[SoConPubbie]

It's an excellent article, well worth reading it in its entirety.

It goes half the way.

What the Author conspicuously leaves out is all social issues, ALL OF THEM.

If the GOP want's to win the next election cycle, they'll focus on all three of the legs of conservatism that President Reagan so clearly communicated:

1. Fiscal
2. Social
3. Defense/Military

If they want to put the pieces back together of Real Americans, this will be their focus.

But there will have to be a strong commitment to all three.

They also need to focus on the family, something they have walked away from for some time now.

[Jim Noble]

But there will have to be a strong commitment to all three. They also need to focus on the family

I am very sympathetic to you socons. I will go so far as to say that the nation would be better off if you all were running it.

BUT

You really need to start delivering something other than catastrophes on Election Day to get what you want from the GOP.

YOU DO NOT HAVE A MAJORITY ANYWHERE. YOU CANNOT WIN ELECTIONS WITH 30% OF THE VOTES.

What the GOP "must do" is they must improve their winning percentage. Your demands, to the extent that they filter through to campaigns, do not improve the winning percentage. They make it worse.

As coalition partners, you can be effective. You cannot rule, and constantly pretending that, if only the GOP nominee for any office would run on your agenda that he would win, has been proven false over and over again.