I would love for Trump to win—and then immediately start setting up a new party for his reelection. That IMO is the only way a real GOP alternative would be successfully launched.
He doesn’t have to do that. It would be way way too difficult from a legal, logistic & monetary viewpoint. All be needs to is pick new Chair, then start firing every consultant/advisor who sits there. Burn the files & contracts of every outside consultant they’ve used in the last 4 to 6 election cycles. A new broom sweeps clean! I think the grass roots part of the party is worth saving. Just co-op the machinery that’s already there.
The new RNC Chair should be someone of the Atwater frame of mind. Meaning he has no political ambition other then being the Chair and can be as sharp edged as necessary. What is needed is one who can think strategically and is loyal to the principles that got us there. People that come to mind that could fill that role are Gingrich, Palin, Buchanan & Horowitz. They all have mixes of abilities that could fill this role. There are probably others but no more of the professional political class!