For my part, I wonder what any Republican could possibly claim to stand for who thinks voting for Hillary will help anything. I at one time threatened to vote for Hillary if John Kasich got the nomination. But that threat was made based on the condition that Trump got the most votes, and got outmaneuvered at the convention. Now that the Republican base has spoken, and it HAS spoken, what refuge could there possibly be in someone who wants to ban guns, who lies nearly as often as she speaks, who views the American people with contempt, and who is likely suffering from a debilitating illness? The Supreme Court? We KNOW what Hillary will do. How could that possibly be better for anyone over any time horizon than Trump, who is a moderate in all respects?
I am realizing that the main reason Republicans cannot stand up to Obama effectively, cannot withstand even mild propaganda attacks, is that they AGREE with much of what is being said. That being so, who becomes principled standing alongside them? In what respect is Never Trump something other than an effort to vindicate the broken status quo? All these Never Trump people would have been FINE with John Kasich or Jeb Bush, who in their own ways are vastly less principled, vastly less concerned with American exceptionalism and well being than Trump.
No: we are dealing with mass idiocy. It has taken this odd and unexpected, but welcome, development to make this obvious.