The 'pragmatic' and liberal GOP wing has won it's last election because they have alienated the base. That's the new reality.
/johnny
One thing threads such as this do is smoke out moles, judas goats, termites and other plants. They out themselves each time. they just can't stay away from them. Like a moth to a flame ...they are drawn.
No, the new reality is that all you Kamikaze Conservatives that refused to vote for Romney because he wasn't conservative enough, or was Mormon, or whatever, effectively enabled Obama to win.
McCain won more votes than Romney.
Either one of those men would have at least slowed our national suicide. You guys are accelerating the debacle and seem so smug about it.