In December, after Donald Trump called for a temporary ban on Muslims entering the country, NRCC Chair Rep. Greg Walden declared "This is not what we're about as a party, this is not what we're about as a country, and we cannot yield to this." And what about the GOP House seats he's charged with protecting? "It puts, certainly, competitive seats in jeopardy. We'll have a much more difficult time," he said then. This week, Walden endorsed Trump: "While I may disagree with the rhetoric Mr. Trump uses and some policy positions, he is the better option than Hillary Clinton in the White House." Trump's hostile takeover of the GOP - and Republican leaders' submission - would seem to create an enormous, historic opportunity for House Democrats to expand the battlefield into light red districts by tying white-knuckled GOP incumbents to a historically unpopular nominee and every one of his outlandish, offensive statements. After all, Walden and others admitted as much four months ago. And yet, so far there is scant evidence the House battleground has meaningfully expanded. Remarkably, Democrats
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