We are clearly watching a schism in the GOP. However, all the air is being sucked out of the room by the dittoheads. Nobody is noticing the growing community of disenfranchised, but smart, principled GOPers, who are a formidable bunch if you start to assemble them.
Start with decorated military man, African-American SECDEF SOS Colin Powell. Throw in a generation or two of living Buckleys. Andrew Sullivan appeals to me, and I'm not gay. What about the big, charismatic fellow presently at the helm of Californistan? Any more dignified mouthpieces out there on the right than Peggy Noonan? More terrah-fightin' bravado than Tom Ridge? More cute-as-button-sex-lovin', tweetin' Meagan McCain?
I say keep an eye on these type of folks, as they might actually be the ones hijacking their party back to reality, and, god forbid, some electoral success.