I am not arguing that, but the question is, are those that are willing to burn it all down the majority or the minority, and the reality is, by definition they are the minority... They may represent the majority opinion of those in control, but they are the minority of the party over all.... So, will the party as a whole allow this minority to burn it down?
I suspect enough will not let this happen once the passions have calmed.
We shall see.. remember, its not the donors who are going to do the voting, its the delegates, and while no doubt some of them will be willing to burn it down, will enough of them? I don’t think so.... Time will tell.
The alternative if the Republicans burn it down, is that they literally become irrellevant as a national party, and a new party pops up and that’s an even bigger threat to the Uniparty.. because if the Republicans go the way of the Whigs, the new party will take time to become corrupted by the existing players.
We shall see.... personally I just don’t think when all is said and done, they’ll burn in to the ground.
For one, they think in terms of multi-generations. So, in that regard, Fitzgerald was right when he said they are different from you & me. As certainly does the sun come up in the east, a yet-to-be-born Bush has a slot @ Harvard and/or Yale.
Second, their life-blood is government contacts, favors & influence. Their entire portfolio is dependent on continuation of existing foreign & domestic policy. That is, continual war, illegal immigration, taxation/regulation and the reduction of the middle-class to vassals & serfs.
OK, once we have these basic parameters established, then we can take a look at secondary considerations in terms of actual mechanics. Political parties are one such device to further & advance their personal agendas of power, wealth & control.
To that extent, the GOP is simply a tool, one that can be discarded if it no longer proves useful to achieve those ends. There is nothing whatsoever to prevent any of these groups switching parties and become democrats if it helps meet their objectives.
Actual political philosophy is left for "losers"; people who believe they have some kind of representation or say in the governance of the country.