You're missing the point. Whether the Republican Party goes the way of the Whigs or not is irrelevant.
It's the fact that our government is being run by people who now are emboldened to run the country by Presidential Dictate completely outside of the rule of law or the constitution. And the system has been purposely compromised and all opposition neutralized that could possibly stop them from doing so. There is no "loyal opposition" because the leaders at the top of what would be that "loyal opposition" (The Republicans) have been co-opted into the power structure and are more concerned with keeping their own jobs and lining their nests than with upholding the constitution and/or the balance of powers between the three branches of government.
It's the fact that our government is being run by people who now are emboldened to run the country by Presidential Dictate completely outside of the rule of law or the constitution. And the system has been purposely compromised and all opposition neutralized that could possibly stop them from doing so. There is no "loyal opposition" because the leaders at the top of what would be that "loyal opposition" (The Republicans) have been co-opted into the power structure and are more concerned with keeping their own jobs and lining their nests than with upholding the constitution and/or the balance of powers between the three branches of government.