The term 'serious actor' is kind of an oxymoron, isn't it? Like 'Republican party' or 'airplane food.'

The Republican Party is not inclusive.

The Republican Party is too fixated on this fiction of electability.

They're anti-government ideologues who dominate the Republican Party.

The overall problem the Republican Party has is it is increasingly looking like Tammany Hall. An odor of sleaziness is enveloping the Republicans and seeping into the administration.

The overall problem the Republican Party has is it is increasingly looking like Tammany Hall, ... An odor of sleaziness is enveloping the Republicans and seeping into the administration.