It Looks Like Republicans will Have a 2 or 3 way Split in Next Year

Here is great reporting on the Great and Greater Divide in the Republican Party. It appears that there will be a 3 or 4 way race for president in the USA next year.

http://pr.thinkprogress.org/

RADICAL RIGHT
Conservatives DividedThis past weekend, Republicans descended on Washington, DC for the Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC), the annual three-day event mostly consisting of fiery right-wing rhetoric and presidential hopefuls jockeying for the party’s nomination. This year, however, the conference also showcased the deepening rifts within the conservative movement. Vice President Cheney — who was welcomed with cheers last year — was booed and heckled by audience members this year. Former Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld, was similarly greeted with boos and people yelling “Where’s Bin Laden,” “murdering scum,” and “draft dodger.” But several members of the Republican Party were notably absent. The “long-simmering tensions” within the Republican Party started spilli ng into the public view immediately after the 2010 elections and the dirty laundry was openly aired at CPAC. The intra party turmoil consists of several factions, but the main source of recent discord comes from the dogmatic and “uncompromisingly conservative” Tea Party wing of the party that has repeatedly challenged the GOP establishment. Besides distracting lawmakers from solving the serious economic issues the country faces, some Republicans are also worried that the views expressed by its own conservative base could “relegate the party to indefinite minority status.”