Ignore the forces transforming the Republican Party, and those forces will own you. By making Donald Trump the defining symbol of their party, Republicans have distilled our entire political culture down to a single question. Gillespie has been trying to square a circle, attempting to distance himself from Donald Trump without losing the votes of his supporters. Gillespie is steadily lining up behind Trump Republicans’ highest priorities, a process that will move into overdrive after he wins. Ed Gillespie’s Faustian dilemma is a living warning to rational Republicans.

Source: Forbes October 27, 2017 15:56 UTC