because it is a guy from their party, and he throws bones at them here and there, and keeps them happy. the republicans have a real problem on their hand, because if they get into a fight with trump over this, they have a short term primary problem. if they don t get into a fight with trump with this over this and stand up for american principles and the constitution and the rule of law, they ve got a long-term problem, like we just saw in pennsylvania today. they learned nothing from a 20-point turnaround in a state republicans should have been able to nominate a bag of mulch and that bag of mulch should have been able to win in that district. this new nbc news/ wall street journal poll looked at the most popular and unpopular political figures and institutions and just like a look, look where the fbi and robert mueller stand compared to figures like paul ryan, the president, both major parties,