I'm mostly ambivalent about CNN, I recognize they will do anything for ratings. But this latest piece by everyone's favorite politics editor is beyond the pale.
If you wanted to run for president in 2020, you'd be doing exactly what Joe Scarborough is doing right now.
First came Scarborough's Washington Post op-ed earlier this month, with the provocative headline: "Trump is killing the Republican Party."
In it, Scarborough wrote that he was leaving the Republican Party, explaining:
"The Republican Party left its senses. The political movement that once stood athwart history resisting bloated government and military adventurism has been reduced to an amalgam of talk-radio resentments. President Trump's Republicans have devolved into a party without a cause, dominated by a leader hopelessly ill-informed about the basics of conservatism, US history and the Constitution."
Now comes a cover story by Olivia Nuzzi in New York magazine about Scarborough and his co-host/fiancee Mika Brzezinski that casts the duo, but especially Scarborough, as Trump's foil over his first six months in office.
Step 1: Leave Republican Party
Step 2: Leave Republican Party Again
Step 3: Marry Mika Brzezinski for sweet Third Way street cred
Step 4: ???
Step 5: Profit