Master Betty wrote:

I'm still a registered Republican and will most likely stay that way.
I lean conservative but I don't want monkeys in charge. The GOP as it
stands now does not reflex me. As divisive as Newt was/is I still
find myself agreeing with him most of the time. Right message but
wrong carrier.

Consider "Jane's Law" - The party in power is arrogant; the party out of
power is insane.

There was some truth to that observation during the last administration. The
Republicans had an aura of arrogance and the Democrats were certifiable,
head-to-the-lab crazy.

Now in the current administration, the Democrats are certainly arrogance
writ large, but I'm not willing to call the GOP insane. Withdrawn, sure. Sit
in the corner and suck their thumbs, yep. But they're not carrying on like
the third monkey on Noah's gangplank the way the Democrats did a couple of
years ago.

Maybe there's an incubation period...