But I suspect that the GOP will not do that. They will push a Big Government fan who promises to be wonky and efficient. I will not vote for that person.
The GOP will not change until the base refuses to go along with whoever is "better than the alternative". If the GOP presidential candidate in 2016 were to get half the votes that Romney got, perhaps it would wake the party up. If I had to guess, I would predict that I will not vote in 2016 -- first time since 1978. I will no longer vote for a Liberal, and that's probably what the GOP will ask me to do. No sale.
Yes, I hear the phrases “efficient government” or “effective government” and I cringe.
The left inherently believes that freedom, liberty, and prosperity come from government.
The right believes that government is inherently anti-thetical to these goals.
One is right and the other wrong. There is no “little bit right” in this at all.