[Alberta's Child]

If the only thing Trump’s campaign accomplished this election cycle was to consign the opinions of John McCain and Lindsey Graham to political irrelevancy, and to force the likes of Robert Kagan and Max Boot to become standard bearers for the Democratic Party, then I would count it a success.

This ought to be etched in stone.

Nothing has done more to damage the image of the Republican Party than George W. Bush and that bunch of @ssholes who were responsible for U.S. foreign policy and military affairs during his administration.

If you have any doubt about that, just consider the political fortunes of the one Republican in the 2016 field whose political future is so thoroughly destroyed that the author didn't even bother using his name when mentioning his "irrelevant" Republicans -- JEB BUSH.

[Robert DeLong]

I didn’t know Max Boot was a Russian immigrant.

[OddLane]

Another corollary benefit of the Trump candidacy is that it ensured no more Bushes would occupy the Oval Office.

[Behind the Blue Wall]

Exactly right IMHO. W. left a horrible stain on the Republican Party.