lose a battle and win a war. i wonder going forward the republican party has to figure out a way to actually address itself to the changing nature of the republic. and this is can i quote aerostautal? do it. the republic is only as good as the sum of its parts and if the party continues to be a white, rural male party, at some point there s going to be diminishing return on that because there are going to be fewer white, rural males and that doesn t mean that there s a kingdom of heaven progressive moment sitting throughout. it s very important to remember in presidential elections over the last hundred years or so we ve only had two occasions where one party has held the white house for longer than eight years. there s an eke wulibrium in