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[quote=Anonymous]It's the schism.  The party thought that a unified coalition of low tax business types, evangelical whites, and neocons could stick together forever.  Reagan brought them together, but he also brought a lot of independents.

Later Gingrich and his ilk decided they could take Congress by appealing to this base exclusively.  It was a winning strategy for  while, at least at the Congressional level.  But over the years it took more and more to wring out wins at the national level, due to changing demographics and growth in the number of independents.

They knew this strategy was in its early phases of collapse back in 2008.  Karl Rove, quite familiar with the strategy, warned the party that it was ultimately doomed by demographic factors unless it broadened its appeal.  They have failed to do so, instead going to greater and greater extremes to maximize the turnout within the coalition.  it culminated in a President trying to hold onto power despite losing by 7 million votes.

So here we are.  They rode out a strategy based on an appeal to a right wing coalition that no longer has the numbers.  They can't win with it, and they can't win without it.  The result in this case is usually schism, and a long rebuilding period.

What we see now is the end of the process that began [/quote]

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