re: #1 MsJ

The GOP is completely craven. Until which time as they feel they’ll pay a political price (or they put through their shitty healthcare and tax breaks for the rich, whichever comes first), I think it’s all wishful thinking. They have a country to destroy and a little thing like train isn’t going to stop them, by (the ) god (they don’t really believe in)!

And that ultimately is the reality here. When Watergate was on the verge of becoming an impeachment trial, Goldwater went to Nixon and convinced him to resign for the good of the party, if not the nation.

There’s no Goldwater anywhere in the GOP today, nobody who would risk the wrath of Trump to go to the White House and convince him to resign for the good of the party. In fact, doing so would draw the exact opposite reaction, convincing Trump that the GOP “establishment” was in on the whole thing and leading to an ultimatum: Defend me with everything you’ve got or go down in flames with me.