Leading Off: ● NH-Sen: As the GOP tears itself apart trying to figure out what stage of grieving it ought to be in now that Donald Trump is the party's presumptive nominee, vulnerable Republican Sen. Kelly Ayotte of New Hampshire finds herself in the in-between phase of "acceptance-denial." See if you can reconcile these impossibly contradictory positions: "As she's said from the beginning, Kelly plans to support the nominee." Later Wednesday morning, however, spokeswoman Johnson added: "As a candidate herself, she hasn't and isn't planning to endorse anyone in this cycle." This is from thesaurus.com: OH, YOU DON'T SAY.