re: #179 Feline Fearless Leader

And it is going to be harder and harder to drop the evangelical crazy side since it has become their grass roots at the state and local level. The question is whether the business and corporate interests with the deep pockets are ever going to turn off the money faucet or try to find a new place to play. And when.

The funny thing is, the bolded bit is exactly what this bullshit “rebranding” effort is trying to prevent.

If you read far enough into that report, the RNC want to completely change their nominating rules. Not only do they want to halve the number of debates, they also want to create a regional primary cluster after the traditional early states, and they want to switch entirely to primaries instead of caucuses and conventions. Each one of those things would marginalize the crazies even further and give the advantage to the well-funded establishment candidates like Mitt Romney.

The GOP establishment has no interest in actually changing any of their approach. They just want to reshape how they talk about issues and they want to marginalize the wingnuts.