Commentary: Can Republicans bridge party's divide?  By DAN K.
THOMASSON Scripps Howard News Service Published:   It is not
difficult to foresee a time when the ultras break entirely from
the moderates and bring about an upheaval, forming a permanent
minority that stays true to its ideology but can't further it.
That already has started. Anyone with the least bit of interest
in politics knows that bad candidates may find enough support to
defeat good ones in primary elections but certainly not to win
the election that counts.  That happened in the last two
elections. Unless the Republican mainstreamers can somehow pitch
the Tea Party movement overboard, it's likely to recur two years
from now. Republican candidates had a chance of gaining
dramatically in the Senate last time out but nominated
candidates whose wild, embarrassing ideas cost them the
election.    In a conversation with several "true believers"
just before the presidential election, I was amazed that they
actually believed Mitt Romney would win. T