The last time I thought about this guy, I understood that he was a seriously conservative Republican.

Vin Weber served a dozen years in the U.S. House of Representatives. He worked closely with Speaker Newt Gingrich. He’s the real GOP deal.

His view of his party’s presidential nominee, Donald J. Trump?

Weber says his party has made a mistake of “historic proportions” by nominating Trump.

http://www.politico.com/story/2016/08/vin-weber-trump-mistake-226630

In the past, whenever I raise issue of former officeholders who have been critical of Trump, I get the “has been” rejoinder from my conservative friends. Who cares what Vin Weber thinks? some of them likely are going to say, just as they’ve said it about other Republicans.

Weber is a serious thinker. He is among the latest of several key Republicans who’ve bolted from Trump. According to Politico: “Weber joins a growing list of notable Republicans who have recently said they will not support Trump’s candidacy, including HP CEO Meg Whitman, Sally Bradshaw, a longtime aide to Jeb Bush, and Maria Comella, a former top aide to New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie.”

Despite all this, Trump keeps saying his campaign is in great shape.

Sigh …

We’ll see about that.