Trump loss
Even though looking at the polls now is like predicting a one-run game’s outcome in the third inning, Donald Trump has been working hard on trying to lose it recently, whether by allowing Ted Cruz to go forward with his speech at the convention, threatening retaliation by funding PACs to go after Cruz, John Kasich and others or asking for Russia to hack Hillary’s email account.
But the long-term effect from this election — unlike Barry Goldwater’s loss in 1964 — is that there will be a significant part of the party that will blame the loss on Trump not being conservative enough.
Jose Teijeiro, Miami
This story was originally published July 28, 2016 at 8:57 PM with the headline "Trump loss."