Losing is all they know. All they can anticipate. All they can understand. The prospect of winning unsettles them. Is something they can not comprehend.
The GOP at the national level is in a comfort zone and the idea of leaving it paralyzes them with fear.
That is why they are intimidated by Trump. Why they are fighting him.
They REALLY are!
If they have the minority with a dem pres, they vote hardcore right.
If they have the MAJORITY with a dem pres, they vote hardcore right cause he’ll veto it.
But when they have GREAT power to change things, they tremble in fear of shaking things up.
They only care about themselves. No one else.