“It is not a matter of the GOP finding a space for him and others like him, e.g., Jeb Bush.”
The problem is the media will give them platforms as elder, wiser Republicans to trash conservatives because they are not reaching across the aisle. They are future Gerald Fords.
I have met Gerald Ford and had an interesting and enjoyable 30 minute conversation with him. Bush and Kasich are no Gerald Fords. They are much worse. And Ford was an authentic war hero whose service is not recognized as it should be.