I think we are saying the same thing, just shouting at each other from two mountaintops next to each other.

Actual real life Republicans (like my Mom) are disgusted by what the Republican Party has become. It no longer reflects their conservative beliefs. I remember R friends just being astounded that the GOP cared about what people were doing in their bedrooms. I mean, totally flabbergasted. They were like, "Who cares? That ain't the governments' place to be."

But ever since George Jr, things have continued to get more histrionic and loony for the GOP. They've gone so far right they are coming around the other side again.

It's been FOUR Presidential terms since my Republican friends have openly called themselves "Republican", without immediately following that with a paragraph of caveats that sound like a Lipitor ad.

And I truly believe there is a huge majority of American Republicans that find the GOP repugnant, but won't vote for a Democrat. Ever.

NOBODY out there represents them. And they are being painted with the same brush as the Bundy idiots, Cruz, Trump, and every other repugnant fuck that says they are a Republican.

All those people are gonna go SOMEWHERE, and it sure isn't over to the Donkeys, and they've already written off the GOP. They aren't going to go for Rand Paul, or LaRouche, or any of those nutballs, either.

But I tell ya, if at the Republican National Convention John McCain stands up holding hands with Nikki Haley... even I'm gonna vote Republican. It'll be a landslide.

Republicans needs someone with classic republican values. Nowadays, with the data and analytical tools we have available to us, a truly classically "conservative" party would not only win, they would have a tremendous positive effect on all the issues people really care about on a day-to-day basis.