Eric, your articles always wrestle which is great and you don't pretend to have answers that you don't have.
Republicans perhaps need to own Trump -- get a really good grip, and then dump him. They would be doing themselves a service if only their thick, distracted or delusional heads could see it. McConnell saw this after he got his Justice Barrett installed but then gave Donald rope over the Georgia run-off, that he regrets and is now possibly taking temperatures of Senators who are up for the task. I wrote a short piece on this "Now is the Time for Republicans to Rid Themselves of Donald" and I invite you to comment.
Many thanks