by the Drive By of Trump that his chances of reelection are slim to none.

in a no win box. The Court rulings will be dropping at the most disadvantageous times during the Orange Anus reelection Campaign Propaganda tour. And if it does end up with Mothers Boy,well,he too would be drive by collateral damage.

possibly try a 2 for 1, p & vp bonus package.

There's no time for that. Since Pence is eminently beatable in a presidential election, why would they bother?

[has been conjectured here and in other places before], to enable the 'next in line' to avert disaster.

Trump will throw you under the bus eventually anyway. Might as well desert him now instead of later. Save what little dignity you have left.

Lindsey Graham, and others. I suspect all of the risk for that would go away if they give Trump the boot. Otherwise, the dirt might well be uncovered. And there is dirt, no doubt at all.

So, Mitch and Lindsey, you might want to give a thought at protecting yourselves. The facts are out there somewhere. Someone will dig them out eventually.

Maybe they think they are so far in, there is no turning back, but you can always take some steps to minimize the eventual damage.

Whatever happens though, I think Graham's and McConnell's political careers are finished.

...if they want to save their Party. Their continued defense of Donald Trump does not hurt the Democrats.

Pence would weaken the party even further, which would be a great thing. The Tea Party Right would be so angry that Trump was gone that they'd pay no attention to Pence's crushing Dominionism. Pence is a nebbish. He has no personality. He has zero gravitas. He has no power to get the masses behind him.

That's why dumping Trump by the Republican Senate would be such a great thing to happen. The entire conservative movement would collapse in on itself, and internal infighting would distract from the Democrats taking over, maybe once and for all.

However, some Republican Senators would survive to serve another term. Enough that we should be able to convince them to get rid of Trump to save their own asses. Should. It probably won't happen, but it should.

Are they going to be much worse off if they keep Trump or cut their losses and regroup?

I hope they hear from their constituents, as well, while they're home. I also hope that some other bad news for Trump comes out between now and the time they go back into session.