Trump has won the civil war where it counts -- with voters
by David M. Drucker | Oct 26, 2017, 12:01 AM
Traditional Republicans fancying the cracks in their party as an opening to primary President Trump in 2020 need to deal with one inconvenient fact: Republican voters aren't interested.
The brawl for dominance in the Republican Party is certainly remarkable. Former President George W. Bush; Ohio Gov. John Kasich; the chairmen of two top Senate committees; and now Sen. Jeff Flake, R-Ariz.; all have sharply rebuked Trump, questioning his fitness, integrity, and moral authority.
But their resistance, though hardly isolated, is missing one crucial element: a significant measure of enthusiasm from Republican voters. That's a weak foundation from which to pursue a challenge to the renomination of a sitting president.
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