Trump’s ‘yes men’ are driving Republicans toward disaster

Not another sanctimonious lecture from the Never Trump crowd. Republicans need something far more serious — and potentially far more consequential: a credible Trumpist willing to stand up and tell President Donald Trump that his administration is drifting toward political catastrophe.

Howe, the influential Conservative Party Cabinet minister whose 1990 resignation speech in the House of Commons helped bring down British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher, understood something many political loyalists refuse to accept: Parties sometimes require course corrections to survive. Loyalty to a leader cannot supersede political reality.

WITH TRUMP APPROVAL TICKING DOWN, MIDTERM ELECTIONS ARE STILL A GLOOMY PICTURE FOR GOP

And the reality confronting Republicans ahead of the midterm elections is grim.

Unless you’re being paid to spin otherwise, nobody honest — or nobody who understands electoral politics — can say with a straight face that Republicans are positioned for success this November. The warning signs are everywhere: soft