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aggi-
I'm guessing that's sarcasm - but isn't the Conservative Party's desire to corral the fringe concerns of Ukip what led to the disaster of Brexit? And conversely - couldn't we argue that centrist bet hedging by the opposition led to a lack of argument against it? It's that panic within the two main parties about accommodating the minority ideologies which leads to irrational outcomes?
My point is that there should be space for reasoned detachment from things like Q in the Republican Party - but they fear losing their base. If US politics was multi party the bigger parties wouldn't have to stay silent in opposition of lunatic minorities.
Wrongcog
I don't think that actually makes any difference. Only if his own party gains scary majority numbers (which of course it could). But I generally prefer political landscapes where the lunatic fringe have somewhere to congregate and don't create a tractor beam for generically selfish but otherwise not murderous voters. I don't know why - but I prefer my despot's influence to be less than 50% of a superpower.