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Unfortunately, this is true. However, that is why such groups as the Tea Party arose in the first place, with emphasis being more to a return on the core of what conservatism really is: limited federal government, with majority of "power" being held by the states themselves. There are individuals, be they in small number, within the Republican Party that hold onto this, but they get drowned out by the majority.

If we really started seeing secession again, it would end up in one of two ways: 1) another Civil War, 2) United States under Articles of Confederation.