With ‘friends’ like Yertle, we don’t need enemies.
We have met the enemy. He’s someone who used to be us.
In the case of the GOP establishment types, is “used to be” applicable? The battle that Reagan waged against the GOP-e in 1976 comes to mind. Certainly it is evident how bad the GOP-e was by 1986 with respect to Simpson-Mazzoli (the former in that duo being a Republican).