The Republican Party is NOT finished.
However, The Republican Party will be completely TAKEN OVER, top to bottom, by the TEA Party.
This scares the living crap out of the RINO elites, hence the endless, mindless attacks by Karl Rove and many others against Sarah Palin and other conservatives identified with the TEA Party.
Those jokers need to start worrying less about losing their party and more about losing their country!
I hope you are right. The GOP has got to change and soon. We only have so much time to get it right. I think McConnell and Boehnor are going to continue to resist the Tea Party influence but if we can get enough new folks voted in they will be ovewhelmed.