The source of this problem for Jonah is the unwanted intrusion of the Donald into Republican national politics. Whether the convention that will take place in Cleveland this summer nominates Trump or tries to withhold the nomination from someone whom Jonah finds to be a peddler of "snake oil remedies," the Republican Party may be irreparably ruined. There was a chance but one that has been missed to cut the New York troublemaker off at the pass: "Republicans and commentators didn't believe he would run. They didn't believe he could be an attractive candidate to rational people, no matter how angry with 'the establishment' voters said they were." In an even greater act of self-delusion, Jonah's pals didn't rally to Jeb, Marco and other "conservatives." Indeed Jeb's PAC "spent $35 million trying to destroy Rubio before it dropped its first $25, 000 attacking Trump." Now we face the possibility of a third party, because "the Republican nominee is probably going to be determined on the convention floor in Cleveland." This means that Trump and his followers will probably capture Jonah's beloved party or else leave it split by forming their own populist breakaway party.