Are republicans standing down on Trump because his extreme presidency

[applegrove]

will make Marco Rubio, or whoever is else is on the GOP slate, look like more reasonable people or moderates in 2020? That Trump expands Presidential norms by destroying them, rebranding old time conservatives in the process?

[LonePirate]

1. They are standing down because the base is solidly on 45's side. Without him, they have no support.

[applegrove]

4. That is true.

[Glamrock]

2. I don't think so.

They're standing down because they're afraid of the Frankenstein monster that is their base. They've gerrymandered districts in order to win more easily but in doing so, cut their own throats. These districts are so pure, they will be primaried out of office if they go against Comrade Combover....

[applegrove]

5. True.

[KY_EnviroGuy]

3. I think they're just standing by...

so they can do as much destruction to our Federal Government as possible before the whole damn thing blows up....

GOTV!...............

[applegrove]

6. Yes. He's mostly implementing their Unicorn Dreams.

[Freelancer]

7. Repubs are like a baseball runner caught between first and second base...

If they keep going, they're out. If they go back, they're out.

-- That's paraphrasing something Chris Hayes said on "Real Time" tonight. I liked it.

[dawg day]

8. Great analogy

They aren't sure.
Half their potential voters are drooling Trump lovers.

[enough]

9. Trump is enacting the exact policies the Republicans have been working for for decades.

Cut taxes on the rich, undo regulations of all kinds, weaken Medicare and Social Security, ramp up military spending, pillage public lands, etc. etc.

Why in the world would they fight him?

[Achilleaze]

10. Cowardice

The republicans are afraid to take stands for honesty, honor, and American democracy. This is their Most Craven Hour.