I just heard something interesting from a Rethug Insider here in Philly

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146. I think it's wishful thinking for a number of reasons

First, the only way I see him leaving is feet first, as a national hero felled by Covid or a fast food fat clot or stroking out during a temper tantrum. He's just not going to go under his own power. He has never feared litigation of any sort, he's welcomed it. Federal charges? Pfui! Anything starts to happen, he just gets on his jet and goes someplace without extradition. Malignant narcissists fear nothing but the loss of attention.

Republicans like your friend might dream of a brokered convention that would produce a nominee who's an affable but bland technocrat like Weld, but they also respect the fact that Dumdum's fan base in the heartland remains large and extremely loyal. They know that loyalty won't be transferred to Weld or Pence or anyone else, not even with a flurry of pardons for America's Crime Family.

No, your friend is dreaming about scenarios in which Dumdum won't take his whole party down with him, and I'm afraid it might be too late for that. The Republican Party, as it is now constituted, can't survive. Too many curtains have been pulled open, too many cans full of worms have been exposed.

It's too bad, in a way. Their wholehearted embrace of beggaring the Treasury to pump up the stock market has made the next crash inevitable. It would be nice if it happened on their watch so they'd get full credit for it.