The Horror

Two months ago, in an editorial whose headline expressed both a hope and an imperative—”Neither Trump Nor Hillary”—we concluded, “Can the Republican party be saved from Donald Trump and the country from Hillary Clinton? The possibility of defeat is obvious and of failure is close.”

The possibility of defeat remains obvious. The possibility of failure is closer today. Though a substantial majority of Republican primary voters have resisted the allure of Trump, and though he’s falling short of winning a majority of the delegates selected so far, he’s ahead of everyone else in the race for the Republican nomination.