Since three readers have asked me this afternoon what I think about the Republican National Convention going on right now in Tampa… and about the crazy rules changes that the Romney camp seems to be hellbent on implementing… maybe that means I’m supposed to post something.

So here it is:

It wouldn’t surprise me at all if the Republican party were to split apart after this election, and maybe even before then.

If so, I can’t see how that would be anything but a good thing.

I’ve seen this coming for a long time. So have a lot of other observers. Those among the Republicans who genuinely desire less government, slashed taxes and cut spending believe – with no small amount of evidence supporting their claim – that they have been incrementally squeezed out of having influence within their own party. The “old boys network” of party elites can’t ...