re: #233 Killgore Trout

I think they’ll moderate, I’m pretty sure of that. But I’ve stated very clearly several times and I think it’s going to take a decade.

Actually, no, you predicted that Romney would bring the party back to the middle during the general election, a lot. And you predicted they’d moderate after the election. I’m glad to see you’re being more realistic now, though.

Although most of Rand Paul’s version of libertarianism is just repackaged conservative dogma there is a path forward for Republicans with libertarian thought (or at least catch phrases).

No, it’s not. It’s more accurate to say that conservatism, by and large, has been thrown aside by the GOP and replaced with minarchist libertarianism, except on social issues. This is why you have so many lifelong conservatives repudiating the current state of the party.