NOT AGAIN – AT 10:28 A.M. ET:  One pundit described Donald Trump's campaign since he clinched the nomination as a train wreck.  I'll buy that.  And the tracks haven't yet been repaired.  You'd think by this time Trump would have his proposals polished and ready for the market.  But when you're running a one-man campaign, many things that should be right just aren't.  From The Hill: 

Donald Trump’s inconsistencies on health policy are baffling experts and deepening the doubts that conservatives have about his candidacy.

The presumptive Republican presidential nominee has put forward a healthcare plan on his campaign website that leaves out many of the bolder promises he has made during debates and speeches.

Trump has repeatedly promised to “take care of everybody,” but his health plan includes no major expansion of coverage; one analysis asserted the proposal would actually end coverage for 21 million people.
Similarly, he has vowed to keep protections for people with pre-existing conditions, but his plan includes no such provision.

The celebrity businessman strayed from GOP orthodoxy in January by endorsing the idea of Medicare negotiating drug prices, something that Democrats have pushed for years. But he then included a different drug pricing idea in his plan that allows for the importation of drugs from abroad.

Then, on Feb. 18, Trump said, “I like the mandate,” referring to ObamaCare’s requirement that everyone have coverage. A day later, he clarified that he wants to repeal the mandate along with the rest of the healthcare reform law.

Republican healthcare experts say the contradictions in Trump’s array of statements and positions about the issue have made it nearly impossible to discern what he really wants to do.

“I’d say it’s still pretty uncertain,” said Doug Holtz-Eakin, a longtime Republican health policy adviser. “What he has said in the debates isn’t what’s on his website, which makes you wonder which version you should pay attention to.”

One of Trump’s most prominent refrains on healthcare is that he “will not let people die on the streets,” adding, “We gotta take care of people that can’t take care of themselves.”

James Capretta, a healthcare expert at the conservative American Enterprise Institute, said Trump has not backed up those slogans with policy.

“I think it’s wrong for Trump to suggest that somehow he’s got some idea to try to take care of people on healthcare in a way that other Republicans have been negligent on,” Capretta said. “Beyond asserting that he wants to do this, the explicit plan to try to do something about it has been really inadequate to the task.”

COMMENT:  This has to stop.  It has to stop right now!  If Trump can't get his act together, the seething revolt within the GOP that we've reported on will start to grow.  The man is getting terrible reviews from all sides. 

Barry Goldwater was a controversial nominee in 1964, and a number of moderate Republicans distanced themselves from him.  But Goldwater stood head and shoulders above Trump.  He was a pro, knew the issues, knew how to campaign, had military experience.

Donald, you only have weeks in which to shape up. Does the term "third party" concern you?

June 8, 2016