The Republican party has collided with some huge wall on the right and is in a state of compression and will soon come racing back to the left.
No, they won't. That's not how the party of privilege works.
The last the time the 'Republicans' went through this unpopularity, they rode it all the way to ending the party (the Whigs, replaced by the 'new' Republican party).
King George III lost the colonies rather than make a few modest compromises. The French and the Czar lost their lives rather than soften conditions.
The Republican party has really only gone one direction since it was founded - with a few compromises during the 'liberal era' from FDR to Carter. And far right since then.
In 1980, the Republicans learned they could be up a 'radical right-wing' candidate who had been trounced 4 years before - and win big. The lesson - go to the right more.
That's why in this primary, when one might think the candidate best to beat Obama would be more moderate, the party has gone more and more to the right.
Why Romney has embraced the further right position on basically every issue, however much it shows him a liar and hypocrite, it's what's needed to win that party.
They weren't ashamed for losing by picking the 'radical right' guy in 1964 with Goldwater - they just learned how to campaign more effectly and make money more important.
They aren't 'going left' to get elected, they're suppressing Democratic voters. They're giving wealthy donors an even larger say.
Of course Romney will now etch a sketch to the left, but that's not 'the party' doing so.
As they say, Reagan couldn't get elected today by them; having shifted wealth to the top to historic highs, the policy they all pushed it to move more to the top.
That's their policy, their agenda, their base. All the rest is marketing, including compromise.
I was hoping this Primary would go to October.
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