I was very sick twice since Dec and a bunch of other things... now busy up to eyeballs and above that.
I suppose the R party could be re-vivified if all the deadwood/moderates/self serving/professional class/elitits/closet dems etc were thrown out all at once and replaced with people with good character, morals, and who valued the actual intent of the Constitution.
Something has to happen, and it will, one way or another. I think it won’t be easy or pretty, though.
Even if you did, the media would still sing “The Party of Bush the evil tyrant?!!!
You would fare better changing the name and keeping the people than changing the people and keeping the name. Same end result, less wasted effort.