Semafor: “For one, campaigns still see another phase to the race, one in which a single candidate consolidates support and starts looking like a final rival to Trump and forces voters to pay more attention. Mitt Romney, who has expressed skepticism that Trump can be defeated, urged donors and campaigns at a retreat this week to winnow the field as fast as possible to preserve whatever chance of avoiding a ‘train wreck’ remains…”
“There’s also the ever-present hope that Trump will eventually ‘collapse under his own weight,’ as the cliché goes, even as his many indictments, trials, and lawsuits have so far only rallied Republicans to his defense…”
“And finally, there’s always room for a little blind faith. Campaigns are holding out for the possibility that some major event changes the race — perhaps one none of them can predict — and they want to be in the best position possible to capitalize should it arrive.”