I seriously wonder what it will take for the GOP to realize they’ve gone off the deep end. Maybe they need a 1984 style landslide but the problem to me is even though they’re a minority, they’re not a small enough minority to be completely repudiated at the polls so the GOP politicians will keep on pandering to them. Hell after Santorum got second place in this year’s primaries, I wouldn’t be shocked if he’s the nominee in 2016 and gets at least 45% of the vote. He’d lose in the general election I’m reasonably certain but he’d do well enough to convince the wingnuts that their ideology isn’t a problem.it’s frustrating because modern conservatism is frankly not conservative at all but reactionary.