The veteran who fought for an ideal on the political battlefield. The Republican from another, nobler era ... [a]nd ... the vain showman who was fully aware of this all.
Rather than heal the divide tearing the Republican party in two, Donald Trump’s emergence as the likely presidential nominee seems to have worsened the conflict. Open warfare now looks like the most likely path for a party careening towards disaster.
You are two peas in a pod, an indescribable pair. You would outdo any comedy duo if it weren’t for how serious governing a country is, and the consequences — for people everywhere — of certain individuals being in power.
Her speech endorsing Donald Trump had a stream-of-consciousness demagoguery about it; gibberish, almost. There is no other way to sensibly describe it.
That party’s establishment will tear out their hair if Trump wins, but they may retire collectively to the conservatory with bottle of gin and pearl-handled revolver if Cruz takes the nomination.