The Pyrrhic Victory: Tuesday Could End the GOP

Breitbart: The Conversation ^ | November 2, 2014 | Dan Riehl

[Bratch]

Some prominent Republicans seem to be feeling their oats, assuming what are sometimes infamously referred to as "RINOs" or Republicans in name only by the Conservative GOP base, eat oats, of course. Mitt Romney is merely channeling Jeb Bush here in an increasingly obvious last-minute GOP establishment gesture to reach out to Hispanics, perhaps especially in Colorado, as we move closer to election day.

On "Fox News Sunday, former Gov. Mitt Romney (R-MA) said a Republican-led Senate would pass new, stronger legislation on immigration reform.

To be clear, there's absolutely nothing wrong with the GOP welcoming more and more Hispanics into a Right-leaning fold. In fact, it needs to do that. Unfortunately, there are few if any across the GOP's traditional - and much broader - rank and file supporters who still believe they'll do it with anything other than something amounting to trying to be better Democrats, than the Democrats themselves.

Republican Mike McFadden tried that in his bid to oust Al Franken in Minnesota. He's currently down by a Real Clear Politics average of ten points. The Mitt Romney, Karl Rove and perhaps now Jeb Bush led GOP refuses to accept the reality that they never will, nor can they be better Democrats than actual Democrats. Furthermore, the growing lack of enthusiasm and numbers across what was once a vibrant GOP base as they continue to try may indeed signal bad years ahead for a national party increasingly out of touch with their own past supporters around the nation.

[cynwoody]

I’m not voting.

Then you don't matter.

[INVAR]

If the the GOP wins and passes amnesty there will be the same crowd here in 2016 trotting out the same worn out cliches on why we must support the GOP then. This election is more of a repudiation of the democrats and obama than any support for the GOP. All they have offered is we are not obama or the democrats.

The GOPE will take a win tomorrow as validation of their war on conservatives and watch for them double down on that front in their war on the base.

Needed to be repeated, for that is truly and exactly what will happen.