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More Blunt Truths From Republicans, Please
Conservatives can stop pretending now that Ryan is no different from Pelosi.
Self-criticism is self-preservation.
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One of the most encouraging signs in this often depressing election year is that more Republicans are stepping up to try save their party. Not only is Donald Trump the wrong choice for conservative Republicans, some are saying, but the reason Trump happened to the party in the first place is that the party has some serious problems.
These Republicans don't just write Trump off as a fluke of a nominee -- one who is hugely unpopular and has little or no commitment to party issues. They accept that he’s part of a pattern of embarrassing candidates such as recent Senate nominees Todd Akin in Missouri, Christine O’Donnell in Delaware and Sharron Angle in Nevada.