[FreedomFerret]

I honestly do NOT see the GOP getting better anytime soon. It is fundimentally fractured between conservatives and moderates and no one will give any ground.

I would lay money down on a permanent fracture occuring. The culture war has spread to within the GOP itself.

[Kansas58]

Actually, it used to be MUCH worse.
There was a time when the majority of Republicans in the legislature, in Kansas, were prochoicers.
NO longer!
Most of the GOP in the Kansas Legislature are ProLIFE!

There are more hard core conservatives in Congress now, as a percentage of total Republicans, than ever before.

The Republican Party IS becoming more conservative.

At the same time, the grass roots are becoming less patient.