Donald Trump is leading the polls for the Republican nomination for president. John Avlon: Trump's iron grip has grown tighter around the GOP, pushing it further to the right. He says the Never Trump movement has never come close to loosening Trump's hold on the GOP base. Avlon says Trump offers us the audacity of a pitchman, with the entertainment value of a traveling medicine show.
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Clarence Page: Trump’s befuddling hold on the GOP
I’m so old that I can remember when moderate Republicans such as Colin Powell, former secretary of state, clung to hopes that Donald Trump might “grow” into the presidency. I don’t hear much talk like that nowadays with Trump leading the polls for the Republican nomination again and his remaining opponent, Nikki Haley, not expected to win even the primary this coming Saturday in her home state of South Carolina. Here we go again. Ever since Trum…