By Hunter Wallace

Every day it looks more and more like this will be the election cycle in which the Republican Party as we have known it will crumble:

“Sarah Palin, the former Alaska governor and 2008 vice-presidential nominee who became a Tea Party sensation and a favorite of grass-roots conservatives, will endorse Donald J. Trump in Iowa on Tuesday, officials with his campaign confirmed. The endorsement provides Mr. Trump with a potentially significant boost just 13 days before the state’s caucuses. “I’m proud to endorse Donald J. Trump for president,” Ms. Palin said in a statement provided by his campaign. Her support is the highest-profile backing for a Republican contender so far.”

It is harder and harder to see how Trump doesn’t go all the way to win the nomination. Who the hell knows what will happen next?