You can't recapture something that you never had to begin with. I'm not sure that the GOP has ever truly been a conservative party. Fiscally, perhaps, although even that is pretty shaky. The reality is that we have two big government parties running (ruining?) the country. As soon as Bush I took office, whatever conservatism had crept into the party while Reagan was in office nearly disappeared and has only been seen in fits and starts when the party wants to sucker the base into voting for them. But the two-party system is clearly a charade at this point.
boner is an asshole!