That's the whole point. The MSM template for stories such as this is that the Republican party will be/is torn asunder.
The R party has been playing for the middle as the Democrat party shrinks. As a strategy, this is more effective than acheiving organic growth by creating more conservatives - libertarian, evanglical or otherwise. That is the business of other social institutions. Only when the middle become less important because of greater dominance will the ideas of the base stand a chance of being implemented.
The SCOTUS needs to be reshaped - commerce power needs to be trimmed back, the penumbra needs to be surgically excised, etc., etc. You won't get judges appointed wit the will to do that until you have a solid 60 Senators. Once you restore reasonable constitutional limits on federal power, federal spending will of necesity decrease.
But hey - Rome wasn't built in a day.
Sorry--I missed your 'template' reference. Now I gotcha.
Republicans are divided over the issue of ______. The party is torn apart over ______, with one side advocating _____ and the other strongly believing ______. The ____ wing is more represented and highly activist, while the _______ wing is demoralized by recent actions in the Republican Congress and seems less likely to vote Republican in the future as a result.
It's like Mad Libs. Only it's short for "Mad Liberals."