the future of the republican party?

[Swing low, sweet chariot. Comin' for to carry me home.]

I only hope that folks like those four gain and drive the party back to its origin and its roots (which is not the religious right). 

Gee, I must have been dreaming when I read the 1860 Republican Platform which explicitly named slavery as "immoral".   And I must have been dreaming when I read the writings of the Confederates when they left the Union because a party calling the South "immoral" had won the election.

What a weird dream.  Thanks for setting me straight on that!

[Swing low, sweet chariot. Comin' for to carry me home.]

For one thing, there's a difference between being "moral" and the religious right. 

Yeah, right!  Next you're going to tell us that "moral" was not spoken of by the founders of the GOP in the context of Christian morality.