Repubs impeaching Clinton, and then Senate Repubs failing to convict, stated to open my eyes to the existence of the Deep state and the GOPe.
Nominating McCain and Mittens to hand things to Obama helped seal it for me.
And at the end of it all, this is how we got Trump. I voted for him to prevent Hillary, but would now endure pain and hardship, swarms of bees, and crawl on broken glass in Tabasco sauce to vote for the guy.
The Dems are probably entering a similar cycle, which may result in the silent cadre of sane traditional Dems electing their own version of Trump.
Here's hoping they fail.
Spectacularly.