@Remittancegirl @cstross @trurl @logomancer @jzillw
He will retain the loyalty of the worst of them, who my biases suggest will be still numerous and also be very heavily armed, which unfortunately matters a lot for his power—a fair number of potentially alterable Republican legislators at all levels might be able to handle the threat of primary opposition xor the threat of violence against them and their families, but not of both.
My biases might be wrong.