What would a rational conservative GOP look like?
It would support policies which promotes marriage rather than focusing on preventing same-sex marriage.
It would promote effective family planning and contraceptives which could greatly reduce the abortion rate.
It would support the Dream Act as supporting the assimilation of immigrants, the central story of the American Dream.
It would support a balanced approach to long term deficit reduction.
It would recognize the importance of federal investment in infrastructure and education, like when we enacted the GI Bill and built the interstate highway system.
It would support promoting democratic reform abroad while avoiding reckless military adventures.

That would be a GOP I could support.