Electoral battles

Why GOP elites just became even more nervous about a Trump nomination

It's hard to settle on just one vulnerability from Donald Trump's performance at Saturday night's Republican debate in Greenville, S.C. But there's only oneyou can buy on Etsy. For $12, you too can own a shirt that reads "Iraq: We Were Winning When I Left!"

For slightly more, you can find one on Amazon. Poke around on military web forums, and you can find people seeking merchandise that will let them make this basic point: America had pacified Iraq, and then Barack Obama decided to lose the war.

Trump's argument against the war in Iraq -- which he did not make in 2003, or at least not as loudly as he claims -- has not changed during his campaign for president. He has always pronounced it a disaster. "The war in Iraq, we spent $2 trillion, thousands of lives, we don't even have it," he said Saturday night, during one of many Trump debate riffs that were interrupted by boos.