Stacy McCain has a lengthy piece concerning where the GOP, ad conservatives are as of now. Lost might be a good description of where they are. Lost and desperately seeking the past
The elite class of Professional Conservatives™ are not much help when the going gets tough, and the defection of the NeverTrumpers from 2015 onward was therefore not really surprising to those of us (obviously including Ace) who had been paying attention to the modus operandi of Conservatism, Inc. Whatever the faults of Donald Trump, his ascent certainly helped clarify who could be trusted as a Team Player during an existential crisis for the Right. Because that’s what we were facing in 2016. If Hillary Clinton had won “Obama’s Third Term” — if the Democratic Party’s hold on the White House had been extended to 12 years, or maybe even 16 years — where would the GOP be now? And it is my belief that none of the other Republicans who sought the 2016 nomination — not Ted Cruz, not Marco Rubio, certainly not Jeb Bush — could have beaten Hillary. The GOP needed something different from its predictable Chamber of Commerce-approved brand of “conservatism” to beat Hillary, and Trump provided that crucial difference.
Please go read it all, politics has, evolved, and the left as I, and many others have long predicted the left has shown its true agenda. And, they have, and continue to show more of the ugliness of their Marxist souls. Their really is no more compromise in the left. Trump was, and is a son-of-a-bitch, sure. But he is OUR son-of-a-bitch, and that is what it takes to fight the left, which is full of sons-of-bitches. That is our reality. The Never Ever-Trumpers likely will never learn. But, I believe many Americans have learned the stakes of the next two elections. I pray so