A Three-Way Battle for the Republican Party

Charles Krauthammer writes that Republicans in their presidential nominating process “are dealing with a full-scale riot.”

“The 2016 presidential race has turned into an epic contest between the ethno-nationalist populism of Donald Trump and traditional conservatism, though in two varieties: the scorched-earth fundamentalist version of Ted Cruz, and a reformist version represented by Marco Rubio (and several so-called establishment candidates) — and articulated most fully by non-candidate Paul Ryan and a cluster of highly productive thinkers and policy wonks dubbed ‘reformicons.'”