All kvetching aside, based on the demise of the Federalists and then the Whigs, I think the GOP is in its death throes. The nation has always had a major party Protean in its political positions (the democrats) and a major party that adhered to principles, first the Federalists, next The Whigs and then the Republicans. When the party that held to principles became like the democrat party, it died. If the GOP continues its complete abandonment of prinicple for purely for political advantage, it will wither away as the Federalists and Whigs did before it.
Well, it has certainly been locked in battle for several years.
Yet, despite the MSM’s opinions to the contrary, average Republicans remain socially conservative.
I admit I have been concerned about the battle, and thought I would have to sit out the first election of my life.
It is looking a little more hopeful now.