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LightningStrikes posted...

The good news is, demographics mean that eventually the Republican party will have to change or be destroyed. They will eventually need to try and appeal to all the groups they have alienated. The bad news is this is probably a decade from happening at least. And who knows what that change will look like, though if I wanted to get my crystal ball out Id probably say full libertarian.

I would be skeptical of this. "Demographics are destiny" spelling the end of the GOP as it is currently constructed has been a talking point/thought in political discourse since at least 2008 with the Obama coalition.

Hell, following Obama shocking them by winning re-election in 2012 the GOP establishment itself reached this same conclusion and put out in their post-mortem that they had to make inroads with the Hispanic community or they would be relegated to basically a regional party. And then Trump took over the party by opening with "they're rapists." And they won.

In some senses this feels a bit like a Lucy holding the football thing - it keeps appearing that Dems are on the verge of a demographic breakthrough that causes them to be nigh-unbeatable nationally unless the GOP changes course and yet...

Though talking about this is a bit funny because I had the weirdest thought running through my head while trying to sleep about two nights ago about how I might want to write a piece on how the GOP went right off the cliff following the election of Obama and the collapse of the establishment into full surrender to MAGA. Obviously not an original thought by any means, but kind of exploring it a bit blow-by-blow - including Herman Cain basically being a "proto-Trump" in 2012 in many regards. idk maybe if I find myself with the time one of these days.