 the gop in 2016 what will its identity be  several political pundits say the tea party influence on the gop is dead or dying some say that to be competitive the gop needs to move to the middle and the conservative evangelicals aren rsquo t willing to abandon their stand on moral issues the 2016 election is still 3 years off but the potential candidate spectrum is still very fluid the final choice will depend on what the congress and the president end up doing to destroy ldquo the peoples republic rdquo in the next three years if past history is any indicator the gop will continue its destructive path and pick another non conservative moderate or center left candidate who the true conservative base will never vote for ultimately until the republican party finds its identity and goes back to its roots they will continue to lose elections to the party that is at break neck speed moving us to our socialist future to read an analysis on the issues and the candidates read the following article at  https wwwnationalreviewcom nrd articles 353785 presidentialhopesandhopefuls 19  