“Actually, this bill may ensure the eventual elimination of the GOP as a national party and make it, at most, a regional party although I cannot think of a region that it could thrive in.”
Whether this bill passes or not, the Republican party ALREADY HAS shrunk from being a national party, into being a regional party. The amnesty bill would accelerate this transformation, but the transformation is ongoing.
Consider: how much influence do the Republicans have in America today, in any state north or east of Pennsylvania?
How much influence do they have in the “mid-Atlantic” — New Jersey, Delaware, Maryland, D.C., and even in Virginia?
How much influence do the Pubbies have left on the West Coast? In the southwest, we’re even losing in Nevada, New Mexico, and Colorado.
The Republicans are already walkin’ the road to “regionalization”.
Amnesty will get them there sooner.
But the destination is certain and the journey has begun...
You are right. Why didn’t I realize this before. The R party HAS become regional although it did have a few leftist members in the hard left states. Even Mass recently un-elected the not-conservative Brown and jumped on the wagon of an utterly ridiculous candidate, Warren.
I have to wonder if the average Mass voter chooses candidates based on how much it will annoy and puzzle sane people around the country.