So it seems like the GOP, which has no good alternatives, decided embracing Trump

[Quixote1818]

would do less damage to the GOP's election chances than rejecting him?

I get the impression they were thinking if they attacked Trump hard, then half the party would stay home in two years or a new party would spring up. If they stick with Trump but kind of scold him a bit, they can keep most of their fucking insane followers and only lose some of the reasonable ones doing less damage.

Sooner or later they are going to need to break with Trump. Are they trying to do it softly down the road? Trump was never popular and he won't be aging well at all.

Let me know if I have this wrong?

[Karadeniz]

1. You're right!

[turtleblossom]

2. Tell Wall Street this is not acceptable

[RDANGELO]

3. They are gambling that people will have a short memory.

If they don't convict Trump, they will own Jan 6th. In my opinion more information is going to come out , and it will be direct evidence that Trump knew what was coming down. That's what circumstantial evidence already looks like to me. People are going to talk.

[Quixote1818]

5. Good points. nt

[captain queeg]

4. I seem to remember congressmen focused on their own state

Bringing home the bacon. And certainly there were some National themes. But it seems like nowadays the are disassociated from there constituents. Or maybe I was just naive back then.