My response to "The Man the Founders Feared"

"That Mr. Trump’s rise has occurred in the Republican Party is painful for those of us who are Republicans." I enjoyed Mr. Wehner's article, finding it well-informed and well-argued. But his pain should have started when it became clear that the GOP had devoted itself to unanimity in its faction and obstruction of any others. Factionalism, not a single man, was what the founder most involved in the construction of the Constitution - James Madison - most feared. See Federalist No. 10 for Madison's original comments on the matter. 

Furthermore, I hope Mr. Wehner is not trying to let the GOP off the hook in regards to Trump's rise. Since LBJ's Great Society / support of the Civil Rights Movement, dog whistles have helped the GOP convince voters to vote against their economic interests and drive their turnout. Trump's view are not original: they are just the bluntest expressions of what had previously been insinuations.