Republican voters are coalescing behind [Donald] Trump, but many Republican elected officials still say they can't support him.
Mara LiassonThe lesson is that voters in both parties are in a very anti-establishment, populist mood. Hillary Clinton is the establishment candidate.
Mara LiassonThe Democrats pulled out one of their most powerful surrogates - and no, it wasn't President [Barack] Obama. Beyoncรฉ showed up at a GOTV rally in Cleveland, joining her husband, Jay Z, and Hillary Clinton.
Mara LiassonI think that's why we see this mixed reaction - Republican congressional leaders like Paul Ryan speaking out very firmly, but Republican candidates not as much, with the exception of the candidates in the single digits like Jeb Bush or Lindsey Graham, who said how to make America great again tell - Donald Trump to go to hell.
Mara LiassonOn 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 not qualified to be commander in chief.
Mara Liasson