… The Republicans who make a living hating Trump today hated him before he was elected. The rest of the party remains solidly behind him. The reason for that, as we enter this election year, is less granular than feeling happy or sad about a specific presidential behavior. Rather, it has to do with the general direction of the nation: Trump and whoever the Democrats nominate represent such fundamentally different directions for our country that it is almost unthinkable for a Republican voter to be seriously torn. …
Choosing any of the Democrats running for president isn’t simply boarding a train headed in a slightly different direction, or one going the same way with a nicer conductor. It means completely turning around. CONT.
Scott Jennings, Los Angeles Times