. Congressman Price along with most Republicans… — Mara Liasson Copy Share Image
I think that's why we see this mixed reaction - Republican congressional leaders like Paul Ryan speaking out very firmly, but Republican… — Mara Liasson Copy Share Image
Jeb Bush was supposed to be the establishment candidate, but he didn't catch on. And the extraordinary thing about this Republican primary… — Mara Liasson Copy Share Image
Michael Rubio said Trump's plan was impulsive and not well thought out. The other thing that's really annoying Republicans is that this… — Mara Liasson Copy Share Image
Donald Trump's staffing up a pretty traditional, very conservative Republican government, not a populist outsider government, at least not yet. — Mara Liasson Copy Share Image
Senate races have tightened along with the presidential race. Watch to see how many Republican Senate candidates outperform Donald Trump - and… — Mara Liasson Copy Share Image
Many people feel he did cross a line in a way he hadn't even done before and also that Republicans had to… — Mara Liasson Copy Share Image
There's disgust with what people called a broken political system, and they're really angry at elites, whether it's the Republican establishment or… — Mara Liasson Copy Share Image
Jeb Bush was supposed to be the establishment candidate, but he didn't catch on. And the extraordinary thing about this Republican primary is that… — Mara Liasson Copy Share Image
Donald Trump's staffing up a pretty traditional, very conservative Republican government, not a populist outsider government, at least not yet. — Mara Liasson Copy Share Image
This year [2016], however, polls show [Hillary] Clinton winning white college-educated voters by double digits. — Mara Liasson Copy Share Image
On the other side, you have the conservative intelligentsia - magazines like National Review, which has a big anti-Trump issue; Weekly Standard editor, conservative… — Mara Liasson Copy Share Image
The president is under 50 percent approval ratings in all the battleground states. So, you could say that President Obama is defying gravity by… — Mara Liasson Copy Share Image
If she Hillary Clinton win just two of the three big battleground states - North Carolina, Florida and Virginia - she will have shut… — Mara Liasson Copy Share Image
The base has chosen or is choosing a candidate that the establishment says is absolutely unacceptable. And what that means is this marriage of… — Mara Liasson Copy Share Image
You have [Donald] Trump and [Ted] Cruz battling it out, and the moderate establishment candidates like Chris Christie or Jeb Bush, Marco Rubio, John… — Mara Liasson Copy Share Image
The country wants the president and the Congress focused on jobs and the economy. Any regulation that the president promulgates that isn't focused on,… — Mara Liasson Copy Share Image
What does [Hillary] Clinton do if she loses? Concede? Blame the Russians? Or the FBI? — Mara Liasson Copy Share Image
Hillary Clinton is also not a very exciting, inspiring candidate to a lot of the left-leaning Democratic base, especially in Iowa. — Mara Liasson Copy Share Image
There's disgust with what people called a broken political system, and they're really angry at elites, whether it's the Republican establishment or particularly the… — Mara Liasson Copy Share Image
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![“Republican voters are coalescing behind [Donald] Trump, but many Republican elected officials still say they can't support him.” quote by Mara Liasson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/5e4/mara-liasson-8465_behinds_republican-voters-are-coalescing-behind_3227461.jpg)
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![“If [Donald] Trump loses narrowly, it will make it much harder for the GOP to unify. Under that scenario, the Trumpists are likely to argue that the election was lost because the Republican establishment failed to rally around the choice their own voters made.” quote by Mara Liasson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/78d/mara-liasson-8465_arguing_if-donald-trump-loses-narrowly-it-will-m_2491336.jpg)
![“As one conservative intellectual said to me - he said if the choice is between [Joseph] Stalin and [Adolf] Hitler, I'd pick Stalin, meaning Ted Cruz because he's more predictable. So there's real civil war inside the Republican Party.” quote by Mara Liasson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/14a/mara-liasson-8465_choices_as-one-conservative-intellectual-said-to_2833616.jpg)
![“Republicans think that [Ted] Cruz would be like Barry Goldwater. He'd lose in a landslide and pull the party down with him. They'd lose Senate and House seats.” quote by Mara Liasson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/785/mara-liasson-8465_cruz_republicans-think-that-ted-cruz-would-be_1805803.jpg)
![“The GOP establishment, in particular, is facing a pick-your-poison kind of decision. Many establishment Republicans dislike [Ted] Cruz personally. He has no Senate endorsements.” quote by Mara Liasson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/092/mara-liasson-8465_cruz_the-gop-establishment-in-particular-is-f_2610423.jpg)
![“If Pat Toomey of Pennsylvania wins, for instance, it will tell Republicans that their own brand hasn't been hurt too badly by [Donald] Trump's negatives.” quote by Mara Liasson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/d1c/mara-liasson-8465_been-hurt_if-pat-toomey-of-pennsylvania-wins-for-i_1798558.jpg)
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![“On the other side, you have the conservative intelligentsia - magazines like National Review, which has a big anti-Trump issue; Weekly Standard editor, conservative talk show hosts - they're mounting a big anti-Trump effort, pro-Cruz effort because they think [Donald] Trump is dangerous and he's…” quote by Mara Liasson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/cf4/mara-liasson-8465_bigs_on-the-other-side-you-have-the-conservat_271190.jpg)
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