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The Republicans are simply a mess. They were holding a disparate coalition together for a decade past it's prime by appealing to the long-ago patina-tinged Reagan nostalgia. It's over. They were gluing together the moralistic christian fundamentalist "Silent Majority" with Big Business, Small Business issues and Big Finance. They had people who loved the death penalty but hated abortion. They were trying to hold onto the growing anti-drug law Libertarians along with the "tough on crime" people. Trying to keep the increasingly redneck south appeased while trying to reach out to black and hispanic voters. Soccer moms and guys that want to own assault weapons? After a certain point the internal dissonance just grew to much. There is absolutely no way that party can survive in it's current shape.
The Reagan era is over. The so-called "Reagen democrats" (how they maintained that name for three decades when they consistently voted Republican to me is another riddle of how the mainstream media frames shit). They don't even have the glue of the Cold War to keep it together, and the terrorist "scare" doesn't generate enough consistent heat like the good old commies did - although they keep trying to call Obama a "communist". Good luck with that.
Their message now is nothing but confusion and negativity. I have no doubt they'll be back - I think counting out a reeling opponent is mistake numero uno in the political game, but when they find their way back from the woods they will be a much different party.