Sure there are. Pence is one, but he is in the House right now. Most say House members do not get elected. He is only one, there are others, the GOP just needs to put them forward, and not moderates.
What about Owens? I don't know a lot about him, but perhaps others do?
"The only problem is there are no more Ronald Reagans waiting in the wings to spearhead a conservative takeover of the country club."
I believe you are right...From a certain point of view...
But more important...Why would anyone at this particular point in time want to take over the country club???
Some of us have not been able to play the game...So for the longest time some of us felt like we were better suited to "pulling weeds" and "mowing the grass" to keep it nice...
Now its our turn to play...It'll be ugly at first...And the Pro's are in charge now...We'll probably have to pull double duty, and maintain the course and play at the same time...But that's character building...
We will probably lose more ground during this time, and it'll be hard to keep the course nice enough for the Pro's...But they'll have to deal with that..."Let them go their way."
I think in the end, in a few years, we may win a few tournaments, have a few new champions rise amoung us, and send a few of those "Pro's" to the seniors tour...