It’s heartening to see establishment republicans attack the lunacy of CPAC on Twitter. I guess it’s true what they say about the enemy of your enemy is your friend.

I’ve always thought Bill Kristol’s writing leaned more conservative than what I would espouse but after following him on Twitter for the past couple of years, I’ve come to admire him a great deal. For one thing, as a champion of the Never Trump movement he gets credit for not being complicit while watching republicans and Trump completely trash the party of Reagan. He makes it very clear that he’s bothered by it. I appreciate the honesty here. There’s a lot to be said for that.

Same is true for quite a few notable establishment republicans like John Kasich, Colin Powell, Condoleezza Rice, the Bush family, George Will, Steve Schmidt, Ana Navarro, Al Cardenas, David Brooks, Michael Gerson, Erick Erickson, and Margaret Hoover. These are some lifelong, once proud republicans who are bold enough to speak out against the current state of lunacy, amplified to 11 on the knob by the cult-like followers at CPAC. Make no mistake about it, these CPAC people are nuts.

I find the courage of the Never Trumpers admirable and hope that someday we can get back to minor disagreements on policy. In the meantime, I consider Kristol and the others close allies. There’s a lot we agree on, most notably, that we’re overdue for a serious conversation about invoking the 25th amendment.