Can You Trust Any Republican?

Just when I thought that the last thing we needed was yet another group which believes the country can only get back on track by promoting basic political principles which made America great at some point in the past, along comes a new outfit which claims to be dedicated to “advancing a more principled center-right politics” by “advancing a more principled center-right politics,” i.e., pulling the GOP out from under the sway of Donald Trump.

Calling themselves ‘Principles First,’ this weekend the group is holding a three-day, ‘grassroots summit’ in D.C. and you can still join the festivities for $45 bucks, which is a lot less than coughing up $295 to get into the annual CPAC conference which is also being held this weekend in D.C.

In fact, the two conclaves are basically a reflection of how the GOP feels about the guy who is so far ahead in the primary campaign that they really should just declare him to be the nominee right now and get on with the business of trying to regain the White House after Joe has brought the country down to the lowest it has ever been, even if what’s really the lowest happens With to be the national unemployment rate.

The CPAC crowd will get a mouthful from Trump tonight but I’m willing to bet that the one thing he won’t mention is that he’s going broke, and his campaign is also running out of cash. With daily interest clicking along, he will shortly owe New York State $400 million bucks, and he owes Jean Carroll $80 million and change.