"Castrated poodles" (describing Republican Congressmen)...

"Castrated poodles" (describing Republican Congressmen)...  That's my phrase of the day, and unfortunately I'm not sure who to attribute it to.  It's clearly derived from this George Will essay, in which he calls Republican Congressmen Trump's poodles.  Someone then extended the thought to that all-too-apt phrase.  On Twitter, he estimable Claire Berlinski extended Will's thoughts questioning the worthiness of the elected Republicans into questioning the Constitution itself.  Both are meaty food for thought...