Paths ahead grow messier for GOP: The Note
ABC News
All three lanes, if that's what they wind up being, face futures clouded by dynamics beyond party leaders' control -- and by the actions of Trump himself.
The TAKE with Rick Klein
Given former President Donald Trump's loyalty demands and the sharp reactions his name continues to bring, it's tempting to think of the Republican Party as split between all-in Trump loyalists and never-Trump absolutists.
Recent events, though, have highlighted a third path for the GOP that's somewhere in between, while not at all registering as a moderate position on any traditional political scale. All three lanes, if that's what they wind up being, face futures clouded by dynamics beyond party leaders' control -- and by the actions of Trump himself.
Former Vice President Mike Pence put his lot with the somewhere-in-between crowd, with his flat assertion Friday that "President Trump is wrong" that any individual has or should have the power to "overturn" an election.
