Washington insiders lost much more than they gained in MS.”
They do not realize that yet. I do not know how they could be so arrogant, ignorant and blind to their base. Conservatives are not a plantation voting bloc that they can manipulate at will.
We have allowed them to take us for granted for far too long.
However, it does explain why so many GOP-e Republicans want to extend amnesty to illegal aliens, doesn't it?
They'd prefer "a better class of electorate". I.e., less attentive, more malleable.
Back at the beginning of JFK’s presidency Kennedy would pay lip service to “civil rights” but would not push a bill because he was beholden to the segregationist Democrats.
It took protests like those led by Martin Luther King in Birmingham in the spring of 1963 to change JFK’s mind and to change the Democrat Party from being a segregationist party.
If the Republican Party is to be changed, it would take something more than electoral activity at this point.
The other option is the third party movement something to consider as well.