1. The Dems have a house majority to impeach. Trump's firewall remains the GOP Senate. Given Trump's erratic & destructive behavior, will Republicans defect in sufficient numbers to make removal a possibility?
2. Two things hold the Trumpized GOP together: fear & hope. The fear is that anyone who breaks rank will be attacked by Trump (Romney etc). The hope is more interesting: any post-Trump future in party will include keeping Trump supporters happy.
3. The Watergate analogy is instructive: the Republicans who stuck with Nixon as long as possible (most effusively Ronald Reagan but also Bob Dole & George HW Bush) prospered in the party. The ones who jumped ship early were seen as betrayers.
4. For more of my great and unmatched wisdom on the question of why the GOP remains loyal to Trump, see here: thenation.com/article/trump-…
