I suspect the Florida defection has to do with the fat shaming, etc. Or possibly the Cuba story. Or both.

the news clips, I feel as if I'm hearing a person strained to the limit, up to her neck in Trump's rabid animal unpredictability. Some pundits say she is trying to establish a focus for Trump's campaign, but the best political strategists and advisors would be helpless to mount an intervention when the candidate himself behaves like a 2-year old.

I think your prediction is a bullseye.

I have trouble ginning up much sympathy for her.

pay check for her trouble and cashes the check she receives.

Trying to establish focus with the Trump campaign is, as the saying goes, like putting nylons on a cheetah.

First you have to catch the cheetah. Then you have to persuade it that it's in its best interest to wear nylons.

she's getting worn down. Her heart is obviously not really in it any more.

No sympathy from me. She hitched her wagon to that falling star.

could tame the beast.

Turns out, this ain't no ordinary beast.

IIRC it would be the third one so far.

Schadenfreude.

I'm hoping for some serious fireworks.

I wouldn't be surprised if Ivanka is opposing Eric and Don Jr on whether to go after the Bill Clinton sex scandals. Trump's curious, I was going to say something rough" etc. suggests he might have listened to Ivanka for the debate but now is listening to Eric and Don Jr.

That family unit has none of the outward signs of normal family unity or any affection for one another at all.

I don't see it. Would not surprise me at all if they join in the infighting.

"Anytime you see a story about me or my campaign saying "sources said," DO NOT believe it. There are no sources, they are just made up lies!"

This is so telling

Other politicians' sources are fictional. Mine are authentic, and there are many, many of them. Believe me.