[upbeat5]

"This town is filled with well-intentioned people who believe they are doing the right thing,..."

Not many. Most are out for themselves. This guys a Senator from Georgia. He gets some of it, but I don't think he realizes how mad people are. I've called TN Sen. Alexander and Corkers office over the last 7 years many times and their people are clueless!

[Buckeye McFrog]

This town is filled with well-intentioned people who believe they are doing the right thing

Almost none of us out here beyond the Beltway believe that. THAT'S why they're in trouble.

[nickcarraway]

I wouldn’t be so quick to say they are losing control. Maybe they are gaining control.

[Billthedrill]

I take solace in the clear recognition by many who were in denial that (1) there really is a political class that more or less transcends partisan politics; (2) that they knew it before the rest of the country did, and (3) that they hold in withering contempt the people who are enriching them. It's something.

How easy such an entrenched class is to disempower is highly debatable. I doubt that it can be done within a single political cycle, at least not without violence. A little humility might be the best we can hope for; for civil masters fully to realize that they really are civil servants in this country may be too much.

[Grampa Dave]

Video of GOP elites whining about Trump over martinis is the most pathetic thing you’ll see all day
Canada Free Press ^ | 03/14/16 | Robert Laurie
Posted on 3/14/2016, 12:32:50 PM by Sean_Anthony

Contemptuous

We all know the GOP elites are horrified at the rise of Trump. They want you to believe their revulsion stems from outrage over issues but, if you dig a little, eventually you realize that’s only the surface of the story. They don’t like Trump because they don’t understand his success, can’t control him, and don’t know what he’ll do if he manages to win.

He’s a wild card and, as I’ve said before, there’s nothing your “political betters” hate more than unpredictability. When things go off the pre-determined rails, these people have to actually pick sides, make decisions, and stand on principle. That’s all such a bother.

Go to the link below to see/hear the whining:

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/3409138/posts

[chesley]

NO liberal is EVER well-intentioned. They may think they are, but THEY ARE NOT

[DoughtyOne]

[MeganC]

The ruling class in DC can either go with the vote and cede control or they can hang.

Literally.

[Major Matt Mason]

Nothing changes until the people in the upper levels of the party are removed. Having people like Perdue write articles about this is meaningless because, in the end, nothing is being done about it. This is just someone on the inside saying "I hear ya", mostly just to stay in the good graces of the voters. But nothing will change until the GOP receives a good cleansing of the elitist RINO types that are currently running the party into the ground.

[gg188]

"The rise of career politicians has completely shifted the political paradigm from just liberal versus conservative. There is now a disconnect between the Washington political class and everybody else—the insiders versus the outsiders."

(from the article)