I don't believe it is impossible to find common ground, I do know it is hard work.
I wish Republicans and freepers were more willing to do the hard work ,than to tear each other apart and take such a hard line with each other.
One thing for sure this country was founded by idealists who were not afraid of hard work and who did find some common ground .
Over the past 20 years or so, they have represented themselves as the party of smaller government, lower taxes, less spending, tough on national defense, tough on immigratio policies, etc.
That is not what they actually are however. And therein lies the conundrum.