Trump may be, in the long run, very helpful to the party.  If he splits these people off, which is looking really likely, so that the party without them can start to again be a party relevant to governing instead of a party dedicated to exactly the opposite.  
The country needs at least two nationaly viable parties IMO.  

Donald Trump, savior of the Republican Party by causing it to implode.  

I know it won't happen. The GOP is scared to death Trump might triumph, and, as the national press corp is the lapdog of power, the press will serve the interests of the GOP. And those interests do not extend beyond exposing the Trump's claims to the light of actual facts.

But sometimes we get a glimpse of Trumps attraction.  Example, the ABC Sunday interview.  Again I encourage you to see, or hear it, he was on the phone.  But there was a fascinating moment.
Martha Raditz was running down his looooong list of offenses and indictments and she sniffs, "you even make fun of people's appearance".
Donald sighed and said (paraphrase) "you now, people make fun of the way I look all the time.  They make fun of my hair.  And I don't whine about it.  And I don't remember you having a problem with that".

And you know what, he is 100% correct.   People do make fun of his appearance all the time.  Cough, TrumpYourCat, cough.
And he doesn't whine about it.   And Martha Raditz would no more consider coming on her Sunday morning show and solemnly addressing the mean people who constantly make fun of Donald Trumps appearance than she would consider a full facial tattoo.

These are the moments of honesty and clarity that strike some like a diamond bullett to the forehead so they are completely oblivious to the next ten completely baths!t things he says.

On Sunday, CNN host Jake Tapper reminded Republicans who were outraged over attacks on Sen. John McCain's war record that their entire party had been united in smearing then-Democratic presidential candidate John Kerry's military service in 2004.

Turning to Texas Republican Rep. Will Hurd, Tapper recalled that delegates at the Republican National Convention wore Band-Aids with purple hearts to mock Kerry's wounds during the Vietnam War, which was a continuation of the successful "Swiftboat Veterans for Truth" smear campaign.

"Is there a double standard here?" Tapper wondered. "Are Republicans -- they say, 'There's no place in our party to disparage those who have served honorably.' Well, unless you're a Democrat?"

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The groan is the sound of an entire party stuck between a rock and a hard place, Trump and the RNC.

Popcorn is so 90's, this is the new age entertainment and I want a strong drink and maybe a pizza with napkins so I can wipe the tears of laughter from my eyes as the weasels condemn Trump for doing exactly what they did.

What is even more shocking, Trump fans are on board with going after McCain.

When you label Kerry despicable for his anti-war protests, you are also labeling millions and millions of Americans who shared his views as despicable. That's funny coming from such a free speech advocate as yourself.

Your hero George W. also called McCain a traitor and it was crickets from the GOP peanut gallery back then. And then we can list all the lies the GOP told about Kerry and then Max Cleland and on and on the list goes.

"Many people think"..

Uh, no. Kerry had drawn long and loud condemnation for what he had done while he was doing it as well as for what many thought was a fake wound and a way home. The Swift Boaters were merely repeating the charges.

"Many" - heh.  No.  Repeating scurrilous, baseless LIES simply because their are some ignorant wingnuts repeating them is still LYING.

Wiki Link.

an SBVT television ad, Dr. Lewis Letson asserted, "I know John Kerry is lying about his first Purple Heart because I treated him for that injury," but did not specify the alleged lie; he subsequently gave varied accounts of his purported interaction with Kerry.[25][26][27][28] Kerry's medical records list a medic, J. C. Carreon, as the "person administering treatment" for this wound. Dr. Letson's name does not appear on the record, but Letson claimed it was common for medics to sign the paperwork even though Letson would treat the patient. That claim cannot be verified as Carreon died in 1992. In addition, Letson claimed he was given information by way of Kerry's crewmen who accompanied him to the clinic,[27] but neither Zaladonis nor Runyon accompanied Kerry, nor has any crewman who was on the nearby Swift Boat supported this claim.

And yes, you're correct, let's wear them in honor of G. W. Bush, the guy who was renominates for President at that convention.

1. 2014 was the warmest year on record, speaking of global temperatures;

2. The ocean water level has been rising and has risen by 4 to 8 inches;

3. CBSnews is part of some conspiracy;

4. The ocean water level being higher than in years past is most likely the result of glaciers in various parts of the world having disappeared completely or being melting . . .

5. zaitz is an idiot who makes things up;

Shark size doesn't matter when it's just gnawed off your leg and coming back for the other one.

Funniest comment ever:

Asked what he would say if he encountered the shark again, Fanning joked he would say, "Thanks for not eating me!"

I believe Walker stands to gain the  lions share of the points that Trump  does shed with Christie and Cruz picking up the scraps.

Or merely "courageous?"  Or if not "heroic" or "courageous," then what?  

Is someone dubbed a hero then expected to live the rest of his life heroically?  Or is he allowed to just be human, a mere mortal with flaws that may or may not be acceptable to us?

I don't know.  I know - or think I know - one thing: Donald Trump, for all his bombast and bloviation, would probably not last 5 minutes in the conditions McCain endured for 5 years.  That he seems to have no respect for that says something - and not a good thing - about Trump's character.

Trump's numbers staying high should lead to an extended GOP primary season with a huge field of contenders hanging in the race. That's not exactly the plan Bush had when he signed on hoping to clear the field.

You should read the text of the bill.

Here's a summary, in part:

This bill prohibits the performance of an abortion, except in a medical emergency, unless the physician performing or inducing the abortion has made a determination of the probable postfertilization age of the unborn child or has relied upon another physician's determination of postfertilization age. The bill prohibits any person from performing or inducing, or attempting to perform or induce, an abortion when the unborn child is considered to be capable of experiencing pain, unless the woman is undergoing a medical emergency. Under the bill, the unborn child is capable of experiencing pain if the probable postfertilization age of the unborn child is 20 or more weeks. When the unborn child is considered capable of experiencing pain and the pregnant woman is undergoing a medical emergency, the bill requires the physician to terminate the pregnancy in the manner that, in reasonable medical judgment, provides the best opportunity for the unborn child to survive. The bill allows the woman on whom the abortion was performed or attempted, and the father of the unborn child, unless the pregnancy is the result of sexual assault or incest, to bring a claim for damages against a person who violates these limitations and requirements. A prosecuting attorney may also bring an action for injunctive relief for intentional or reckless violations of the limitations and requirements. Any person who violates the prohibition against performing, inducing, or attempting to perform or induce an abortion when the unborn child is capable of experiencing pain is guilty of a felony subject to a fine not to exceed $10,000, imprisonment not to exceed three years and six months, or both.