Their hatred for Trump runs so deep that they don't even want his name appearing on a ballot for a national election.
That's what this edict is about.
@txradioguy I may be wrong,but I think they are terrified they don't have anybody that can beat him,and if he does beat them and then does stuff like balance the budget,it's over for the left forever.
On the other hand,losing to one of the alleged Republican "usual suspects" is no more than a temporary setback because they know they can "do business" with everybody but Trump. They can't bribe him because he is already rich and the ONLY thing he cares about is how the history books will see him. They can't promise him deals down the road because the ONLY election he will run in for the rest of his life is the election for president in 2020.
He even has the gall to fight back in kind,rather than just sit there and take his lumps lumps like the pro-politicians.
He flat scares the hell out of them. All their lives and political careers,they have been able to use influence to protect themselves and their under the table deals,and here is a president that cares nothing about their legacies or anything other than how HE is seen by historians