In the Nathanael Hawthorne's novel Scarlett Letter set in June 1642 in the Puritan town of Boston, a crowd gathers to witness the punishment of Hester Prynne, a young woman found guilty of adultery. She is required to wear a scarlet "A" ("A" standing for adulteress) on her dress to shame her. The persistent victories of Donald Trump in the early primaries reveal a new mark of shame. Now any politician that has the letter (R) next to his name is marked as an adulterer, one who has broken the most sacred bond of trust with their family. Few pundits and even fewer politicians understand Trump's popularity is a result of adultery, a betrayal of trust, a broken relationship. The Republican party has over the last two decades treated its base like the people of Boston treated Hester Prynn e. Over and over again from the passage of the Medicare Prescription drug act to several attempts to pass comprehensive immigration reform the party leadership has i