It takes more than that. Since the elites are entrenched, they can and do destroy every conservative to come forward (Rove is good at that), so only 'moderates' survive.
As long as the entrenched top guys have their dirty tricks machine, and media complicity, the GOP won't change.
They are dead to me.
/johnny
The “elites” are entrenched because people let them be entrenched. You can work to get the best folks in, or you can be like Private Pyle on the obstacle course and quit.