Which is fine with me, as I think it will bring them to ruin. The flip side is, they will still win some elections and we will have to deal with the consequence of that. It would be better for everyone if their party wanted to govern with at least a limited degree of sanity.
It's amazing how quickly things can turn around though. After 2008 it seemed as though Republicans would be unelectable for a generation, and yet they regained the legislature and executive quickly. If anything this is a lesson that unopposed power leads to bad policies, corruption, and cronyisms. We should desire competetive elections and parties with sane policies.
We saw the Tea Party movement around 2009. The Republicans were smart to try and change their identity. Sadly they never delivered en-mass.
How's that Obamacare repeal coming?
That's the crux of the issue, isn't it? The party leadership has gone so far to the left that they are losing touch with the people who have voted for them in the past.