<prompt> Translate the following text to EnglishHata hivyo, si vigumu sana kuwazia chama cha Republican kikifuata muundo uliowekwa na wanademokrasia baada ya 1972: kujiunganisha kwa muda mfupi ili kumweka mgombea wa kati kushinda miaka minne baadaye - na kisha kukataza uwezo wake wa kutawala kama vile wanademokrasia katika Bunge walivyofanya Jimmy Carter - hivyo kutokeza enzi ya utawala wa upinzani kwa miongo miwili ijayo.  <response>: Its not so hard, however, to imagine the GOP following the pattern set by the Democrats after 1972: pulling themselves together momentarily to field a winning centrist candidate four years later--and then thwarting his ability to govern as the Democrats in Congress did Jimmy Carters--thereby producing an era of domination by the opposition for the next two decades. 