Republicans have had a long-standing reputation for orderliness and conformity that seemed to make the GOP the more manageable political party, compared with the always fractious Democrats.
But those days are long gone, and Rep. Todd Akin’s defiant refusal to step aside as the party’s Senate nominee in Missouri, despite near-universal condemnation from the Republican brass, is only the latest example of just how much the party’s leadership infrastructure has atrophied — and the problems that presents for new GOP leaders, including Mitt Romney, the presidential nominee-in-waiting.
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