"I'd bet money the colors are now here to stay.."
I venture you are correct. But that's OK, I've always liked red best. Too bad about not being able to use this new rose, well, we'll let the Tories have it for now. I actually prefer yellow roses above all others.
I actually object to the set color scheme. There is a very good reason why the D's don't want red, and their media handmaidens won't give it to them. The color red has powerful association with communism...and its failure. That is meaningless if applied to R's, but a powerful negative when applied to the communists' socialist kissing cousins in our D party.