Lockstep or lockout ?

Is it possible ? El Perrito may not be sufficiently conservative to placate the tea party contingent in the GOP ?  Every day, fresh evidence surfaces that before all is said and done, the tea people may be the force that ultimately cripples the Republican Party by eliminating its single greatest strength: the ability to march in lockstop like a regiment of German soldiers. The Democrats can never get organized, so significant disarray among conservatives might level the playing field.