“And the question becomes what is your game plan when your are no longer the winner?”
What a stupid question.
I haven’t been winning for as long as I have been voting for the GOP.
I’ve been a losing on every issue all the time along with everyone else who votes for them.
Hence Trump.
So you choose the one whom the establishment prefers over the most conservative?
How is that different than Romney or McCain or Dole?
“Hence Trump.”
i.e. if you can’t beat the Democrats, you’ve decided to join them.