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How do you figure that a gop presidency would even start that process? What we’ve seen since the late 80’s, and even before that, was the gop president (and congress, and legislatures, and governorships, and courts) rushing to implement an agenda that isn’t at all discernible from that implemented by the rats.

What makes us think this time would be any different?

I don't terribly much expect it. Trump is the only one who might do these things or even be able to do them. I don't really see the country turning around much at all no matter who wins. A Conservative president will cause the pressure for a Convention to evaporate unless the new Pres. makes it a big deal. If the agencies are not abolished they will still run the government against the president's wishes and there will be constant battles between the president and the bureaucracy which will sabotage him mightily. The agencies will still be working for the Democrats. Ending Civil Service would make it easier to deal with that but the Civil Service is absolutely Holy with most of the citizenry. That is why it will take a Napoleon to do what must be done to get the country back. Then, if we get such a one, chances are he will be, in fact, a Napoleon. With Cruz as his VP perhaps, and it is a tiny perhaps, a Trump might do the necessary things and be kept in the Republic path by his Constitutional scholar VP. Might. Perhaps. If. it is pretty thin but I don't see even a hint of a possibility of recovery of the Republic with any other electoral outcome.
Frankly I think it is all academic anyway as I can't see the current regime permitting a Republican electoral victory. The vote manipulation and downright falsification is going to be on a whole new plane this cycle. Needless to say I am not optimistic.