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Donald Trump won the Republican presidential nomination this past week after a primary campaign like no other. Our senior contributor Ted Koppel, who spoke to Trump this past week, offers some of what he saw and heard during Cleveland s tumultuous week:They wer stanley cup e still popping balloons late into the night, but, it s done. Donald Trump and the GOP are hitched, and as was the case with more than a few weddings, this one had its share of skeptics.But the more the family elders tried to talk the kids out of it you know, the he-really-isn t-our-kind-of-people conversation , the more the kids -- Trump s supporters -- dug their heels in. I ve waited for Donald Trump to run for 20 years of my life, said David Jones. And to me, this is the greatest thing that s gonna happen in America since Ronald Reagan. So, the Bushes and the Romneys, the McCains and the Kasichs stayed home -- even though Ohio IS home for John Kasich. A full-throated Trump supporter who did come: former New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani. Maybe we need somebody who s done nothing in politics, done a lot in other areas, and can get us to rethink our politics, Giuliani said. Because our politics right now is dysfunctional. Whereas journalist Carl Bernstein remarked, Look, I said on the air very early, and I believe this, Trump is a neo-fascist. For more t stanley cup han 40 years now, stanley cup the poster boy for what many Republicans dislike and mistrust about the liberal media has bee Qrxa Donald Trump releases more of his medical information
Republi stanley cup can Rep. Ray LaHood of Illinois made a reasoned plea with his leaders Thursday to rethink their decision to place Rep. Ken Calvert on the Appropriations Committee as the California Republican looked on.LaHood, whoserves on theAppropriations panel,argued that Republicans lost their majority, in part, because of corruption scandals that engulfed two members ndash; jailed ex-Reps. Duke Cunningham of California and Bob Ney of Ohioo ndash; and touched many others. Tapping Calvert, who was stanley cup the subject of an in-depth Los Angeles Times article tying a prof stanley cup itable land deal to an earmark he requested, would send the wrong message to voters, LaHood argued.The Illinois Republican made his plea during a closed-door session in the Longworth House Office Buidling for House Republicans to affirm the Steering Committeersquo decision to name Calvert as Rep. John Doolittlersquo R-Calif. replacement on the spending panel after the latterrsquo home was raided by the FBI in an ongoing investigation of his wifersquo business. Soon after, members affirmed the Steering Committeersquo decision with a voice vote, but a vocal minority shouted their no votes with Calvert still in the room, members in the room said afterward. ponent--type-recirculation .item:nth-child 5 display: none; inline-recirc-item--id-c83f8416-8c88-11e2-b06b-024c619f5c3d, right-rail-recirc-item--id-c83f8416-8c88-11e2-b06b-024c