[LINK] "In my guts, Trump is nuts"

[rfmcdonald]

At The Power and the Money, Noel Maurer writes about how profoundly offputting the idea of President Donald Trump is to him.

I realized something yesterday, right after Governor Christie endorsed Trump.

A few posts ago, I idly wondered if Trump might make a better president than Marco Rubio. That was comment-bait more than anything. (These comment threads are oddly short compared to the email threads they displaced. People? Afraid of Trump twitter followers?) But it reflected a logical belief that there were reasons why a liberal might prefer President Trump over the other GOP options.

And then Christie announced. Somehow, in my gut, that suddenly pulled away a level of denial that I did not know that I had: Trump might actually become President in November.

It was a gut punch. I had trouble looking at my children while imagining Donald Trump as the head of our state.

Relax, Pop. America will survive President Trump

I viscerally hate the idea of Donald Trump as president of the United States. I would strongly prefer Ted Cruz. I would campaign for Ted Cruz to keep Donald Trump away from the Oval Office.

Cruz, it should be noted, is not someone Noel likes.

The discussion in the comments is long, informative, and very much worth reading. What will become of the Republican Party, the United States even?