@kritiper: barring an almost unprecedented groundswell of anti-Republikan sentiment, they’re probably going to hold the House this year. They may even take the Senate, given the electoral math this year. I don’t know what to say about 2016 yet, but I sorta suspect they at least have a shot depending who they pick.
I don’t like that, but that’s the way it is. I wouldn’t call them “dead.”
@jerv: a warning sign and the truth. But it still comes with no perspective, as people like Bob Dole or George H.W. Bush were probably considerably more capable of evaluating, er, erhm, reality. I used to say Rob Ford was Kanada’s Chris Christie. Now I realize Christie is New Jersey’s Rob Ford.
Seriously: the last high-profile Republican who a sane person could meaningfully call moderate with a straight face was probably Lincoln Chafee.