Well Tex, you and I agree that the republican party, it’s politicians and base, have left the reservation. It is now up to those who recognize a party platform as more than a piece of toilet tissue to recover the party and it’s values from those who ignore them, whether through ignorance or by choice.
And logic shows that you do not regain the platform by electing people who hold it in contempt.
As Romney did. See his Reagan comments for all the proof needed. Simple math really.