It has often been said that in order to win future elections, the GOP needs to build a “bigger tent.” Lately, however, it seems that some conservative pundits have pulled up the stakes and are working at trimming down its size by around 20%. That’s the current ballpark figure of support for the candidacy of Donald Trump.  While some political analysts have been worrying about whether The Donald might go rogue against the establishment -- run third party and thereby split the GOP -- we should also be concerned that some conservative commentators may be helping to drive that wedge. Not because of their predictions of Trump’s ultimate loss of the GOP nomination (which are probably correct) or their legitimate criticism of him, but for the bashing of his supporters -- which in some instances has taken on tones of outright banishment. When it comes to the Trump phenomenon, instead of conservatives “standing athwart history yelling stop,”...(Read Full Article)