1. The @gop has so many challenges right now. First, they need to work things out among themselves. Presently they are quarreling and have fences to mend. E.g., https://www.nationalreview.com/news/cotton-rubio-condemn-republicans-who-opposed-electoral-certification-for-political-advantage/

2. Second, they need to figure out life post-Trump. They heavily tacked th GOP brand to him, & now his brand is tarnished & he'll soon be gone and not to return. So who are they? What image do they want to project? Are they the party of Brooks, Gosar, & Q? Or something better?

3. Third, they need to figure out: are they going to go from a party that reflexively lines up behind the president on issues to a party that reflexively opposes Biden. 'Make him a one-term...' as they tried with Obama? (One hopes not. That's short-term & a bad play.)

4. Or will they work up some ideas about how to govern? The GOP used to pride itself on being the party of ideas. Last year their platform was, 'Whatever Trump wants is good by us.' A toadying party is not an ideas party.

5. And the GOP needs to dig into the election data and find the opportunities. They also need to think about elections reform more broadly---railing against voting by mail and fraud is not an electoral strategy and bad for the brand and country.

6. I mean think about how many republicans live in California. And how few ever get elected to office because of the first-pass-the-pole system. It doesn't have to be that way. (See Alaska's new system. https://ballotpedia.org/Alaska_Ballot_Measure_2,_Top-Four_Ranked-Choice_Voting_and_Campaign_Finance_Laws_Initiative_(2020) )

7. And once they get their heads clear on all the above, they need to return to their donors, some of whom dropped them for denying the election results.

8. The GOP tried to reap benefits hitching its wagon to the non-Republican Trump. But the costs are significant & all too apparent in the form of lost donors, infighting, brand damage, and a loss of policy principles.

9. All of which is to say they have a lot of work to do. A whole lot.