There will continue to be some individual republicans who will not support Donald Trump as the party's nominee but the republican party itself will. A lot of the noise about abandoning Trump by the party is just that, noise. The boom has been lowered by the republican base in the primaries, they will not support any other of the 16 challengers.
The announcement that former President George W. Bush would not be attending the republican convention or commenting any more on the 2016 election is not a big deal and is really a no brainer. During the republican debates and on the campaign trail the candidates would not even mention Bush's name because they had nothing positive to mention about his administration. Bush being at the convention would just remind the viewing audience about the failures of his administration.
Speaker of the U.S. House Paul Ryan said he is not ready to endorse Trump but this writer thinks he will. It is part of what is taking place inside the republican party. Ryan and his party who control both houses of congress has been the least productive congress in the past 50 years. They want to win back the White House so bad to try again and implement their extreme agenda they would support Satan.
The best outcome for the GOP after the 2016 elections is a big democratic win and the emergence of a new republican party where conservatism becomes a virtue and ideology becomes a thing of the past. The reckless behavior of the GOP, especially during the Obama administration has been self destructive and a insult to the country and its people who deserve better. Those republicans serving in congress and others in the party who now say they will not support Trump had a hand in the making of Donald Trump using many of the same tactics in the past and are still doing so against President Obama.
America's political system is not perfect and never will be because humankind lacks perfection, but those who seek election to public service have a responsibility and obligation to put the country and the people's needs first and govern accordingly. Any thing less is unacceptable and that is where the GOP stands today.
This commentary was written by Joe Lorio
