The other big problem I see for the party is that it is leaderless.
George W. Bush left as his legacy two wars, one of which at least should not have been started, and a disastrous economy much of his own doing. They want him to get lost.
Their 2012 presidential candidate lost decisively, and they didn't like him anyway. So Romney has no future as a party leader.
There are several potential strong candidates for 2o16: Jeb Bush, Chris Christie, Mitch Daniels, Marco Rubio. They cancel each other out for the party leadership position through competition with each other.
John Boehner, possibly? But he has his hands full just trying to hold his House caucus together.
So: lack of leader, ideological in-fighting, and a losing demographic base. They have very big problems to overcome to be a viable political party. The only thing they have going for them now is strong control in many state governments.
Ralph
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