Running against Obamacare in 2016 isn’t going to be like being against it was last year, and Romney lost last year. Millions of Americans will have been on it for almost two years when they vote for the next President. The ones, like me, with pre-existing conditions aren’t going to like being told to fuck off and die, no matter what our original party affiliation is.

And that’s just one issue. If the Tea Party base stays attached to the GOP like the metastatic cancer they are, then candidates are going to have to answer questions about repealing DADT, an constitutional amendment to ban gay marriage, contraception and reproductive care. All issues that caused them to lose the Presidency last time around, issues where the long term national public opinion trend line is moving inexorably away from them.

They have negative outreach to black, gays, latinos, and women. I’m trying to come up with an adverb that properly conveys the exact degree to which they are fucked, and it’s.just.not.coming.to.me.