Let's keep it that way.
The biggest thing we have to be hopeful about, is that whoever does grab this wretched prize will probably have alienated a lot of Rats along the way. That's pretty much how the scenario worked in 1972, McGovern schemed his way to the nomination, and Nixon's convention looked like a love fest. Nixon was never as popular with voters as GWB is now, but folks went with the more calming image.