Perhaps. It's pretty clear that the upcoming generations are far more libertine on social issues. Gay marriage is not the winning issue it once was, DADT will never go back in force, abortion may well decrease as morning-week after type pills become common place. Like it or not, the GOP is likely to focus far more on fiscal issues than social ones. Republicans will fight these social battles only when the left pushes way too far an offends a polling majority. Traditional conservative primary voters are going to remember the disasters Akin and Mourdock turned out to be and think twice before supporting the less polished statewide candidates going forward.
But, I will not vote for any candidate who is pro-choice or anti-family.
Republican candidates cannot win without the votes of folks like me.
And, that's the truth.
Let’s hope they remember the biggest disaster of all, the history making mistake of Mitt Romney, who lost to Jimmy Carter, or that they remember the only Senate pick up, Deb Fischer, or the benefits of getting a Ted Cruz over a Dewhurst.