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1. As has been described elsewhere, this is the last battle of the Civil War. The last stand of Old white male dominance.

2. They let their marketing dept. (media) take over their party. Candidates have a simple checklist of litmus tests that must be completely followed and they have to say exactly the Right same words. Then new media jumped in and created even crazier words that aren't required yet but are passable with a portion of the party.

1. I can see this for sure.

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2. You are right. In the republican party you have to say certain code words to be an acceptable candidate. You have to pay lip service to the groups that run the show.

You can be a pu$$y grabbing filthy rich barbarian who hasn't paid taxes in 20 years and is a mole for Russia, just say the right words and the GOP is all good with you.

Now Trump will drag the whole party down as he fails.

Hillary could have very easily delivered a death blow to Trump last night
but having him around, ineffective but still holding on, will be so much
more rewarding up and down the ballot on election day.

I think she could have made some very telling retorts to his monstrous jibes.

She's far too nice.

I'm guessing that there are more funerals for white Republicans than diverse Democrats. Further, more Democrats are born everyday than Republicans. At a certain point gerrymandering can't help. The Republican brand has peaked. Better yet, the Koch Brothers and Grover Norquist have done nothing ensure that young Americans feel a part of the prosperity for some. Their time is done too!

Younger Americans accept diversity. They embrace it. We are all better off for it. The future is bright!

The hate filled old white party is marching to the graveyard in a steady stream now.

I can only hope their hate dies with them.

Currently controls both houses of Congress and the majority of state legislatures and governorships. To crow about their demise in a presidential election year before people have even voted is short-sighted. We are looking at serious challenges on 2018 and need to be ready.

The traditional GOP has been brow beaten into a corner since the days of Newt Gingrich.

Now they can't get rid of the Ts / Teas / tRumps any easy way.

They surrendered their party to extreme polarization and ignorance and bigotry. They can't get it back.

Their best option is to abandon the Ts en masse and form a new party. Not one of those existing joke and nutty Tea-like "Constitutional" or "Conservative" parties.

The best thing the Democrats can do with a broken GOP (aside from all the obvious things like SCOTUS) would be to put through a new hard-nosed Voting Rights Act, without sunset provisions.

The next thing would be to permanently put state districting in the hands of independent commissions, but that would mostly require winning state Legislatures. That is more likely with Republicans fractured up and down the line and it would be much easier to capture state Legislatures with a new national Voting Rights Act.