This was it for the Republican party as we know it. There will be serious in-fighting for the 2014 midterms as they struggle with which way to go next (and that will likely extend to 2016). They can no longer depend on their traditional voter base to get it done.
Their dilemma moving forward is that they've painted themselves into a corner with their policies over the past 10-15 years. They are losing their voters as the older generation passes on (Romney got fewer votes than McCain did, who got fewer votes than Bush) and younger generations are too disgusted by Republicans to become one. It could take them a decade to fix their image problems.
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