You're right: Republican primary candidates are falling over each other trying to be the bigger Trump sycophant. But that is to be expected in primaries in gerrymandered districts. The big question is, can they win in a general election? That 10% figure you cited is huge.

The dam is breaking and Done Cheato is right downstream

I would like to hope that would happen but unfortunately his loyal supporters seem hell bent not to budge. What we need is a more centrist party to form for those of us who don't particularly like either the Republican or Democratic parties.

@ClassicalRebel What we need is a party that represents the people, reason, logic, and the Constitution. That will be hard to get as the only way it works is to have a majority of people vote for it over the present two. We cannot have the new party split the vote of the democrat party as that would just put the repub in office, and who wants that. I think most of them are being seen as accomplices, and so as soon as they are in power the whole thing falls apart.

@Druvius I think you are forgetting the powerful effect that putting Done Cheato on trial would have. Trumpists may ignore the Select Committee hearings, but I think they will tune in to a trial with rapt attention. And the same testimony and witnesses they dismiss now will be right in their faces. Sure, there will always be a hard core that will never accept reality, but I think they will turn out to be a smaller group than they appear to be right now. The white supremacists and white Christian nationalists were already among us before Cheato's rise, and they will still be here after his fall. But putting him on trial will be a defining moment. As the American public comes up to speed on the facts of the case it is going to become increasingly difficult to argue in favor of "witch hunts" or a mythical "deep state." So far, the right has been loudly voicing their opinions while the left has been quietly gathering evidence and building a case. Now the whole discussion is shifting; the center of gravity is moving to the left. Stay tuned.

@Druvius I don't know if it's optimism so much as belief that the simplest explanation is usually the correct one (an idea popularly known as Occam's razor), and in the case of Done Cheato the simplest explanation is that he is a crook and a liar. I think fence-sitters will come to see that as a trial unfolds.

@ClassicalRebel I think both Parties should break into their own two factions and all four should be on the ballot. I'd use tiered voting, or whatever they call picking candidates by preference, and that should give voter sentiments greater clarity.

@rainmanjr tiered voting., AKA instant runoff voting... and there's also another term for it. Whatever you call it, I like it!