They are making public statements of barely tepid support. Not acting as surrogates. Signaling disbelief. Talking grim off the record. 11/
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And they are supporting an independent counsel investigation. This is so far from nothing that it makes my head spin. 12/
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And yet, you shouldn’t expect them to totally turn on Trump anytime soon. This isn’t West Wing. 13/
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No party is going to sink it’s own POTUS until doing so becomes less costly than keeping him. 14/
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And doing so has very high costs: for individual Members, for the party brand, for the party agenda. 15/
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So what costs could outweigh that? Certainly re-election. If Trump scandals begin to imperil even safe seats, look out below. 16/
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Possibly a threatened agenda. If Trump scandals make any hope of policy advancement moot, you might get some action. 17/
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And maybe national security. If absent electoral/policy cost, Members learned POTUS was true security threat, could do it. 18/
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But don’t hold your breath for any of this. 19/
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Until public opinion moves another 10 points against Trump---into Bush Katrina territory---the electoral fate looks bad but murky. 20/
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Trump is already below where Bush was during Katrina:http://www.gallup.com/poll/24283/little-impact-katrina-bushs-overall-job-ratings.aspx …
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