hi orda,
you can't change the opinions of the right wingers in control of the gop machinery. you have to change the people.
murdoch, ailes, and the other dinosaurs must go.
unchain republicanism and it may become worthwhile again.
elections are won in the narrow piece of turf between reagan (who was a pragmatist emphasising private property rights) and obama (who is also a pragmatist emphasising public goods). the us is a country whose electorate seeks to balance public goods and private property rights. it doesn't often vote for wingers.