re: #27 Charles

There’s absolutely no doubt that this is a serious losing issue for the GOP; it’s part of the overall perception — not entirely mistaken — that GOP politicians are anti-intellectual and anti-science. Almost every top GOP politician espouses creationism; this is a real problem.

It’s worse then that on the left, many buy into the stereotype that the right is comprised mostly of unthinking, religious, pro gun, pro choice, gun nuts.
If the right was composed more like the cross section of LGF types, you could kick ass outside the base with a fiscal conservative, small government platform.
The 64 dollar question is how to keep the base by not pissing off the religious right. You can stay pro gun, become more moderate on choice, and the rest, but I don’t see much of a change coming yet.