Quote (IceMage @ Jun 20 2016 02:01pm)
I've only followed a couple presidential election cycles, how rare is it for a presumptive nominee to replace his campaign manager?
Pretty rare. Frontrunners have done it on occasion though: Kerry in Nov '03, Clinton replaced Patti Solis-Doyle in '08 (but didn't fire her) after Super Tuesday. What makes this so odd is that Trump led wire to wire, so this could have come at any point; they could have fired him as late as Jan/Feb and it wouldn't have been that notable.
They have to suffer through the awful headlines but this made sense for them. The parallel-structure they had with Manafort/allies warring with Lewandowski/allies was sustainable. That wouldn't work with a great candidate and their candidate is shit.
Quote (Beowulf @ Jun 20 2016 01:57pm)
...When does he get too far behind financially to make a comeback?...
It's hard to say because it's not just a dollar amount, it's how (and when) they get used. He could fall $1 billion behind if in September a historic thing happens and a couple of billionaires decide to pitch in $2 billion to his Super PAC, he might be able to make up all the ground he lost even as his dollars aren't being stretched to cover as much ground as Clinton's. But if he falls behind now and September rolls around and he doesn't get the magic $2 billion donation, then he's really fucked: then he needs $2.5 billion on September 15th or he's
absolutely fucked, etc.
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