Do we live in normal times, times of bounded contestation and turmoil, of chaos and disarray that still operate within the paradigm of normal American politics? Or is that paradigm collapsing, from atrophy or from antipathy? For conservatives living in the post-fusion era, the once-latent cleavages within their ranks have been revealed, contributing to the intimation that everything is falling apart. Old friends have become new enemies. A younger generation revolts against the older. A national election is not far off. A new Republican Party is taking form. Some see poison in the emerging coalition; others see an antidote.
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