Considering the carnage being inflicted upon the country by the Trump administration over the past four weeks you would think that the GOP would be the most unpopular political party in the country. After all, the polls show that the public is very unhappy with Donald Trump’s policies while the Republican elected officials appear to be in a state of suspended animation unable to exercise their own prerogatives as an equal branch of government even as the president and his henchmen usurp their power while basically laughing in their faces. Sadly, despite the fact that the GOP is extremely unpopular, the prize for most loathed political party at the moment belongs to the Democrats. The numbers are very bad. According to the Quinnipiac poll, 57% of registered voters have an unfavorable opinion of the Democratic Party. It’s the highest that’s been since they started asking the question back in 2008. By contrast only 45% of voters are unhappy with the GOP. The Democrats are at a lukewarm 31% favorability rating. You might wonder why people would be so negative about the party that has no institutional power and has virtually no ability to stop the Trump/Musk trainwreck. But it’s not actually unusual for Democrats to turn on their own party when they lose. Unlike the Republicans who simply double down, get more extreme and gather their energies for the fight, Democrats get introspective, indulge in soul searching and self-flagellation and often end up over-compensating for their losses by making abrupt changes in…