Robert Graham: "Is Trump a Modern-Day Reagan?"

In one of the strongest showings of support for Donald Trump's inevitable nomination shown by a Republican Party leader, Arizona Republican Party Chairman Robert Graham penned an op-ed on Townhall that examined the striking similarities between the candidacies of Ronald Reagan and Donald Trump.

It was the worst-kept secret in Arizona for the past year that Graham had his eyes on the RNC chairmanship, and the cat was let out of the national bag at the end of March. Graham played his cards perfectly in front of all of the national candidates from day one - even with Trump. He did not play favorites with any particular candidate, and he was welcoming and helpful to all the candidates who frequented Arizona throughout the past year of rigid campaigning. He even attended the last Trump rally in Fountain Hills.

Graham's political capital is growing within the Trump hierarchy, and his support for the next Republican nominee for President bodes very well for a looming RNC chairman's bid. Time will tell, but Robert Graham's abilities to grow and to unite the Republican Party (as evidenced, in part, by his treatment of Trump's candidacy and nomination) are sorely needed on the national scene. Republicans would be wise to throw their support behind Graham when the vote for RNC Chair occurs.

Remember When.....Everyone Pledged to Support the Republican Nominee

The people across the nation have spoken - Donald Trump is the presumptive nominee for the Republican Party.

The Party continues to unite and to heal after the conclusion of a bitterly-fought primary campaign - on all sides. All of the candidates were in the race to win the race, and their actions and rhetoric proved just that throughout the past year of campaigning. Time heals many wounds - no matter how deep those wounds may be.

There are some former candidates, though - and party power brokers - who are sticking their feet in the ground and refusing to lend their support to Donald Trump's eventual nomination. The most prominent of these former candidates and power brokers being Mitt Romney, Jeb Bush, and Lindsey Graham.

Trump rightly took heat when he refused to pledge his support for the eventual nominee. That same heat should be consistently spread to others who have previously made that pledge, yet are not honoring their word. It's important that our Republican Party supports the nominee for President. When we do not all come on board to support the nominee, we end up with someone like Barack Obama (as evidenced by the fractured party costing both McCain and Romney the 2008 and 2012 elections, respectively).

(All candidates on main stage - except Trump - pledge to support eventual nominee.)

- However, pressed on whether he would support Trump if he were to become the nominee, the former Florida governor answered in the affirmative."Yes, I would, of course. We need to be unified. We need to win," Bush said......"You're right, it's unenforceable," said Carly Fiorina on CNN's "New Day." "It is, more than anything else, your word."

- The Republican party's last nominee Mitt Romney said he's going to support the next one, but he made a prediction about who it's not going to be.

- “My answer is the same,” Cruz told reporters here at a suburban St. Louis high school. “I committed at the outset, I will support the Republican nominee, whoever it is."

- LINDSEY GRAHAM: I'm going to support the Republican nominee, whoever that would be...Though, like Bob Dole, I may sleep late that day if it's Trump. But if it's Trump, So be it. That's who I'll support.