Another characteristic human beings share is a short attention span; no sooner do we realize the existence of a phenomenon than we turn our eyes to a new one. This is one of the reasons why nobody speaks about the crisis within the Republican Party; the euphoria caused by Trump's win has set a smoke screen around the cat fight that took place in the GOP up to a few days ago. Enemies shake hands and we all mock the democratic aging nomenclature paying little or no attention to the flagrant betrayal that a portion of the Republican establishment perpetrated against the base of the party. The word betrayal is by no means hyperbolic, instead it's an accurate account of what the Bush family, Romney, and even some Cuban American elected officials decided to do when it was obvious that Trump was the party's nominee.
Several friends with years of militancy in the party of Lincoln object that members are allowed to dissent. The perception in this case however was not a few rank and file members voting for the other candidate but that of a fracture at the highest level of the echelon by virtue of which several enlightened leaders thought they knew better; they were even prepared to allow the leaning of SCOTUS to the far left because that "crazy and unpredictable mogul" had had the temerity of eating little Jeb's lunch.
The faction that bet on the people's discontent won; but now what?. The party needs to shake off the deadwood and patiently prepare a philosophical body of goals and principles. Some may object that Republicans have never been so "academic" well, the world has changed dramatically and the other party almost got away with defacing America; activism is not a tool reserved only for the left. Bringing America back to its centered track will not only unite us as a nation but save both parties from the extremists that to a larger or lesser degree have hijacked the political scenario.
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