re: #4 Unshaken Defiance

New election? No thanks. You don’t move ahead by looking back. Say this guy resigns or gets impeached. The quietude of a lame duck President and Republican party till 2020 has a certain appeal at least in comparison to the circus shit show of another election that a court might or might not hold as legit.

If Trump resigns or is impeached, Pence’s best case scenario is Gerald Ford. Be good enough to not let the entire republic collapse, but know you’re screwed in the next election.

There’s no way that there isn’t 7+ candidates on the GOP side if Trump is tossed before 2020. Half the GOP base will be in open revolt. The other half will be too ashamed to admit they’re Republicans. And even if Pence gets to the general, he’ll likely be trounced by whoever the Dems nominate.