Well, to take some heat off Mitt, it's not much of a party anyways. It's performance standards are the Democrats. I mean, what the Republican party produces less or more government? More government.
The Republican Party delivers more taxes, rules and regulations or less? It does more.
The Republican Party as a brand insures and regulates it's party officials more or the same (meaning zero) as the Democrats? It does the same. Nothing.
Abortion. Family values. Patriotism? Same effort that the Democrats do for their boob bait voters in education, public housing. That is lip service for the memoryless.
Ronald Reagan was an aberration. The Party didn't like him, and will see that there isn't another one. Government is the biggest business, and that is the business of the Republican Party.
Well, we’re not dead, yet, but we need to do something about clearing out the dead wood and getting back to standing for something that isn’t “rodent-lite.” We forgot about the Contract with America. :-\