Does that mean they’re leaving?

Michael Gerson quoted by KOS thus.

The 2012 election was a substantial victory not only for President Obama but also for liberalism. Obama built his campaign on abortion rights and higher taxes for the wealthy. He was rewarded by an electorate that was younger, more pro-choice and more racially diverse than in 2008. The Obama coalition is not a fluke; it is a force.

Some conservatives have reacted in the tradition of Cicero: “Oh, the times! Oh, the customs!”Rush Limbaugh concluded, “We’ve lost the country,” which he described as a “country of children.” “There is no hope,” Ann Coulter said. And Bill O’Reilly: “It’s not a traditional America anymore.”

So will they now leave the field?

Leave the Republican Party to make its own way, without the conservatives?

Hopefully then they will edge to the left, and the Democrats will do likewise to remain competitive.

Yippee!

(Just kidding.)