But there are still those Republicans who are nostalgic for a more orderly GOP.”
which lost more than it won
the absurdity of giving something to the guy who lost last time is mind boggling.....of course their logic never included Reagan, who lost to Ford and they didn’t want him to win in 80 but gave in begrudgingly. But I guess the fact that he ran against an incumbent was what they didn’t like.
The only time the GOP ever has energy is when they do something cool and radical....like Reagan in 76, Newt in 1994, Buchanan in 88, hell, even Forbes was exciting in his own nerdy way. Kemp brought (briefly) a little energy to the ticket in 96 but that fizzled because of the guy at the top. Same with Palin.
And obviously Trump. And he’s changed everything, forever. Hopefully.