Never Trumpers threaten never Trump party.

 FORMER REPUBLICAN OFFICE HOLDERS WANT THIRD PARTY

LIKELY THEY JUST WANT PARTY TO BEG THEM TO STAY

Yesterday the Republican house members removed Liz Chaney from a house leadership role. Of course, she is still the representative from Wyoming, but will have less of a say in the direction of the party. She vows to do all that she can to keep Donald Trump away from the White House. The old establishment of the party is still of the opinion that they can retake control of the party. Even without Trump in office, the party will not return to the old party of the Bush's. The party is forever changed, with or without Trump.

We have seen this evolution of the republican party over the last 40 years. Ronald Reagan was never supposed to win the nomination in 1980. It was supposed to be George Bush. As vice president he was able to moderate Reagan and he then promised to follow his policy. He did not, he immediately returned to the policies that many republicans rejected in 1980. He proceeded to create chaos in the middle east with the first gulf war, which set the stage for our present over extended foreign policy. 

The grass roots revolution in 1994 was just that, it was a grass roots rebellion against the excess of the Clinton Administration. It allowed the republicans to take control of the house and senate. The establishment mostly co-oped this revolution by 1996. While Clinton was forced to moderate and Newt Gingrich made some positive steps that may have been the last we have seen of bi-partisanship. 

The second Bush was elected in 2000, it was back to war again. The 911 attack was a direct result of the former Bush mid-east policy. The destruction of most of the middle east and continuation of the policy of exercising the power of the only remaining super-power. Bush made very little effort to save working people jobs and seemed resigned to allow China to become the manufacturer of goods for the American market. Both Bush's believe in open borders. Bush one put his foot in it when he began talking about the "New world Order". Bush 2 talked of a new Highway from Mexico to Kansas city unhampered by any regulation or control. 

Obama seemed to be preoccupied with racial politics and let the state department run a campaign of regime change around the world. A stagnant economy with many small business's just surviving. Much of the republican leadership seemed content with the status quo. Manufacturing jobs continued to leak out of the country. Bank bailouts and a poor economy set the stage for 2016.

17 republicans ran for the job. A large percentage were of the adherents of the Bush trade and foreign policy agenda. Only Donald Trump stood out as an advocate of a change of direction. Jeb Bush started out at 15% and it was only down hill from there. The second string bush backed candidates didn't do much better, despite massive opposition from all over, Trump was successful because many hoped he would, unlike the rest of them, actually make changes in direction in Washington.

Trump attempted to live up to his promises. He stood up to relentless attacks and opposition from politicians and the government powers themselves. He did the best he could and showed republicans and many around the world a new way. His policies are what the vast majority of republicans support and they are more sophisticated at deciphering who supports those policies. Trump took the Reagan revolution to the next step.

Liz Chaney is just the latest designated Bush encouraged attacker of Trump and his policies. We have seen Marco Rubio, Mitt Romney, Jeff Flake, John Kasich and others, so far their attacks have only impressed Democrats in their hope that the Republican party will implode and Donald Trump will disappear, so far none of that is on the horizon. 

Now we hear that Tom Ridge, Christine Whitman, and other former members of Bush cabinets want to start a third party. Does that mean that have given up on taking control of the republican party? We will see Kasich, Flake, Dent, and other former republican office holders making noise about forming a party, I would assume it's their last desperate gasp of political relevancy. The Republican party is the New Republican party, it is loaded with lots of young, talented members and candidates.  While many grimaced at Trumps's style, He has single handedly invigorated the party for many years to come.