The Republican Party as we know it is already dead, it just doesn’t know it yet.
I wouldn't say that just yet, rather it's most defiantly in transition mode. Trumps very presence in the election has exposed those who are trying to get Hillary elected over that of supporting Trump as the GOP Candidate for Pres.....and this includes those who lay claim to being conservative but are not.
It's a form of cleaning house....the crude is rising to the top and will be skimmed off.