I understand that the bonds of tribalism can be very, very strong. When your party’s candidate is clearly poised to run the country into a ditch, however, your obligation to the nation must take precedence over party loyalty. Period.
Ted Cruz, in his weird, self-interested way, met this test. So did the Bush family, Mitt Romney, John Kasich, and all of the prominent right-wing print commentators. Marco Rubio, Ben Carson, Chris Christie, and Scott Walker failed.
America needs to remember that in 2020.