Why Haven’t Conservative Thinkers Denounced Trump?

This headline was in the New Yorker today (December 7th). I think I have a much shorter answer than it provided. They are hoping that when he finds out how much more complicated the job is than he imagined, he will turn to them for help and their power, like a magic spell wearing off, will be miraculously restored. That would certainly give us the devil we know. But equally, Trump's ego may get in the way; then we have the devil we don't.