O'NEILL: Presumptive Nominee? Not so fast, Mr. Trump

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

77% : Senator Tim Scott (R-South Carolina), a former presidential candidate who now supports Trump, is very much in the vice presidential sweepstakes should Trump win the nomination.
71% : Trump is even on record for expressing fondness for Scott when the latter first announced his would-be candidacy last year.
50% : Three of the sitting SCOTUS justices are Trump appointees.
48% : It is widely assumed that the Trump appointees are safe votes for Trump before SCOTUS.
45% : But this showing isn't entirely bad, considering that Haley had at one point trailed Trump by 20 percent in the New Hampshire polls.
44% : And Trump was the force behind the resolution.
44% : Should these polls hold up, apprehension of Republican voters toward Trump could translate into supporting Haley over the former president.
40% : And hanging over Trump is an abundance of litigation, some criminal litigation.
34% : Bossie attempted to push through the RNC a resolution proclaiming Donald Trump the presumptive Republican presidential nominee.
34% : And withdrawn it was, as Trump has amassed only 32 of the 1215 delegates needed to win the Republican nomination.
31% : How Trump comes to this conclusion is anyone's guess.
24% : As indicated, Trump faces litigation.
23% : But the scheme backfired to the point that Trump himself asked that the resolution be withdrawn.
23% : Though Trump currently leads Haley in the polls, the same polls show much apprehension among Republican voters toward Trump in the face of felony conviction(s).
23% : It would be reckless for Trump supporters to count Haley out this early.
20% : Trump has stated that a vote for Haley is a vote for Joe Biden.
12% : The resolution's claim that Trump is the only candidate who can "mathematically" win the nomination is premature to say the least.To be sure, Trump is the front runner and Haley has an uphill fight.
7% : If Trump can put Scott on the ticket even though Scott was appointed by Haley, the three SCOTUS justices appointed by Trump could certainly rule against the former president.
6% : Moreover, whereas polls show Trump in a close race with Joe Biden in November, current polls show Haley mounting a stronger race against Biden.

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