Susieus Maximus: I think the thing that will matter to a lot of them is that he increasingly appears weak and humiliated. When people pick a leader to be their strong overbearing daddy who's going to beat up all the people they don't like, and then he starts looking like he can't deliver, they can turn pretty fast.

I keep wondering if maybe eventually the Republican base will abandon Trump not so much because of practical issues like the logistical headaches of trying to do international politics as a convicted felon but because it’s really impossible to ignore the fact that he’s just a garbage human being

I suppose there may be some folks for whom his selfishness, mendacity, pettiness, and cruelty are features but I really don’t think those things are appealing to the majority of the base. They might like the idea that he’s “strong” or “uncompromising” but not that he’s a whiny loser prick

They’ve already committed, and changing lanes now is not their way

History says: don’t be so sure.

I think if they’ve been prepared to tolerate (or actively invest in) everything else up to now, this isn’t going to sway many

You could have said the same about Nixon through most of Watergate, and about GW Bush through most of his first term and his second election. "Past performance is not indicative of future results."

I think the thing that will matter to a lot of them is that he increasingly appears weak and humiliated. When people pick a leader to be their strong overbearing daddy who's going to beat up all the people they don't like, and then he starts looking like he can't deliver, they can turn pretty fast.

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