Disharmony
Neither group has expressed any interest in compromising their positions to form one Republican organization.
"The existence of a second club gives an outlet for people who would otherwise feel alienated from the HRC," says Kennedy.
One individual that has been smiling throughout the deluge of bad publicity facing the two clubs is Seth D. Hanlon '98, president of the HCD.
"I think all [HRC and HRRA] do is bicker," Hanlon says. "It helps us in the sense that it makes us look like adults."
Members of the HRC agree that the infighting is detrimental to the Republican cause.
"I think Seth [Hanlon] is totally enjoying this," says Truesdell.
Perhaps the split among Republicans at Harvard may symbolize the national Republican split between the far right and the conservative moderates.
Just as Republican infighting shows no signs of easing at the national level, so too do the tensions between Harvard's two groups of Republicans show no sign of dissipating in the near future.