Marshall Sanford: “If I had ever found myself in real trouble with the option of only one call, it would have been to Gordon.”

The conservative movement, in your view, you write, 'represented by the Republican Party had devolved into a lukewarm mess.'

This is going to be a thankless job, for whoever gets it. I mean, you do not have a governing majority.

That which has traditionally worked in GOP politics isn't so much working these days. I've seen this erosion, you have too.

It shows the danger of Donald Trump in my mind, because what it says is somebody as highly elected as Kevin McCarthy will twist himself in knots to stay relevant with the Trump base.