I think Republicans in the House and Senate are on the verge of abandoning Trump to his fate

[Dr. Jack]

Hear me out here. Back in June, Vanity Fair had an article about how McConnell told Trump that if he didn't turn his polling numbers around by Labor Day, which is like a week from now, that they would leave Trump to his fate (i.e. do nothing to stop him from losing) and try to salvage the Senate. One argument they were going to make is that having the Senate in Republican hands would be a check on a Democratic House and Presidency. Seems like they are starting to ramp up that message as McConnell just said in an interview that keeping the Senate Republican would be a firewall against Pelosi's agenda.

https://www.axios.com/mcconnell-trump-republican-national-convention-e461adfb-81f8-4b47-be28-08c898ba593e.html

[Gothmog]

1. Rats and sinking ships

[kurtcagle]

2. Too late

The GOP has tied itself FAR too closely to the Trump brand. They're going to sink with it.

[Dr. Jack]

4. I don't disagree but they will try to salvage what they can

To make 2022 easier

[sfstaxprep]

3. Not A Chance

They've had WAY too many opportunities. FAR too late.

[Dr. Jack]

5. Also the lack of a stimulus bill from the Senate is good indication

There was another article with insider info on McConnells thinking from July (I can't remember where it was from) that said if McConnell wanted to he could pass an economic stimulus bill at any time. But that if it looked like a Dem take over was going to happen, he wouldn't bother. That way they could pull a 2008 and 2010, where they lose badly but in the first midterm of the Dem Presidency have the economy is awful shape to have something to run on. McConnell doing nothing to help prevent a total economic collapse is a good indication that Republicans are writing off 2020 as a loss.

[dhol82]

7. Therein lies the major problem

We have an economic collapse, three and a half years is not nearly enough to pull out of it and, voila, a Republican resurgence.

[RainCaster]

6. Too late bozos

The GOP has lost all respect in the USA.

[struggle4progress]

8. A wave of "I always opposed him" ads will wash over us around 1 November