[speekinout]

I don't know how common my experience is, but I live in a very Liberal area. I've happily volunteered for GOP causes in the past, but there is a real shortage of GOP organizers. I mean the kind of people who have access to voter lists, know how to stage fund raisers, know how to recruit, etc.
The local RNC office is no help.
Asking more people to run won't help until there is a support structure in place. The Democrats use organizations like Unions, NAACP, AARP, etc. as a support structure. The GOP has no equivalent.
I really think that anyone who wants a GOP seat has to either find or make a support structure in their district/state.

[Congressman Billybob]

Your experience is similar to mine. The GOP is nearly useless institutionally. That's one of the reason why I've dedicated two years to building my own organization, from the ground up.

John / Billybob