A Hillary Clinton nomination may force the Right to reunite

If Republicans want to stand any chance at winning the White House in 2016, or ever again, they need to reunite. To outsiders, the modern image of the Republican Party is not one of conservative ideals or pragmatic policies, but of chaos and infighting.

As a college Republican who attends a mostly liberal school, I am constantly asked to represent the “other” point of view in class, and frankly, the biggest problem I see with the Republican Party is that there is no longer one clear, concise message or set of ideas to rally behind.

There are three main strains of thought dominating the Republican movement: Classical Conservatism, Libertarian Conservatism and Populist Conservatism. Over time, proponents of each ideology have only become stauncher in their beliefs, and it has caused (quite public) internal power struggles between groups like the Tea Party and the establishment.

As Republicans it is easy for us to be angry with the media for purporting this image of a divided party, however, it is necessary for us to also step back and realize that we have no one to blame but ourselves — even if that is difficult to do.

This presidential primary has been called everything from “unusual” to “gruesome” to “embarrassing” by outsiders looking in, and, frankly, I wouldn’t completely disagree with these notions.