re: #34 JasonA

It’s so much harder after today, especially now that Trump refused to endorse him and Obama called on them to repudiate him. On the hand it looks like retaliation against Trump, on the other they’re doing what our “worst president ever” asked. He and Ryan won’t have a shred of political dignity left.

I am unbothered by this turn of events.

I think I’d rather the GOP destroy itself by action rather than inaction. It would be nice if their elected officials showed principles that were not my own, rather than none at all. I know how to reason with somebody who thinks different things than I do, rather than someone who apparently does not think at all.

And I think active destruction would allow some sort of rump leaders to emerge from the wreckage and perhaps tempt some erstwhile Blue Dogs and at least start to form some sort of rump small-c conservative party that would provide a useful counterweight in the short term and maybe evolve into a useful second voice and Loyal Opposition in the long term.

But beggars can’t be choosers.