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Punch Drunk

02.25.16 | 2:28 pm

FILE - In this Oct. 29, 2014 file photo, former Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney speaks in Augusta, Ga. Outside of a grade-school classroom, there may be no one paying as much attention to matters of gra... FILE - In this Oct. 29, 2014 file photo, former Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney speaks in Augusta, Ga. Outside of a grade-school classroom, there may be no one paying as much attention to matters of grammar than those trying to predict who is going to run for president. Well, not by the standard set this past week by Mitt Romney. Asked by a New York Times reporter in January 2014 whether he would seek the Republican nomination for a third time, Romney seemed to offer a definitive answer. (AP Photo/David Goldman, File) MORE LESS

I’m not sure there’s any better example of how Donald Trump has disemboweled or perhaps lobotomized the GOP than having Mitt Romney be their lead on trying to taunt Trump into releasing his tax returns, warning that he knows about some deep dark secret Trump is hiding.

They don’t know what happened to them, who they are or what to do.

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