Analysts suggest the party's elite has lost touch with electorate and needs to regroup.
Stung by his last-place finish in the New Hampshire GOP primary, Bauer became the sixth Republican to quit. He declined to endorse any remaining candidates. On this issue I will not be moved. On this issue, I will not go away. Bauer said Republicans should not continue supporting free trade with China until the communist nation stops building up its military and threatening Taiwan, which it considers a province.