No, the Republicans are failing because the Republican "leadership" is a copycat of the Democrats.
Unfortunately, on the social issues that count, the Libertarians are a copycat of the Democrats, which is why the Libertarians have gotten about zero traction in the last thirty years.
Libertarians are the future of this great country because baby boomers are about to retire and govt spending must be brought under control. Republicans are now big spenders and they have lost my vote.
The recent reality is that 70% of Americans no longer support the far right (busybody & hawk) wings of the Republican party as reflected by the 30% popularity of the President. Since I believe in a strong defense I am not part of that 30%. But Congressional Republicans are running from him just look at the recent elections and the anti-war bill just passed.
In many ways this is 1970s revisited.
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