Do you really think defeating Trump will be easy?

[okasha]

56. Agreed that we must work hard and take nothing for granted.

But I have never seen either party in the situation the Republicans are in now.

Trump is a poison pill, and there are really only two strategies open to them.

1. Abandon him to his fate, putting as much distance between him and them as possible while supporting their down ticket candidatrs. There will be a great many Republicans voting for Hillary this fall. Some high-ranking R''s are actually endorsing her. They'll be defeated, but their party survive more or less intact.

2. Dump Trump. There's no precedent and no protocol for this if they can't get him to stand down voluntarily. If they do manage somehow to cut him loose, they'll face a mass defection of the teapartiers and libertarians. The replacement candidate would have little credibility, and it would take years to put Hunmpy-Dumpy back together again. They might not be able to do it at all.

The USSHillary has her bow to the open sea, with clear skies and s following wind. All hands to stations!