Dog, I'd invite you to Ohio, but we seem to be following the same path as California. We had primaries here, where we could have dumped Mike DeWine and replaced him with an actual conservative. Imagine our shock when 77% of Republican voters pulled the lever to support his re-election bid. That is a lot of Republicans committing random acts of blindness.
It is enough to shake your faith that people have any long-term memory capacity at all. Forgive my saying so, but it may take even more damage to the country before we collectively decide that "Free Stuff" isn't worth the price.
Republicans are just as blinded toward incumbency as are Democrats. They are afraid of "change" even within the party.