It's a tough time to be a Republican. For people heavily invested in the party, there aren't many good possibilities, and the one that looms larger with each passing day, like a pirate ship on the horizon, is departure, realignment, the formation of a third party to block Trump. Believe it or not, I have Republican friends here in Connecticut, and I do empathize with the pain it would cause them to leave their party, even temporarily, to fight against Trump. They weren't brought up to do something like that, but they might have to do it anyway.