cleveland floor corridors basketball arena host republican national convention restaurants bar hotel lobby conference room across cleveland talk rise donald trump whose unlikely presidential candidacy cause seismic fracture republican party venues change question go week trump officially nominate republicans 2016 presidential candidate effectively give control party whose leaders criticize incendiary rhetoric personal attack fellow republicans tendency stray decades-old party orthodoxy pack convention hall grassroots army supporters seem almost completely disinterested policy position even though could reshape party years come core issue like trade immigration foreign policy interest party veterans lawmakers donors lobbyists find little clarity speeches deliver convention stage conversations members trump campaign still party embrace free trade free market ask still commit end abortion right want create path legal status undocumented immigrants ship country paul ryan speaker u.s. house representatives powerful elect republican acknowledge trump transform party hedge whether believe trump impact last simply temporary phenomenon dissipate lose nov. know answer question really idea ryan say event cleveland trump change party say specifically direction know even two days speeches utah delegate matt throckmorton still try figure trump presidency would mean republican party happen next ask throckmorton many way uncertainty trump reflect conflict within republican electorate party struggle find consensus number key issue accord reuters/ipsos poll 2016 campaign season example ask march international trade number republicans say create job say cause job losses ask abortion june number republicans want illegal case match want legal case trump big stage thursday night officially accept party nomination spell vision would take republican party presidency speech rich rhetoric offer scant detail beyond sweep promise put america first trump speech gop platform define republican today hard say one hard lot us tweet tony fratto white house spokesman president george bush week early republican activists celebrate adoption deeply conservative political platform condemn gay marriage oppose abortion exceptions among things trump lineup speakers convention week barely reference little bite frighten say chris herrod another utah delegate explain platform one main ways delegate could help shape party policy seem attitude completely disregard it trump campaign spokeswoman hope hicks say trump future republican party away floor anti-trump republicans quietly debate whether would good long-term interest party lose white house november week real anguish discussions say vin weber former congressman minnesota people fall line trump weber say party believe take trade example republicans long party free trade trump say current trade deal impoverish american workers want renegotiate case block altogether like president barack obama signature trans-pacific partnership newt gingrich former house speaker close trump ally work ease fear trump administration would derail u.s. economy scrap trade alliances interest break world market gingrich tell group diplomats add trump fact commit free trade add protections american company trump work idea gingrich add attendees convention express hope trump would align many cherish conservative value admit know would office would find little solace gingrich remark diplomats know every morning know every morning gingrich tell suggest trump presidency would similar candidacy reactive spontaneous center almost entirely around trump instincts trump instincts sometimes odds key elements party example accept gay right see-sawed abortion right first defend say oppose abortion conservatives prepare believe trump might wrong 20 25 maybe 30 percent time richard viguerie veteran republican activist tell reuters anti-abortion event trump opponent democrat hillary clinton wrong 100 percent time ask trump support conservative social value espouse platform laugh well know say wait see lawmakers convention dismiss trump provocative proposals like vow deport estimate 11 million undocumented immigrants unlikely implement full-blown deportation go sell politically think republican congress congress would stand watch happen representative tom cole oklahoma tell group convention attendees republicans believe trump lose party simply return traditional conservative principles republican party big one candidate even presidential candidate say frank luntz republican pollster trump supporters say republicans denial trump permanently wrest control party away establishment elites mitt romney bush say mary lou mccoy travel cleveland buffalo new york refer 2012 republican nominee bush political dynasty people speak republicans anoint trump party grapple identity crisis