There is still hope, unless this rumor of a cave is true. If that happens, you are correct and it’s probably irreversible. It may already be, and I’m just whistling past the graveyard.
I hope you’re right. It looked like the GOP might actually take a stand for once, and I was starting to believe this. But I may have been duped.
I really think that a combination of caving on this particular set of issues (ie. Obamacare, CR, debt ceiling) to THIS president would be the death knell for the party. I don’t think that’s an exaggeration. As the old country song said: “Turn out the lights, the party’s over.”
The cave started earlier in the week. Rubio and Paul gave speeches yesterday and didn’t mention obamacare at all. Ryan has been flopping around with some plan. The writing is on the wall, unfortunately.