Around 20% of the electorate identifies themselves as Republicans - the lowest ever for the Republican party, and less than half of those compromise the teabaggers.

The real problem the Republicans are having is simple demographics - America is getting younger and less white. The Republican party is getting older and has never been anything but white.

If they can't remake the party by becoming more moderate, they do not have a future. This happened to the Whig party, it can happen to the Republicans.