The triple Presidential losses of Dole, McCain and Romney has curiously served to strengthen the GOP-E Leaderships resolve to isolate themselves
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After this trifecta of failure you would think that the GOP might have done some soul searching and would embrace the force behind the only success that the party has had of late (i.e., the Tea Party victory in 2010 which gave them the House). But the Stupid Party marches on....
An establishment Republican would rather be a leader in a minority caucus than a backbencher in a majority.