If Romney loses, the Republican party will either dissolve into several parties, or will be taken over.
I’m not sure a hostile takeover is the best choice. It may be better just to let it break up and let the resulting parties contend for primacy.
The American system (presuming it continues under Obama 2.0, by no means a sure thing) essentially forces two parties through coalition-building, the Democrats have successfully re-invented themselves although it took 40 years (1968-2008) and are now what is in effect a new party, any Republican elements that do not turn to Obamunism will have to do the same thing after a loss this year.
I hope the author is right but there are one hell of a lot of illegal voters waiting to cast doubt on that one, not to mention Mickey Mouse, Donald Duck and those icons.