Inside the Republican Party’s Desperate Mission to Stop Donald Trump
New York Times - 27 Feb
extract:
"Despite all the forces arrayed against Mr. Trump [from within the Republican Party] the party has been gripped by a nearly incapacitating leadership vacuum and a paralytic sense of indecision and despair ...
Donors have dreaded the consequences of clashing with Mr. Trump directly.
Elected officials have balked at attacking him out of concern that they might unintentionally fuel his populist revolt ... "