Really. The GOP would rather see the Democrats in power than have Bush lose to Trump. Cut off nose; spite face.
The individual members of the GOPe will receive a nice paycheck from the cabal for throwing the game.
They’re parasites. And parasites are gonna do what parasites are gonna do. What else can you say.
What if their reasoning were something weirder, as some have suggested: They can deal fine with being the second-banana party. They still have jobs and get pay and perks for their influence on behalf of lobbyists. But if they're supplanted by Tea Partiers, the Dems are still there, but the liberal Republicans aren't running the majority OR the minority. In that Macchiavellian scenario, their Tea-Party hatred is not a "nose-cutting" tantrum. They economically would prefer rule by the Democrats.
Is that awful enough to be true?
Just like the last election.