Well, it's another week that we must bring you yet another sobering meditation on the state of the Grand Old Party. Today, the Wall Street Journal's Dan Henninger stops by to discuss his recent column Obama's Greatest Triumph (it's paywalled, but the gist is that The president's "is now close to destroying his political enemies—the Republican Party, the American conservative movement and the public-policy legacy of Ronald Reagan."). Then, the Mad Dog himself, Kevin Williamson joins to discuss chaos in the family, and chaos in the state, his Twitter battles, and of course, The Donald and the corrosive effect he is having on the party and politics in general. But it's not all bad news - Could Tom Cotton be the solution to a contested convention? We sure hope so...

Music from this week’s episode:

The Party's Over by Nat King Cole

The opening sequence for the Ricochet Podcast was composed and produced by James Lileks.

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