Republican voters apparently have chosen their presidential candidate. We’ll find out on Nov. 8 if a majority still approves of their choice.
With the exit of Texas Sen. Ted Cruz from the race for the GOP nomination after a trouncing in the Indiana primary Tuesday and Ohio Gov. John Kasich bowing out Wednesday, billionaire businessman Donald J. Trump is the presumptive GOP pick for the fall.
Republican National Committee Chairman Reince Priebus quickly called for unity in the party.
Trump has tapped into the anger and frustration millions of voters have felt from the seven-plus years of the Obama administration’s assault on traditional American values and on the inability of the Republican Party, which controls both the House and Senate, to do anything about it.
Despite a campaign that in its early days insulted Mexican immigrants, turned off women with vituperative comments and was staged with the maturity of a playground fight, the New Yorker peeled away vote after vote from a strong, 17-candidate field that included a handful of successful governors and former governors and several attractive senators.