How to Deal with Donald Trump?

Rick Klein: “The Trump problem – or among the Trump problems – is that there are two competing schools of thought among those advising the candidates, each arguing for exactly different strategies. One says that it’s time to press and scrutinize him, and that the candidate or candidates who play the anti-Trump cards strongest will be remembered and rewarded for that. The other says that Trump is likely to collapse courtesy of his own mouth, and that other candidates should be focused on their own games without contributing to the Trump circus, or giving him any more publicity.”

“The fact that the two candidates who’ve been harshest toward Trump won’t even be at the main debate – Rick Perry and Lindsey Graham – could make for fewer fireworks surrounding the Donald. But it’s impossible to imagine headlines Friday morning that don’t focus on Trump. For his rivals, the question becomes whether they want to be part of them, or content with being sidebars.”