No, we don’t want GOP to stand for “Government of the Petty”. But we DO want the GOP to stand for SOMETHING. (See my tag line)
The GOP is positioning itself to be the bitter house maid for the Leona Helmsley Dem House Frau. You know the role - the maid makes everything work (after a fashion) while taking every beating and berating that should rightly have been the mistress’.
It’s a role the GOP seems comfortable with. I have no idea why - perhaps the GOP “leaders” need to be private citizens for a while, instead of sitting up there in their ivory towers next to their dem masters. “Loyal opposition” is just another word for house slave.
Conservatives will win when we provide sound alternatives expressed reasonably. As long as our brand is nasty, seering and petty then they will never have to discuss issues. They can point to those horrible, mean people who want to sneer rather then contribute. When the discussion is issues we win. Anything else, we are in for a long four, eiught, twelve, sixteen....who knows how many years.