You have to figure that this board is somewhat of a microcosm of the larger electorate. Strictly looking at this from a strategic perspective, I have to wonder if instead of moving to the far right, the Republicans should have moved more to the center. How many posters here are former Republicans who will be hard pressed to ever vote for that party again? I guess the internal strategists to this into account but if it wasn't for gerrymandering and the Electoral College this party would have gone the way of the ivory-billed woodpecker over the past 10 years.