We are privileged to watch the Republican Party
disintegrate before our eyes. Some in the party are working on a rules change for the convention that would allow disregarding the primary elections and to dump Drumpf. That would result in an open revolt by those who, for some unknown reason, support the man and would lead to the disintegration of the party as an organization. Disgruntled supporters would refuse to vote for the Republican nominee and the election would be ruined for Republicans.
However, should The Donald™ prevail and become the nominee, millions of moderate Republicans will either vote for Clinton or simply not show up at their polling places in November. Once again, the party would lose badly, to the extent that both houses of Congress would be likely to flip to Democratic majorities.
Another alternative might be the orange-haired booby taking his deflated football in his tiny hands and going home in a fit of pique. That would leave the Republican Party without a candidate and without a well-defined plan or adequate time to find a new one to replace him. I can't imagine that happening before the convention, but it could happen after the nomination was finalized. The result would be similar to the other two possibilities.
2016 is very likely to be a banner year for those who would like to see the GOP fizzle out and fall apart. I have crossed fingers and am burning a special candle in hopes of that happening. Regardless of what happens, Democrats need to turn out in record numbers in November and cast their votes for Democrats running for every office on the ballot. We have the potential to win it all and establish a Democratic Party majority across the nation this year. We can do it!
GOTV 2016!
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Let's not forget, though, that half this nation will still be conservative and that they have been trained to operate politically mainly as attack dogs. Conservative intellectuals bemoan the fact that traditional conservatism has been smothered and ideology for most conservatives has been reduced to a conviction that they must oppose Democrats, but that's what's happened.
If the party collapses this time, though, it may remain in eclipse long enough to produce a sustained period of responsible and competent liberal progressive government, one long enough that it could both return the nation to a healthy and prosperous track and provide a cultural break for conservatives from the destructive era that began with Reaganism.
In any case, during this period the demographic transition of course continue, with younger conservative voters of all racial groups replacing some of the Reagan-era "Southern strategy" whites. Eventually the conservative party will have to shift back from its extreme and destructive current form to a more rational and functional ideology.
