More Vulnerable Lawmakers Stay Away from Trump

David Wasserman: “House Republicans’ face-to-face meeting with Trump on Capitol Hill this week didn’t appear to persuade doubters that Trump is willing to adopt the tone, temperament and substance they desperately want to see in their standard-bearer. But as the old saying goes, where you stand depends on where you sit: just as it’s been good politics for Trump to bash his own party elders, it’s also good politics for some GOP members to stiff-arm their nominee.”

“Of the 45 Republicans sitting in districts with Cook PVI scores of R+3 or less Republican — the ones who tend to be in the toughest races of 2016 — just 58 percent have publicly pledged support for the nominee and just 31 percent have endorsed Trump by name. By comparison, 80 percent of the 202 House Republicans sitting in safer GOP seats have pledged their support, and 62 percent have endorsed Trump by name.”