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You make some good points on rhetorical excesses in the piece. But, the larger point being made is the danger of putting Trump into power. All we hear is deal making and negotiating. But, he has made his campaign so personal to his own brilliance and guaranteed success in achieving all his promises, that it is legit to question what he will have to actually DO. One great red flag to all should be his blather about the libel laws. What do you suppose he actually intends to do in that area? Is he going to propose legislation, or personally destroy criticizers, or issue an EO of some sort?

Shouldn't even mentioning curtailing a free press raise at least a bit question on where he is coming from and where he wants to go?

There's danger of putting anyone in power. All humans are flawed, and in the case of a large personality like Trump the flaws are YUGE.

In life and politics there are no guarantees. The closest we have to a guarantee in 2016 is that a vote for Jeb would be a vote for more of the same...and that if things don't change fast there's no going back.

The primary season has shown the degree to which the GOPee has rigged the system, will fight change, fight giving up control. All the change we've fought for in 2010 and 2014 has been for naught. Under the current circumstances congressional elections are meaningless.

I'll repeat that. Under the current circumstances, congressional elections are meaningless. Strategy and effort and donations are for naught. Come the next amnesty, the ruling class will have accomplished turning America into a First World country with a Third World electorate. Since the two can't co-exist, it's obvious which will give way...and the noble experiment will have ended.

If we're to stem the tide we must focus on essentials. Take out the GOPee, defeat PC, stop the flow of illegals and terrorists, stop apologizing for being America. Without that, we have no constitution and no country.

So, that's where we are. Rubio is a boy, easily controlled by the establishment; amnesty and open borders are a given. Cruz is a constitutional conservative but the Blob will bury him. As President he will be little more than a bystander; well meaning but a bystander nonetheless.

I shake my head at those who worry about "damaging the brand," because the hour is much later than they grasp. I see where Cruz doesn't have the juice and Rubio is a pretty boy; with Trump I acknowledge the danger but think, "Hey, this could work." I don't think Trump will be a Banana Republic dictator.

That's why I regard the hand wringing about 'constitutional conservatives' as perhaps well meaning but largely irrelevant. That's fighting the last battle.