http://thedailybanter.com/2015/10/the-gop-as-we-know-it-is-dead-as-a-national-party/
"Such disconnect is one reason the Republican nominee has won the popular vote just once in the last six elections. And though it’s certainly possible a Republican who more or less espouses the current party platform could win one or two more presidential elections, that will be the upper limit under the current GOP worldview. Republicans will still be able to thrive at the state level in the legislatures and governors’ mansions, as well as federally in the House. But as long as the GOP refuses to acknowledge the changed — not changing, but changed — cultural landscape, it will soon cease to be a truly national political force both in the executive branch and in the Senate, where elections in states with growing Latino populations are becoming too close for a GOP used to ignoring or even demonizing Hispanics.
Eventually, establishment Republicans will get the message if they have not already. Their current model for attempting to win national elections is an abject failure that will only become more ridiculous with time barring a seismic shift in thinking. Until that happens, the Republican Party will become increasingly irrelevant in presidential politics."
