That's an excellent rundown of the Repub Set ...... but Young Bush is out there......some people love that dynastic nostalgia
They do, but the issue was is that 2000 was 14 years ago. Bush would be too liberal for the core base, because alot of them want a revolutionary to destroy government, the Bushes are like what grandma and grandpa fawn over because they are discrete and act presidential.
If Jeb ran against Obama in 2008, there could have been a serious race if Bush lost to Kerry. Due to Bush winning a second term, his incompetence grew with Katrina & 2 Long Wars and it spiraled out of control. That hurt the party badly enough that Obama was seen as a revolutionary in comparison to Bush. When the Tea Party saw how Obama easily won against McCain, they used his race and inexperience as fire. Only though that fire began to splinter the GOP core because the normal ones said,

"Knock that shyt off." but the Tea Party was dead set to put their own revolutionary figure.
The ironic thing is, alot of people would be Republicans if the party strictly adopted social liberal values; treating people, of all race, gender and sexual orientation with respect and rights.
Just because the core of conservatism is to be the force that stops change, when it's needed also it gets rid of regulations that are unnecessary. Like for example, all this paperwork for Veterens to wait months for care, a honest republican value would be to get rid of the paperwork because they should be getting the care as soon as possible.
Sadly though, right now Republicans are bigots who only care about stuffing rich people with more cash and in turn having their pockets stuffed.

Not saying too that Democrats are perfect, but at least they are somewhat in touch, they have to stop acting like a fukking puss.