Unless you have been living under a rock for the past month, you know that the Republican Party is a mess right now. The corporate media have been covering its problems almost without end. The House Republican Conference removed Liz Cheney as its chairwoman, and even though nine out of 10 commentators have not the foggiest clue what the conference chair actually does, they are eager to explain why this is terrible for the GOP. Additionally, the party has trouble with members such as Marjorie Taylor Greene, whose antics and extreme views are a constant source of embarrassment for the House conference, not to mention clickbait for mainstream websites desperate to retain readers in the post-Trump political environment. The GOP’s problems are real. Of this, there is no doubt. Like most parties recently consigned to the minority, it is disorganized — uncertain about its future and prone to disagree internally about the best path forward. Worse than most past parties, it is also saddled with Donald Trump (or perhaps better put, the party saddled itself with Trump by nominating him twice for the presidency), a uniquely difficult burden. There has never been a one-term president who maintains the enthusiastic support of the party loyalists while simultaneously alienating the swing voters in the center of the country. And indeed, one can scarcely imagine a “leader” like Trump, who is so intent on pursuing petty grievances rather...