Republican candidates have won whites with college degrees in every presidential election since polling began.
Mara LiassonThe base has chosen or is choosing a candidate that the establishment says is absolutely unacceptable. And what that means is this marriage of an elite, big business-backed establishment and a blue-collar, downwardly mobile base has really come to a divorce.
Mara LiassonFor a long time, many Republicans thought if they just took two aspirin and laid down, [Donald] Trump would go away.
Mara LiassonMichael Rubio said Trump's plan was impulsive and not well thought out. The other thing that's really annoying Republicans is that this was supposed to be their great week. The president gave a speech on terrorism that was not well received. They were working hard to tie Hillary Clinton to the president. Then along comes Donald Trump, and the story changes dramatically.
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