In a nondescript office building adjacent to a sports bar in the Washington, D.C., suburbs, one Republican operative spent Monday night trying to figure out what the heck is going on out there.
Frank Luntz, a longtime GOP zeitgeist guru, assembled 29 Donald Trump supporters in a white-walled room — and a gaggle of reporters behind one-way glass. The goal, he said, was to try to drill down on how lasting, how real and how strong is the Mack truck that has jackknifed his party this summer.
Two hours later, he declared his answer: “He is much stronger, his support is much more solid than I ever would have expected,” Luntz said, at times visibly rattled by what he was hearing.