The GOP will go the way of the Whigs. It cannot survive without the conservatives and the libertarians.
But the conservatives and libertarians MUST vote for the Republican, no matter how repulsive he may be. Anything else is supporting the democrats; "Harry Reid thanks you for your support".
We hear this pathetic refrain every election year, urging us to vote for whatever scrofulous toad the Republican Party has anointed that particular year.
It's doing fine so far because the conservatives and the libertarians will vote for the GOPe candidate regardless.