As Trump's poll numbers fall, Republicans are eyeing the exits but still afraid to act
While the United States has bounced through the pinball machine of scandals both big and bigger— including a national security adviser ousted for connections to Russia and an FBI director fired for looking into connections to Russia—one of the consistent factors has been Republican cowardice. No matter if Trump was showing off the nuclear football at Mar-a-Lago or inviting murderous autocratic dictators to the White House, you could always count on House Speaker Paul Ryan and Senate Leader Mitch McConnell to deliver a round of ringing silence or soupy support.
Because, until now at least, Republicans have weighed their odds and decided that going along with Trump was their best route to the GOP holy grail: tax breaks for billionaires. After all, a few randomly fired missiles, a threat of nuclear war here, a little wrecking of national policy in exchange for some ego boost (or building permits, or trademarks, or ...)—all of that is peanuts if it means killing the inheritance tax. But the latest round of Trump insanity combined with Trump’s crashing poll numbers may have worked a miracle. It may have finally allowed a few Republican senators to shuffle around in the closet and locate their spines.
Senate Republicans, increasingly unnerved by President Trump’s volatility and unpopularity, are starting to show signs of breaking away from him as they try to forge a more traditional Republican agenda and protect their political fortunes.
Don’t be deceived—if it wasn’t for the “unpopularity” part of that statement, Trump could be holding White House puppy roasts. But now that Trump is both erratic and a drag on the party, some Republicans are finally starting to have second thoughts about handing the keys to the guy with the crazy wig. They still have their top priorities, including tax breaks for billionaires and boosting insurance company bottom lines. They just don’t know if Trump is the one to deliver.
The question is whether this cluster of Republicans will do more than voice a little discomfort with Trump and actually do something.
http://www.dailykos.com/stories/2017/5/15/1662421/-As-Trump-s-poll-numbers-fall-Republicans-are-eyeing-the-exits-but-still-afraid-to-act
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The ideology hasn't changed. They will ruin our business again, just like they did the last time. I ask them "Were you ASLEEP during the financial meltdown?" They respond that it was Obama that created the recession. 
