GOP Factions Continue Battle Over Party Future

GOP Factions Continue Battle Over Future
COLUMBIA, SC - JANUARY 11: Republican presidential candidate, former Utah Gov. Jon Huntsman speaks to supporters during a town hall meeting in the Moore School of Business at the University of South Carolina on January 11, 2012 in Columbia, South Carolina. Huntsman, who skipped the Iowa caucuses to campaign in New Hampshire, finished third behind former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney and U.S. Rep. Ron Paul (R-TX) in the first in the nation primary election. (Photo by Richard Ellis/Getty Images)
COLUMBIA, SC - JANUARY 11: Republican presidential candidate, former Utah Gov. Jon Huntsman speaks to supporters during a town hall meeting in the Moore School of Business at the University of South Carolina on January 11, 2012 in Columbia, South Carolina. Huntsman, who skipped the Iowa caucuses to campaign in New Hampshire, finished third behind former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney and U.S. Rep. Ron Paul (R-TX) in the first in the nation primary election. (Photo by Richard Ellis/Getty Images)

For Republican operatives who believe their party’s core has taken a self-destructive turn to the far right -- and that the GOP must recalibrate significantly in order to regain an electoral foothold -- the immediate future holds little cause for optimism.

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