Nyvin
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The ideological split in the GOP played out in the Democrat party in 1972. Then, the Democrats nominated George McGovern, a radical Liberal and was saved only by the actions of the criminal Nixon. But the DNC remained split until Bill Clinton's Democrat Action Counsel in 1992. A generation of Democrats suffered from the split.
Do Republicans want to repeat history?
Parties change over time. I was just going to bring up the same thing you did. The D's were split in the 70s and the 90s. The Republicans were split in the 70s as well, with Reagan challenging Ford in the 76 election. The Republicans may be going through another realignment, but I don't see why that's automatically assumed by their opponents to be a bad thing. If anything, the Democrats should want the GOP establishment to stand solid on their failed ideas. If a newly renovated party emerges that is more appealing to the youth vote and Hispanic Americans that's not good for the Dems.
If the party is realigned to the right I see the Hispanic vote as pretty much gone. It's always the conservatives that are so anti-immigrant, just listen to a few things from Steve King.
I think the direction the party is currently taken is realigning to the right and changing it's focus away from the southwest part of the country to the midwest. Michigan and Pennsylvania don't have much of a Latino vote and they're generally more elderly with their populations too.
If the GOP does find it's success with moving to the right and winning the midwest, it'll probably cement them in that direction for the foreseeable future.