The GOP is just the Democrat-lite party.
Sure, it has a few foreign policy conservatives that will trade off economic liberty for the sake of hardline foreign policy and defense spending. And it has a few libertarian conservatives. But most of them are just politicians of the worst sort. The GOP had its chance and blew it because its politicians are just as sleezy as Democrats. I was going to say they were just as unprincipled as the Democrats, but the Democrats are rock-solid by comparison when it comes to their support for abortion, government indoctrination in state schools, gay rights, and Italian-style economic fascism (aka socialism). The Republicans simply have no commitment to any particular principles except maybe self-enrichment and stupidity.
I agree. Politics is a religion to the Dems and a $ maker to the Repubs.